Posts in: Coach’s Corner

DOC’s story

Posted by: Najla

I have fought through an emotional battle over the past 1 ½ years.  My Dad was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and was not given long to live.  He went through 3 rounds of chemo and 3 surgeries.  From the start he knew his form of cancer was rarely cured and he had [...]

Happy 3rd Birthday CrossFit Scottsdale

Posted by: Najla

If you weren’t here this evening, you missed out. The evening was filled with fun, friends, motivation, compassion, teamwork and mental toughness. Coach Luke just accomplished a task completed by few in the world: 1,000 pull ups and 1,000 push ups was his conquest and he completed the WOD in 4 hours and 56 minutes. [...]

How to Achieve your Goals 100% of the Time!

Posted by: Don

This coming Saturday, July 23rd at 1pm, I will be hosting the Goals Setting seminar.  We all have goals, right?  We all want to improve ourselves, regardless of whether we are talking about CrossFit, health, work, or finances.  Setting goals helps us to achieve things that we thought were difficult or impossible to do.  But… [...]

SealFit Team Scottsdale 1.1

Posted by: Luke

Last Friday these 8 brave men completed the 2 hour SealFit class at CrossFit Scottsdale. It took almost 45 minutes to get these guys working as a team. Then partner “Cindy” 10x rounds each of 5 pullups/10 pushups/15 squats while the Teammate holds at the bottom of a squat “It pays to be a winner” filled the air from Guest [...]

SEALFIT KOKORO CAMP 16

Posted by: Najla

6-24 1430 hours ROAD TRIP: As we pulled up to US CrossFit and the SealFit H.Q building my stomach started to turn. I had not been nervous all week or even all morning but now this was feeling real. Chris and I had listened to the entire book on cd the Lone Survivor the eyewitness [...]

The “Bigger and Better” CrossFit Scottsdale

Posted by: Najla

CrossFit Scottsdale est. 2008 We’ve come a long way in the last 3 years and we’ve worked hard to maintain the reputation as a leader in the Fitness Industry and within the greater CrossFit Community. Over this time period, we have developed some of Arizona’s greatest athletes, local affiliates, business partners, healthy human beings, and [...]

SealFit “Kokoro”

Posted by: Luke

Kokoro (unconquerable spirit) Why in the world would I want to spend 50 straight hours without 3 of my favorite things….? Warmth, food and sleep.  This weekend , I will be at SealFit’s Kokoro Camp with student Chris Northrop on the beaches of Escondido in San Diego county with what is the closest Navy Seal training [...]

Boys of Summer

Posted by: Luke

   Why do we fall down? So we can get back up. Dr.Thomas Wayne, Batman’s father. After last years sectional and my disappointing 44thplace finish I swore I would make Regionals no matter what. I worked on my weaknesses and started daily training sessions with Jeff Brennan. I brought in specialty coaches to work on [...]

2011 Reebok CrossFit Games South West Regional

Posted by: Luke

(In-spire) verb used with a subject. To fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence. To inspire confidence in others. This is the word I would use to sum up the greatest weekend in CrossFit Scottsdale history. 20 of our students, coaches and athletes traveled to Denver, Colorado to compete in the most difficult and challenging competition [...]

An update to Naj from Jedi’s Mom…

Posted by: Najla

Jedi (aka) Allen-Mikel’s update: We have sopken to Allen-Mikel twice now in three weeks for a total of 21 minutes. He talks very fast and shares as much as possible. He can’t send letters out yet, his TI has not allowed it. He says he was very prepared for basic training and is glad because [...]