January 4, 2009
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Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. At CrossFit One World, they ice down a knee with what's available in the frig. (Can you name all five beers? Post to Comments.)
New affiliate CrossFit of Naperville lands some press already: Read. (Bonus points if you find the common CF phrase butchered by the paper.)
Posted by Lisbeth at January 4, 2009 12:05 AM
"GLOW_BO GYM"
Crazy reporter, someone took the first option via spell check. Nice work on the knee. Sad to see good beer go warm, must have been bad to resort to the good stuff.
I hope this doesn't lead to my intervention:
From right to left
Heineken Lager
Grolsch Pilsner
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Pyramid Hefeweizen
Red Stripe Lager
Sam Adams Boston Lager
And for the bonus points..."glowo gym".
t-thack @ crossfitnorthhollywood.com
Glow Go gym, I think that is appropriate for some of the meat markets out there:)
I agree with tthacks answers. Now what do I got to do to get a WOD date with jolie?
"glow-go gyms" ? What, the elliptical machines there only make you sweat enough to 'glow'?
You'd think the reporter would be thinking, "Huh?", and ask Neil what the heck he was talking about.
Without looking at the comments I came up with the same beer list as tthack. I think we have a concensus.
The Glow-Go-Gyms comment made me laugh, he asked me to repeat what I said and I repeated Globo gym again slowly. There were a couple other things. That was supposed to run Front Page and it was bumped because an American Idol contestant got married in town new years eve. I did end up first page of the business section. Then in the article they had a picture and they got the names wrong too.
The original concept of the article was to find out what people in the fitness industry thought the business was going, since companies like Bally's were looking at bankruptcy. After talking to the reporter on the phone they decided to focus on CrossFit of Naperville.
Opportunities come from anywhere, just take the time to promote your passions.
Glow Go Gym...reminds me of bowling in the dark as a kid with just the lanes being lit up with funky lights!
Neil~ did you need to get permission from HQ before being interviewed or was that cool to do all on your own? Glad you got some PR for CrossFit of Naperville!
Sam Adams
Red Stripe
Pyramid Hefeweizen
Sierra Nevada
Grolsch
Heineken
The innovations from Crossfit never end. I'm going to patent that ice pack for the college set!
Merle,
CrossFit USA
I want to go to a cert at CF One World. The only beer they are missing is STELLLLA! Tell me it was behind the knee...
No permission is needed from CFHQ for interviews. As long as you make it clear that you speak only for your own affiliate -- and not for CrossFit, Inc. -- then you are free to talk to the press whenever and however you want.
And Stella would be a nice addition to the beer list. Or Chimay?
Since it is my knee, I will verify that you have the list of beers correct. There were plenty more cold ones in the fridge that is out on the training floor!
Funny you mention Stella, there are two more pics of me holding the Stella in my hand. We went with the close-up of the knee instead.
Hope to meet a bunch of you at the Affiliate Gathering!
Lisbeth: You bring the Chimay (I've never had it) and I will bring the Stella (the reason I haven't drank much else) to the Affiliate Gathering.
Freddy: Glad you saved the best for really taking away the pain.
If you have Chimay you don't really need any other! Except Guinness!
THE BEER BOMB! Don't go walking into an airport with that thing on. Too funny.
Dana -- sounds like a plan!
(I'll be down in your neck of the woods for the Level One cert at the end of Feb too.)
No San Miguel Beer in NJ?
no self-respecting beer drinker should be able to name any of those beers!
I got the same answer before reading comments...I don't know if I should be proud or worried...