Newsletter #3, October 2019
Feasters,
PLEASE NOTE FEAST WILL BE CLOSED MOST OF OCTOBER 12TH WEEKEND (1) SO THAT WE CAN DEEP CLEAN THE GYM/EQUIPMENT FOR YOU NOW THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WORK IS FINISHED AND (2) TO HOST A NUTRITION SEMINAR (SEE NUTRITION UPDATE BELOW). WE WILL BE OPEN ONLY FROM 7:30AM - 8:30AM ON SATURDAY OCT. 12TH, BUT OTHERWISE CLOSED. OPEN WORKOUTS WILL RUN ON FRIDAY AND RE-TESTS ON MONDAY. As always, if you have any questions about anything in this newsletter, or want more info, please talk to any coach, or e-mail admin@feast-fitness.com.
OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING: OCTOBER 19, 2019!
Many of you have been in the Feast community since May, and some of you were in our original "Fire Crew" that started in January. We are so grateful for you, and so humbled by what this community has already become. Now, with our Hard Hat phase coming to an end, we have a chance to show this neighborhood, and our city, what we're all about.
Please join us on October 19 as we throw open the doors of the newly renovated Feast Fitness + Nutrition. Please also invite your friends, your family, your neighbors and anyone else you think might be interested in learning more about our approach to fitness, nutrition and community.
Here's the current schedule of events for Saturday, October 19:
7:30am: Doors Open
8:00am: Group Workout
9:00am Alderman Matt Martin cuts the ribbon on the facility, immediately followed by another Group Workout
10:00am to 12pm: Fitness fair, gym tours, food, drinks and raffle!
For more updates on the event check out the Facebook Event page here.
FITNESS UPDATE
Sign Up for the Open and Come to FNL! Our mission is to support the lifelong health and happiness of our members. We believe strongly in setting benchmarks to establish whether our community is getting fitter, and the Open provides a great data set to benchmark progress. If you care about your competitive standing in the Open, that's great! Even more important for us is that you know your fitness level compared to the large population of other fitness enthusiasts in the CrossFit community, and then that you track your progress against that group over time. To help you participate, Friday Night Lights (starting at 5:30pm) will be Open workouts with official CrossFit judges. If you can't make FNL for some reason, we will also run the Open workouts (Rx and scaled) during regular Friday class hours, and leave times on Sunday and Monday for folks who want to re-test. So sign up for the Open, come to FNL, enter your scores, and get a great baseline for tracking your fitness over time.
South Loop Games will be held November 23rd/24th at South Loop Strength and Conditioning. Over the past several years, Todd and the crew at South Loop have built probably the best single day individual and team competition in Chicago and they offer both RX and intermediate divisions. If this sounds like something you'd be interested in you can find more info HERE.
COMMUNITY UPDATE
Bike Rack Approved! Thank you for all your votes in favor of our bike rack application. We received notice that our application has been approved. The new rack should be here within the month.
Devils Lake Rock Climbing. Due to inclement weather, our outdoor rock climbing date has been moved back to Sunday, October 20th. This is going to be a really fun day that you don't want to miss! Devil's Lake Climbing Guides will provide all the gear and instruction, so zero experience and equipment is required to attend. There are just a few spots available, the cost is $80/pp and you can sign up HERE.
Committed Club. Congratulations to the following Feasters who achieved "committed club" status last month. This means they had reserved and attended 16+ classes in the month of September:
Britta Dahlberg
Terri Hartman
Spartan Race Team Feast. Thanks to Matt Keeler for leading the charge in putting together a Feast team of the Nov. 17 Spartan Race at Wrigley Field. Sign up through this link and join Team Feast. We promise you- you'll be ready!!
Members Feedback Wanted. How are we doing? What could we be doing better? What do you want more of? Less of? We built Feast for you, and we want to hear from you. Please give feedback directly to any coach, or be on the lookout for and respond to our upcoming member survey, which will be hitting your inbox soon.
NUTRITION UPDATE
Nutrition Coaching Seminar at Feast Oct 12th & 13th. Jason Phillips and the rest of the Nutritional Coaching Institute Team will host a Level 1 Nutrition Coaching Specialist course at Feast from 9-5 on Saturday, Oct 12, and from 8-4 on Sunday, October 13. This is the same certification that produced our awesome nutrition coaches from Beyond the Box Nutrition! You can register HERE. We will be opening Feast early from 7:30am - 8:30am on Saturday, Oct 12th for those who want to work out. Sunday Feast will be closed. Remember, we'll be doing the Open Workout at FNL (and earlier on Friday), so you'll get your Open workout in!
Nutrition Coach Pairing: By now you should have received an email from your Nutrition Coach with next steps to get started on our group nutrition programming. If you have not, please e-mail admin@feast-fitness.com to let us know.
Nutrition Coach Office Hours: Now that our consult room is done, Nutrition Coaches will be hosting regular office hours on Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 5:30pm-6:30pm. To reserve a time to talk with a nutrition coach please sign up in Zen Planner or using the Zen Planner app (iOS/Android)!
Greg Robbins
Feast Fitness + Nutrition
E. greg@feast-fitness.com
P. 773-234-4226
W. www.feast-fitness.com
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