Athletic Lab

2011 is hours away. We’ve got a sick workout planned for tomorrow. Start off the New Year right with an awesome workout at Athletic Lab. We’re open for our regularly scheduled 11am CrossFit and Scholastic classes. Stop in and see if you’re up for our New Year’s challenge.

In conjunction with our ongoing offer for new client signups (half off the first month!), current members also have the opportunity to earn a $50 credit on your account for referring a friend or family member who signs up for any of our monthly memberships. Any referrals for punchcard memberships will be given a bonus credit of $25. This offer extends until January 15th.

2011 is fast approaching and many are making New Years Resolutions. If yours is to get in shape in 2011 we’ve got an offer for you. We’re offering half off our monthly rate for all new signups between now and January 15th. This offer is good for all first time signups for our Cary CrossFit and Scholastic training classes. Sign up for a monthly membership before midnight on January 15th and you’ll be refunded half the cost of the membership. New signups for ‘Punchcard’ memberships will be discounted 25% if signed up before January 15th.

Due to the inclement weather, all morning training sessions at Athletic Lab will be cancelled tomorrow (12/27/10). We will have a 6pm Open Gym for anyone who would like to train. Sorry for any inconvenience.

One of the things that sets Athletic Lab apart from fitness or sport performance facilities is our community. Everyone knows everyone’s name and recognizes that there’s a shared common commitment to training to achieve your goals. To foster this sense of community, we have several avenues for clients to connect with each other. If you’re on one of these social networks and haven’t already, join your local peers in these online communities:

• @mikeyoung on twitter for great health and fitness tips from the owner of Athletic Lab
• @athleticlab on twitter for our blog feed, special deals, schedule changes and the latest Athletic Lab news
• @carycrossfit on twitter for Cary CrossFit blog postings as well as the workout of the day
• Athletic Lab on Facebook for pictures from the latest workouts, news from the blog, schedule changes and opportunities to connect to friends from the Lab
• Athletic Lab on Linked In for connecting to staff and making business connections

The effects of training are dose dependent. If you commit yourself to train hard and train smart you will get better. This is something we try to stress at Athletic Lab because unlike many in our industry, we REALLY TRULY CARE that you achieve your goals. And we realize this isn’t possible unless a commitment is made on your part. We don’t want to take your money and never see you again. In fact, we NEED to see you twice a week to guarantee results and at least once a week to maintain what you’ve already learned and developed. When we see clients regularly, we can plan training more effectively, ensure that all physical capacities necessary for top-level performance are trained, and make steps forward in development (as opposed to always taking one step forward and one step back) because training can be progressive rather than helter-skelter. We take personal pride in your improvement and want to see you get better and achieve your goals. We know that when you get better it helps us because you become a walking billboard for our services. And we’d rather there weren’t slow, out-of-shape, weak people running around saying they train at Athletic Lab when really they just come once a month. We’re committed to your progress. Show up, bring some effort and we’ll do the rest. 

Please note the following changes and closure dates as we observe the Christmas holiday. Over the holiday we request that all members RSVP to ensure that we are appropriately staffed. See the scheduling calendar for details but here are the changes (subject to minor changes):

• Wednesday, December 22nd: CrossFit @ 9am; Scholastic Training @ 10am; Open Gym (CrossFit & Scholastic class) @ 5pm
• Thursday, December 23rd: CrossFit @ 9am; Scholastic Training @ 10am
• Friday, December 24th: Open Gym (CrossFit & Scholastic class) @ 10am
• Saturday, December 25th - Sunday, December 26th: CLOSED
• Monday, December 27th: CrossFit @ 9am; Scholastic Training @ 10am; CrossFit @ 6pm
• Tuesday, December 28th - Friday, December 31st: CrossFit @ 7am; Scholastic Training @ 12pm; Open Gym (CrossFit & Scholastic class) @ 5:30pm
• Saturday, January 1st - Open Gym (CrossFit & Scholastic class) @ 11am
• Sunday, January 2nd - CLOSED
• Monday, January 3rd: Return to normal hours

Just a reminder that we’re spreading the holiday spirit by inviting everyone to bring a friend, family member or colleague to one or more of our December “Guest Days.” Guest days start today and go through the 16th of December. While it would be best if guests came with there member friend, if guests cannot attend sessions at the same time as the client they can come at any other available time slot. Guests can attend multiple sessions during the month’s 3 day “guest” period but are limited to a total of 3 visits. Guest sessions apply to all Scholastic and CrossFit / Performance Fitness classes.

Bring in the holidays by inviting a friend, family member or colleague to one or more of our December “Guest Days.” We’ll be having guest days on the following dates:

• December 14th, 15th and 16th

We’re encouraging all members to bring a guest to one of their classes, however, if guests cannot attend sessions at the same time as the client they may come at any other available time slot. Guests can attend multiple sessions during the month’s 3 day “guest” period but are limited to a total of 3 visits. Guest sessions apply to all Scholastic and CrossFit / Performance Fitness classes.

Professional and Elite athletes have their choice to train wherever they want. Many choose Athletic Lab. We have over 40 professional or Olympic development athletes training at Athletic Lab in sports ranging from Soccer to Skeleton. Several travel from across the country to do so. There isn’t another training center in the Triangle that can boast as many top flight athletes as Athletic Lab. These athletes choose Athletic Lab for the facility and the coaching. Follow the leaders. Train at Athletic Lab.