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12/28/25 CrossFit Lake Wylie Newsletter

By December 27, 2025No Comments

News & Notes 📰

Upcoming Schedule Changes

  • Wednesday, December 31: No evening classes. 
  • Thursday, January 1: Closed
  • Friday, January 2: No 8 am open gym due to our monthly coaches meeting.

Athlete’s Choice Awards — Last Call to Vote. Don’t Sit This One Out!

Athlete’s Choice Awards voting is open, and you only have until Wednesday to cast your votes.

This is your chance to recognize the people who make this gym what it is. The ones who show up early, cheer loud, grind through workouts, and make classes better just by being there. Members. Coaches. The people who push you, support you, and make you laugh when workouts hurt.

Take a few minutes to scroll through the categories and think about who stands out to you this year. Who brings the energy. Who leads by example. Who makes CFLKW feel like more than a place to work out.

You don’t need to vote in every category. If someone doesn’t come to mind, skip it. At the very least, make sure you vote for your coaches. They pour a lot into this community, and this is one way you can give back.

Voting closes Wednesday, December 31.

Have a voice in this.
Make it count.

Member Awards

  • Gym Fashion Icon — For the member who always shows up in the most stylish workout attire. You look fabulous, and we notice.
  • ChalkAholic —No description necessary, every gym has one.
  • Gym Comedian — For the member who always keeps everyone laughing during workouts.
  • Dancing Queen/King — For the member who turns every workout into a dance party.
  • Flexy — For the super bendy member that shows up ready to fold themselves in half at any moment.
  • Energizer Bunny — For the member that keeps going & going & going.
  • Geardo — For the member that shows up packed like they’re heading to a weeklong competition every single day.
  • Always Late — For the member that has never made it to a warm-up…”I thought it was an optional bonus round.”

Coach Awards

  • Coach who inspires you to move better — You inspire us! Thanks for making us move better and improve our mechanics!
  • Coach who encourages fun and laughter — You make this fun! Classes are always a blast and that makes us look forward to it!
  • Coach who helps you realize your potential — You show us the possibilities! Your encouragement has helped us hit PRs and do things we didn’t realize we were capable of!
  • Meanest Coach — You’re a little hard on us but we still love you a lot!
  • Nicest Coach — You’re literally the nicest coach and we appreciate your gentleness and kindness so much!

Your vote matters even if you can’t make it to the anniversary party. These awards celebrate the people who help shape this community and make every class better. Who stood out to you this year? Who pushed you? Who made you laugh? Who made training feel like the best part of your day?

Cast your vote and help us recognize the heart of CFLKW!!

CLICK HERE TO VOTE!

CrossFit Lake Wylie’s 12th Anniversary Party – Saturday, January 10 @ 6 pm

Two Weeks Out. Don’t Miss Our Biggest Night of the Year!

We are officially two weeks away from the CrossFit Lake Wylie 12th Anniversary Party, and the countdown is real.

Saturday, January 10 at 6 pm, we come together to celebrate the work you put in all year and the community we’ve built side by side. This is the biggest event we host, and it only happens once a year.

So far, 63 people have already RSVP’d.

If you’re on the fence, hear this. Don’t be the one who sees the photos later and wishes you had come.

You have until THIS Wednesday to RSVP so we can give our caterer a final headcount. Every person attending needs a ticket so we can plan food and seating correctly. Spouses and kids are welcome, with free tickets available for kids under 10.

This year’s stakes are high.

The grand prize raffle is $400 cash, and you must be present to win. We’ll also be drawing the winner of the Committed Club Grand Prize. If you made Committed Club for 10 months between January and December, you’re entered to win a FREE two-month membership, a $386 value. That’s consistency paying you back.

Most gyms don’t do nights like this. We do because this community matters. Showing up matters. Celebrating together matters.

The party is in two weeks!
You’ve got until Wednesday to RSVP.
We’ve got 63 people locked in already.

Make sure your name is on that list.

Check out the Eventbrite invite to see pictures from last year’s event.

Ticket Options

  • No dietary restrictions
  • Gluten-free
  • Vegetarian
  • Kids under 10 (free)
  • Add-on Donation to Support the Event

Details

  • We’re using the same catering company from 2024. If you were here, you remember how amazing the food was!
  • Our photographer, Bruce Williams from BAW Media, will be here capturing the night for us.

