WEDNESDAY 100224

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CrossFit East (and owner TJ Cooper) step into the CrossFit Affiliate Snapshot:

• Affiliate Since: Sept 2003 (Launched on the net)
• Location: Jacksonville, FL, USA (a.k.a. The Birth of the Certs)
• Sq Ft: Functioning Police Academy and State College. Full locker rooms with showers, separate gyms and weight rooms, 3 O-Courses, Track, Pool, etc. (Host to 2009 Dirty South Regionals.)
• Number of Members: Min of 70. Max affected by Academy recruits, college students, LEO, Tactical Units . . . "Hundreds" . . .
• How many times have you moved your affiliate location? Never.
• Greatest joy as a CrossFit affiliate: Seeing our family of local affiliates respect each other, come together as a family, and spread the same concept of fitness in our respective boxes. Respect!

Wait, there's more! Keep reading . . .

• Biggest worry as a CrossFit affiliate: Defense of the Brand.
• Do you Facebook? No
• Do you Twitter? No.
• If you had Coach Greg Glassman's ear, what would you ask him? Nothing, I call him and we talk nearly as freely as we did in the beginning. The coach told me when this started: "I believe in what you have, teach people and see where it goes. Then give it to others to teach too." I don't know that I have, but I try every day.
• If you could give new CrossFit affiliates one piece of advice, what would it be? Grow your community, and listen to each other. Come together often, and grow stronger together. When you can't do it as well, or you think another box fits them better, send them. With your blessing.
• What does your gym need more of? O-Platforms and Rubber Matting. (Believe it!)
• What does your gym need less of? ??
• Chalk? Or no chalk? Chalk!