Monday, 31 May (Memorial Day) we will honor our friend and trainer Nate Goldhardt before he heads overseas.

We will provide steaks, hamburgers and hotdogs. Bring side dishes to share.

We will be working out for those interested. Join us between noon-3:00pm for a great workout or just for food and fun.  Come celebrate with Nate!! 

RSVP to info@crossfitmountolympus.com or call Jeremy 801.244.4934. We have some gifts for Nate.  If interested in donating to the cause, let us know.

At CrossFit Mount Olympus we have a number of workouts named after heroes who died during military and other public service.  This week, one of my heroes died.

Karl-Heinz Schnibbe and two friends defied the Nazi regime and were finally caught in 1942.  Helmuth Hübener, Ruddi Wobbe and Karl-Heinz Scnibbe conducted an anti-Nazi propaganda campaign and paid a dear price.  Helmuth became the youngest opponent of the Third Reich to be executed, while Ruddi and Karl-Heinz were sent to prison.

Pressed into military service at the end of the war, Karl-Heinz was left behind by American troops who were looking only for rocket scientists and pilots to liberate.  As a result he spent the four years following the war in a Soviet prisoner-of-war camp. 

Ruddi Wobbe, Helmuth Hübener, and Karl-Heinz Schnibbe

On a personal note, Stacy and I got married because of the encouragment of Karl-Heinz Schnibbe.  He serves as an example of how to endure to the end, but I will always be grateful for the time he asked me, "Why haven't you married that girl yet?" 

I have a copy of one of his books in which he wrote, "Freedom is not free for everybody." 

There are a number of books and documentaries about Karl-Heinz and his friends.   I recommend watching Truth & Conviction and reading his memoir, When Truth Was Treason.

We will be attending the funeral Friday at noon.  Feel free to join us if you would like to honor this great man.

The obituary can be read HERE.

Funeral services will be held at the Valley View LDS 3rd Ward, 4101 S. 1925 East, Friday at noon.

Just a reminder that tomorrow we will support the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure downtown for our Saturday class.

We are going to meet at the NW corner of the Delta Center between 7:40 & 7:50am on Saturday at the northwest corner of the Delta Center steps.  Then we can head on over to the starting line (300 W & North Temple).  

You can still register at event from 7-8am.

If you are not able to make the race, do a 5k on your own. 

• Reduce impact on your knees by 50%
• Run faster and more efficiently
• Help prevent injuries
• Strength training for endurance athletes
• Cross-train for distances from 1 mile to ultra-marathons and triathlons
• Learn to enjoy running for the rest of your life!

Spring Cleaning

It's that time of year when people start cleaning out their homes and offices, getting ready for spring.  At Mount Olympus CrossFit we have our own version of spring cleaning!  

Many people set New Year's Resolutions.  Take a look at your today.  How have you progressed?  Do you need to rededicate yourself?  Come in and talk with a coach about where you want to be.  

Today's Workout

3 Rounds of:

• 5 Pullups
• 10 Cleans (full, squat cleans)
• Every minute, on the minute, stop and do 5 burpees.  

Today's Endurance Workout

30/60's

10 Rounds of

:30 second full effort/ :60 walk.