🎊 Event Highlights

  • NYE-style dress code
  • Catered dinner with dessert
  • Athlete’s Choice Awards
  • Raffle for the grand prize. Earn tickets by attending classes during the week. Must be present to win.

⏰ Event Schedule

  • 6:00 pm – Doors open
  • 6:30 pm – Dinner served
  • 7:30 pm – Awards
  • 8:00 pm – Grand prize drawing
Please RSVP here by December 31 and include a ticket for your spouse, partner, and kids if they’re coming! 

Image of stage at our anniversary party

Recent Member Wins 💪🏽🏆

  • Jon R. checked in to 25 classes!
  • Tracy R. checked in to 750 classes!
  • Reagan S. did 8 bar muscle-ups in the workout!
  • Coach Wes hit a 405 lb front squat PR!
  • Nick H hit a 225 lb front squat PR!
  • Justin K. hit a 455 lb deadlift PR!
  • Ashley G. hit a 145 lb front squat PR!

We’re extremely proud of all these members for accomplishing great things!

*Remember to let a coach know if you hit a PR so we can highlight you each week. Also keep in mind that this is not a full list of wins, so share your progress with a coach so we can celebrate you!

Birthdays this Week 🥳

  • 12/29 Chantzler B. 
  • 1/1 Tracey S.
  • 1/4 Aaron W.

CrossFit Lake Wylie Anniversaries 🤩

  • 1/3 Tracey S. — 6 years
  • 1/4 Janiece J. — 1 year

Nutrition & Wellness 🥑🧘🏽‍♀️🛌 

CrossFit’s stance on nutrition: Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat.

Reflect on 2025. Build a Stronger Start to 2026.

This is the final Nutrition & Wellness article for 2025.

Before the year closes, take a moment to reflect. Think about the choices you made around food, sleep, and recovery. Think about how you handled busy weeks, stressful seasons, and weekends that didn’t go as planned. Then look at where those choices led you. More energy or more fatigue. Better recovery or lingering soreness. Confidence in your routine or constant frustration.

This isn’t about judging yourself. It’s about awareness. Awareness shows you what worked, what didn’t, and what you want to change.

As 2026 approaches, remember this. You don’t need a perfect year. You need a strong start. The first few months set the tone. Habits form. Routines settle in. Momentum builds from small choices done consistently, not from extremes.

That’s why we’re kicking off the Fuel For Life Nutrition Challenge on January 5. This isn’t a reset or a restrictive plan. It’s support. You’ll get structure when life feels chaotic, guidance when you feel stuck, and accountability when motivation dips. The goal is progress you can sustain, not rules you can’t keep.

Ask yourself where you could be by April if you committed to the next 90 days. Ask yourself what might change if food felt simpler and your energy felt more steady. If 2025 taught you anything, use it to set up 2026 in a better place.

Fuel For Life starts January 5. Give yourself the first three months of the year with solid habits and real support.

Cost and registration

Bundle
Challenge + Open registration code + Open T-shirt

Challenge Only

Tell Me About CrossFit 📚👩🏻‍🏫

CrossFit is constantly varied, functional movement executed at high intensity.

CrossFit Works When You Show Up

Not perfectly. Not every day. Just more often than not.

As we close out the year, take a second to reflect on your attendance. How often did you walk through the door? How many months did you hit Committed Club, which is 16 workouts or check-ins in a month? Did you string together consistency, or did life keep pulling you away?

Showing up more changes everything.

You get better results because your body adapts. Strength builds. Conditioning improves. Movements feel less foreign. You stop starting over.

You also build stronger connections. You recognize faces. You learn names. You share workouts, laughs, and hard moments. That’s the community piece people talk about. It comes from repetition and shared effort.

There’s another benefit people often overlook. The more you show up, the more variety you experience. Different lifts. Different skills. Different time domains. Over time, that variety shapes you into a more well-rounded athlete. Not just strong. Not just fit. Capable across the board.

That’s CrossFit.

