Month: April 2018

Outside the Box – Beach Volleyball

We are holding a Beach Volleyball class on Sunday, May 20th from 10am – noon for Industry Athletics members at Baltimore Beach on Key Highway.  If you’ve ever wanted to learn the basics of the game, already play and want to work on some skills or just want to get out in the sun for … Read more

Drive30 at Harbor East

DRIVE30 launching Tuesday May 8th. This is a half hour DRIVE class hosted at Crossfit Harbor East every Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30am- Noon. DRIVE is a 45-minute high intensity group class without barbells led by an experienced group of coaches designed to target clients of all fitness levels. DRIVE30 cuts the class time down to 30 minutes … Read more

Meet Davidson Jones

Athlete Spotlight- David Jones has taken a huge roll here at CrossFit Federal Hill! As the general manager he is responsible for coaching an excellent class and leading the community in their pursuit of fitness.  He has already embraced his role and done and amazing job.  We are lucky to have David on staff!

Below is a video about his background and passion for CrossFit!

NEW Saturday Schedule at Federal Hill

This Saturday we launch our new Saturday Schedule! We will have DRIVE at 8 am, 9 am and 10 am and CrossFit at 9 am, 10 am and 11 am.  We will be splitting the gym in half with the garage doors to accommodate both classes.  If you plan on doing any extra work outside … Read more

Olympic Weightlifting Comes to Federal Hill

Industry Athletics is pleased to announce Barbell Club at Federal Hill launching April 30th! This 3x per week program will help athletes of all proficiency levels develop their weightlifting strength and technique. It doesn’t matter if you’re new CrossFit or have been doing it for years, this program will be able to help every athlete … Read more

DRIVE- WEEKDAY Schedule and FREE CLASSES

DRIVE IS COMING TO THE WEEKDAYS! Starting the week of 5/2.  We will have DRIVE class at Federal Hill at 5:30 pm on Tuesday and Thursday.  This will NOT effect the CrossFit Schedule.  We will be shutting the doors and offering two classes at once. DRIVE is included in your membership.  But, if you want … Read more

Athlete Spotlight – PRs!

This week we want to spotlight all of these athletes who have been crushing their Personal Records!  Check out the March PR Boards from both Industry Athletics gyms.

Keep working hard, using the knowledge of your coaches, support and be supported by the other athletes around you, celebrate successes, learn from your weaknesses, and most importantly – HAVE FUN!

Federal Hill

Harbor East

Athlete Spotlight – Gabby Judd

Gabby has been a member of CrossFit Harbor East for about 6 months.  This year she made two goals for 2018.  It’s April and she’s accomplished both of those goals: a 300# back squat and strict pull ups.  Read about her hard work and road to success!

My two fitness goals for the year this year were to get a strict pull up and to squat 300 lb+. By February I obtained my pull up and by March I hit a 305 lb back squat. I was shocked at how quickly I was able to achieve these goals as they weren’t “easy” (I could barely get halfway up on a pull up and my max squat was 270 lb by the end of the year).
I think I can attribute my quick success to two factors; my own tenacity and drive/stubbornness and the support of my fellow gym members. I am very goal oriented and driven so once I have something in mind to achieve I start to tackle it right away. I stayed committed in my efforts, coming to the gym every day, doing our scheduled workouts but then staying and working on my own specific drills/strength pieces/etc to help reach my goals. With this comes the second reason why I think I succeed so quickly. My fellow gym members, including the coaches saw that I was putting in the time to do the extra work needed to reach my fitness goals so if at any time I had a question or wanted some advice they were all more than happy to stay after class for a bit and work through things with me or provide me with more drills or a routine to help me reach my goals. I’d like to give big shot outs to coaches Brittany Ghiroli, Nicole, Jamie and Carey for being so supportive of me and lending me their expertise whenever I needed it!
This story is also a prime example of how and why I’ve grown to love CrossFit. I have been active and working out the majority of my life. I was a gymnast for 12 years, and competed it as well as cheer leading and club soccer. Since college I had been focused in the gym starting with body building and HIIT type workouts, for the last year or so I had been getting into powerlifting as well. I started coming to CrossFit actually about one month before Geo took over ownership of CFHE, so for about 6 months now. I was fairly skeptical of CrossFit and didn’t really see what all the hype was about but thought I’d stick around and give it a try and I’m so glad I did. The comradery, community and friendships that are built in such a short period of time is astounding. Right from the beginning I felt welcomed and supported not only by coaches but by all the members; it reminded me of my younger days growing up on sports teams and the bonds you develop with your teammates.
I am happy to say that the thing I look forward to most in my days every day is coming to CrossFit and getting in a good sweat with all my friends. I am currently starting to think about a new set of goals in the gym for the rest of the year, I’m thinking a 200 lb+ clean 🙂

2018 CrossFit Open Intramural Final Scores

  BIG CONGRATS TO THE CHAMPS OF YOUR 2018 INTRAMURAL OPEN… … … 24KG MAGIC!! Final score totals: 1st Place – 24KG Magic- 290 2nd Place- Dave Castro Hates you and He’s always open about it- 257 3rd Place- Met Con Artist- 248 4th Place- #Freedom- 224   18.5 Winning Selfie : Metcon Artists

March Committed Club!

Congratulations to our March Committed Club Members.  These people attended (and signed into!) 20 or more classes during the month of March.  They showed a solid commitment to CrossFit and, more importantly, to their own personal goals. Keep up the good work!

Harbor East:

Elliott Lolley 23

Alex Haimbaugh 23

Mao-Bin Shen 22

Becky Feldmeier 21

Federal Hill:

Fernando Elizalde 27

Ashton Hyde 26

John Babb 21

Mike Salamon 21

Carsen Hyde 20

Yuriy Mamed-Zade 20

Mallory Beck 20

Next time you see them around the gym, give them a high five (or a hug, hugs are great too)!

We do our best to make sure we give credit to everyone who has reached the 20 classes each month.  If you think you should have made the club and don’t see your name, PLEASE reach out and we will right our wrongs!

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