Team CSC Newsletter - January 2025
🎆 New Year 🎆
We would like to wish all our members the best of luck in the upcoming year. Hopefully, your Christmas period was what you needed, and you took some much-needed rest.
As we kick off 2025, we’re excited and grateful for our amazing Central Staffs CrossFit community. The start of a new year is a time to reflect, reset, and refocus on our health, our goals, and the power of showing up for ourselves and each other.
So with that let’s get after 2025.
Member of the Year - Sophie Nicholson
Central Staffs CrossFit proudly announces Sophie as our Member of the Year! đź‘Ź
We would like to wish Sophie a huge congratulations. This picture summarises Sophie, who can always be seen with a smile on her face while working hard, as she has all year. Sophie is always around to offer a supportive word and have a chat to anyone in the gym, whether they have been here for years or just a drop in.
Sophie has made it an easy decision by being such a great member all year. Thank you for your hard work and commitment to improve Sophie! We're lucky to have you as part of #TeamCSC
🏆Spirit of the box🏆
The spirit of the box award is an award from the members to another member who who fully embodies the spirit and values of CSC. They are kind, encouraging and want to help everyone 'Learn, Develop, and Grow'!
We are proud to announce our spirit of the box for 2025 is Tony Dean, here are some of the reasons the members voted for Tony:
'“Tony is always welcoming and encouraging. He always fists bumps everyone at the end of a class and makes sure everyone is ok.”
“What a gent! Tony is always warm and welcoming, checking in on everyone in the class, celebrating wins with you, and keeping you going when the WOD has got the better of you! He spots progress in your training before you might have spotted it yourself and is the first to say well done. Definitely sums up what it means to be the spirit of the box!”
“Tony is always really welcoming in every class, he’s a great partner in any WOD for anyone despite differences in ability. He always encourages people and generally is such a friendly face in the box.”
🏆 2025 CrossFit Open 🏆
2025 CrossFit Open - Friday Night Lights at CSC
A new year means one thing… one of the most exciting time of the year for CrossFitters is just around the corner—the 2025 CrossFit Open! This is your chance to test your fitness, push your limits, and be part of the biggest global fitness community event.
Whether you’ve been with us for years or brand new to CrossFit, the Open is for everyone, and we can’t wait to hold some epic Friday Night Lights at CSC to get the team all together! See important information about the 2025 CrossFit Open below. Dates for Workouts:
* 25.1: Friday, 28th February
* 25.2: Friday, 7th March
* 25.3: Friday, 14th March
What to Expect: *The Friday Night Lights events will begin at 5PM:
* CrossFit Kids and Masters: Kick off the evening.
* Heats for Foundations, Scaled, and Rx participants: Follow afterward.
* This is a community event, so bring your energy to support, cheer, judge, and participate!
How to Sign Up: We will be running the CrossFit Open Friday Night Lights as an in-house battle against 4 teams which we will allocate you to prior to the first workout. Register for free by following the below steps.
1. Open the BoxMate App.
2. Click the calendar icon (second across the bottom).
3. Click the sign post icon (top left).
4. Select “2025 CrossFit Open” under competitions.
5. Register if you plan to complete all 3 workouts.
Note: You can still join Friday Night Lights without registering for the in-house competition if you can’t make all 3 workouts. Worldwide Leaderboard: Register on the official CrossFit leaderboard on the CrossFit website starting 15th January, if you want to compete globally. This is optional!
Important Notes:
* Arrive as early as possible to help us organise heats for the evening
* Participation helps create an amazing community vibe, so please lend a hand judging or cheering others on before and after your workout! If you have any questions, feel free to ask a member of the team for assistance.
Let’s make this year’s Open a memorable one!
1RMs and Benchmarks for October
1RM:
8th - Back Squat
17th - Push Press
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Benchmark WODs:
14th - Grace
20th - Annie
