Athletic Lab is pleased to announce a partnership with Capital Area Soccer League (CASL). Athletic Lab will be serving on the CASL Fitness Advisory Counsel and providing sport performance services to CASL Chelsea FC Academy U-16 and U-18 boys teams at the WRAL Soccer Center. The Capital Area Soccer League, home to over 800 teams was incorporated in 1974 as a 501 (C) (3) non-profit. The mission of the Capital Area Soccer League (CASL) is to provide instructional and competitive youth soccer opportunities that enhance character, community and love of the game of soccer. Integrated in this is the building of self-esteem, self-confidence, team work, respect for self and others, and all the inherent benefits of physical exercise.
Some of the fittest athletes in North Carolina competed in Athletic Lab’s Tri-City Fitness Challenge. The events were a grueling test of strength, skill and endurance. All competitors contested the first 3 challenges with the top 5 competitors advancing to a final ‘Winner takes all’ final round. Ben Sturgill of Wilmington and Heather Farmer of Cary took home first place. Athletic Lab’s Mike Young, Will Peterson, James Gold, and Jen Matthews competed with Mike and Jen taking 3rd places respectively.
Beginning in September, Athletic Lab and Cary CrossFit will be having a monthly fitness challenge. The challenge will be held at the 6pm CrossFit / Performance Fitness session on the first Monday of every month (the first will be on September 5th). All members (Scholastic, CrossFit / Performance Fitness, and Elites) are welcome to attend.
What’s the Challenge? What’s at stake?
Members will complete a workout challenge against one of the members of our staff. If ANY member in the class should beat the staff member, the ENTIRE class will receive 10% off their next month’s membership and the winning member will receive 20% off. Class size will be limited to 12 with slots reserved for those that RSVP via our online membership manager.
To celebrate our 2nd year in business and show our appreciation for all who’ve made this possible, Athletic Lab is giving away gift bags to all our members. If you haven’t already picked up your gift bag please just check with a staff member. Anyone who had a membership during the month of August is eligible for a gift bag. We really appreciate every single one of our members and are using the gift bag giveaway as a way of saying “thank you.” We promise to continue to provide the highest level of training and customer service in the industry. Our gift to you includes the following:
An Athletic Lab shoe / tote bag. We’d suggest you write your name on it..there will likely be a bunch floating around Athletic Lab now and you won’t want to lose yours.
An Athletic Lab or Cary CrossFit t-shirt
A free 30 minute massage voucher with our in-house specialist, Julie Donnelly
A bottle of Vitamin Water sports drink
A coupon to Pink Frozen Yogurt (2 convenient locations within 3 miles of Athletic Lab!)
A Cary CrossFit referral card. Write your name on the back and give it to a friend or colleagues. When they sign up you’ll earn a discount on your membership!
A 20% off coupon to Raleigh Running Outfitters (now with a location in Cary)
Our full Fall training schedule goes into affect August 29th. The only appreciable changes to the schedule are for the Scholastic Sport Performance Classes. Please note the following changes:
We will have themed Scholastic training sessions at 3:45 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; 5pm on Tuesday and Thursday; 6pm Monday through Friday; and 11am on Saturdays. Please see our schedule to determine which time slots are associated with which training theme.
We recently held one of the largest USA Weightlifting coaches certification courses in the history of the program. Seventy people turned out to learn how to coach and perform the Olympic Lifts. The Olympic lifts are both a training tool and a sport unto themselves (they’ve been contest at the Olympics since 1896). They are a great means of developing coordination, strength, power and flexibility. Athletic Lab has had a USA Weightlifting club for over a year that holds training sessions twice a week at 7pm. If you’re interested in learning the movements and / or training with our Olympic weightlifting club you can register HERE. For current members of our Scholastic training program or CrossFit / Performance Fitness programs that are interested please contact a staff member. Members with monthly unlimited plans are eligible to attend at no additional cost if they test out on basic lifting competencies.
Here are the first 3 Challenge Workouts for the Tri-City Fitness Challenge.
WOD 1: Olympic Lifts…. A) Clean and Jerk and B) Snatch.THREE attempts at your max for each lift and we will be following the weightlifting rules (we will explain in detail) and athletes will be able to warm-up and practice before stepping on the “platform”.
We’re inviting all members of Athletic Lab to join in on our Tri-City Fitness Challenge this upcoming Saturday (August 27th). The event will be a good time for all and an opportunity to test your fitness against others in the area. If you’re interested in participating please contact an Athletic Lab staff member for details or register HERE. All members on a monthly unlimited plan who register to participate in the event will receive a $15 credit on their account for their next month’s bill.
