All-Pro Member of the Year:

So I've decided to do my inaugural All-Pro of the year award. Awarding the most outstanding member in 2012 (even though APF has only been in operation since the early summer). What more can I say about this amazing person? She was not only my first member , she is one of the nicest and hardest working people I have ever met.  This woman has shown up to the gym at least 3 times
a week since we have started and has put out %1000 effort every single time. No matter what I put her through, she has had the grit and will power to push through and finish. Which explains the amazing results she has achieved. At 46 years young, she has lost over 20 pounds and has gained substantial overall strength and fitness (135 pound clean and jerk... No BS). So I'm proud to announce the 2012 All-Pro member of the year to LouAnn Crook!! The picture above is LouAnn performing her first kipping pull-up last night. I couldn't have been more stoked and fired up over witnessing this accomplishment she has worked so diligently to achieve. I'm excited to see LouAnn compete in the 2013 Crossfit Open as a master and I look forward to working with her for a long time to come. Congratulation LouAnn

PR's for DAYS!!

HERE IS SOME COOL PICS FROM LAST WEEK

gritty workout with swings, ring rows and tuck jumps

ascending wall ball and pull-up ladder. that one was nasty..but always fun

some of my GK football players doin work on thrusters and burpees. makin me proud

former huskies qb Johnny D doin some deadlifts

lori and adam rockin over 150 air squats

Finally as I have an opportunity to post on the blog and the first snow falls in Graham, I look back on the progress our community and gym has made the past 6 months. I can honestly say that even though I still have a lot more work to do on developing the gym with enhanced equipment and optimal programming, I could not be more excited and fired up with the accomplishments and comradery that we have achieved thus far. Nothing gets me more stoked than when I see someone hit a PR (personal record) on a lift or workout and performs 10 plus true push ups when they couldnt do 1 when they started. Our increased strength on a lift by over 50%! For some of our awesome ladies their first kipping pull ups are RIGHT around the corner and I so can NOT wait to see that!! Tomorrow night will be the last class for 10 days because I will be heading back to California to visit family and friends for Christmas break. I will still be posting workouts on facebook and expect everybody to report their scores and times on the wods. I hope everyone has an amazing holiday and I could not be more optimistic for 2013 at APF.

New Sweatshirts!!

new apf sweatshirt front

apf sweatshirt back



bad ass over head walking lunges



awesome team work with great encouragement



everyone did great on their hang power cleans this week

 New sweatshirts are in. Let me know if you want one I will place an order for you. Also, stay tuned for the new awesome APF "zombie" T's coming next year. Can't wait!! Also some new developments: starting January 7th we will have MORNING classes. 530 and 630 am. I'm not an early riser but I will be here kicking butt with all you morning people that love to get their sweat on before the sun comes up to tackle the day. Incredible work done this week by all my amazing people. You guys never fail to impress me with your effort and continued persistance. Let's keep this attitude rolling, see you guys on Monday.

All-Pro Day

pull ups, push ups, sit ups, squats

power clean plus front squats and kippping practive

doin work as usual

Officially reached the 6 month mark at All Pro Fitness, and what a 6 months it has been!! I've seen some major changes in some truly inspirational and quality people. I can only imagine the major accomplishments that will be achieved if we continue to work hard, stay the course and build off our grassroots foundation. There is no doubt what my motivation and drive in my everyday life is. It is my family, friends and my All Pro's that I train and coach at my gym. Great workout tonight!! Let's be persistant with our recovery with nutrition, stetching and rest. See you tomorrow
-Brian 

Happy Thanksgiving!!

3 new racks for strength work. Something to definitely be thankful for

Hope everyone had an amazing thanksgiving full of awesome food and family time. I myself spent thursday and the following days trying to fight through my morbid obesity caused by excessive pie consumption. Training will be somewhat difficult the next few days trying to get the metabolism back where it should be before the christmas break. So starting tomorrrow, we will get back on track with our diets and stay consistant even in the holiday-festive atmosphere. As always I was impressed with the effort and tenacity put into this last week's training before the break. Let's work super hard these next few week as an accumilation of the hard work from the past 6 plus months. Let's show our family and friends at those X-mas parties how good we look and feel and tell them its the result of doin work at APF!!

Racks and Rings are Here!! Sweatshirts Coming Soon

Jets O-line warming up. Insane how big these guys are in real life

Lynette and I rockin our Jets gear waiting for the train

Inspiring to watch the incredible work ethic my members have put out this week! Love seeing new faces coming into the gym and immediately submerging themselves into the community. Even though the weather is not supurb, we are able to overcome the elements and get some awesome fitness in. New racks and rings are finally here so we can FINALLY do some strength movements that our bodies have been neeeding. Uber gitty to be coming up with new APF zip-up sweatshirt designs. Be exciting to see people rockin these out and about. Representing and staying warm at the same time. Let me know if you want one I will put your name on the list.

hang power cleans, squats, wall climbs. doin work

cool down stretching. critical

New Cool Stuff Coming Soon!!

A lot has happened since I last posted. Let me get the upsetting news out of the way first. Unfortunately our GK boys came up a bit short last friday night in the first round of the playoffs. We finished 8-2 and the boys had a great season overall with a ton to be proud of. Seniors this year are the best group of kids I've ever coached and I will miss coaching them.

Cool view at work, thought I'd throw it on here

Moving ahead, exciting new equipment is on its way and should be here next week. We are finally getting racks!! Racks are coming to graham and APF (unlike the Racks bar that got shut down) :/ We will be able to enhance our strength with these racks with the ability to do some back squats and multiple pressing movements. Also a couple new bars, rings, dumbells and kettlebells. This has been a good week thus far in the shopbox, with a couple new faces joining the party and veteran members welcoming them by leading by example. Continue to feed off each other's energy, progress, and success to make each other better!!

Cameron and Darky enjoying burpees and box jumps



Rockin atomic sit-ups. One of my favorites!!



Cole executing med ball cleans. He is a promising young athlete. We are excited to have him here at APF

Looking ahead I would like to have a couple of fun saturday team workouts where we do some lecturing on diet and mobility. I would also like to throw a christmas party next month. Give me some feedback and let me know what will work best