As you head into the new year, ask yourself a simple question. What would change if you committed to showing up more often? What would improve if Committed Club became your baseline instead of a stretch goal?

Your results. Your confidence. Your connection to this place.

It all starts with showing up.

Programming Summary 🏋🏽‍♂️

Monday: Today’s effort is a heavy day with front-rack reverse lunges and handstand push-ups or DB Z presses! 

Intended stimulus:

  • Heavy front-rack reverse lunge day with an upper body push.
  • Build to a heavy set of 3 lunges; 3 lunges on one leg and then 3 on the other.
  • Take the bar from the rack.
  • Pick handstand push-ups or DB Z presses.

Tuesday: Today, we have 4 separate AMRAPs with a challenging combination of 4 movements: hang power cleans, shoulder-to-overheads, lateral burpees over the bar, and pull-ups.

Intended stimulus:

  • 2+ rounds per AMRAP.
  • Unbroken hang power cleans and shoulder-to-overheads.
  • Pull-ups in 1-2 sets.
  • Enough rest to push each AMRAP, but not to fully recover.
  • Start each AMRAP back at the hang power cleans.
  • Retest from December 30, 2024, so look back to see how far you’ve progressed this year.

Wednesday: Today, you’ll take on a classic 21-15-9 rep triplet of ring dip, AbMat sit-ups, and double-unders.

Intended stimulus:

  • Finish in 7:00-11:00.
  • Ring dips and sit-ups in no more than 3 sets.
  • Double-unders in 1:00 or less.

Thursday: Closed

Intended stimulus:

  • NA

Friday: Today, you’ll take on a rowing and running couplet.

Intended stimulus:

  • Finish in 18:00-23:00.
  • Monostructural couplet.
  • Maintain a fast, but consistent pace on both movements.
  • Smooth is fast on the transition into and out of the rower.

Saturday: Something fun!

No single workout can develop all aspects of fitness and training different time domains helps develop different metabolic pathways. That’s why CrossFit workouts vary daily.

Effectively harnessing elements of variance is key to developing a broad fitness. Therefore, keep showing up so you can be the best and fittest version of yourself! 😎

Upcoming Events 📆

Fuel For Life Nutrition Challenge – Starts January 5, 2026

Get ready to kick off the new year with a focus on fueling your body the right way! Our Fuel For Life Nutrition Challenge starts January 5th.

This challenge also sets us up perfectly for the Open, one of the most fun times of the year in the gym. We’ll test a benchmark workout at the start and retest it at the end so you can see how much your fitness improves over 12 weeks.

There will be one male and one female winner, based on participation, engagement, and supporting others. This is about showing up, not chasing weight loss. The prize will likely be a cash prize, with details coming soon.

Cost and registration

Bundle
Challenge + Open registration code + Open T-shirt

Challenge Only

If you’re ready to reset after the holidays, feel better in your workouts, and start the year with momentum, this challenge is for you. Let’s go into the Open fueled, confident, and prepared—together!

CrossFit Lake Wylie’s 12th Anniversary Party – Saturday, January 10 @ 6 pm

We’re celebrating 12 years of CrossFit Lake Wylie on January 10, 2026 at 6 pm, and this year’s party is going to be a night you won’t want to miss. It’s one of the biggest things we do all year, and it’s your chance to enjoy great food, great people, and a celebration built around the hard work you put in every day.

Everyone is welcome! Members, spouses, and kids can all attend, but each person needs their own ticket so we can provide accurate numbers to the catering company. Tickets are $20 per person plus Eventbrite fees, and kids under 10 have their own free option. Your ticket helps us cover the venue, food, and all the details that make this night special. 🙏🏼

Check out the Eventbrite invite to see pictures from last year’s event.

Ticket Options

  • No dietary restrictions
  • Gluten-free
  • Vegetarian
  • Kids under 10 (free)
  • Add-on Donation to Support the Event

Details

  • We’re using the same catering company from 2024. If you were here, you remember how amazing the food was!
  • Our photographer, Bruce Williams from BAW Media, will be here capturing the night for us.

Most gyms don’t put on events like this. We choose to because you bring so much to this community, and we want to honor the effort you put in all year long. We’re grateful for every one of you. Your energy, your commitment, and your support are the reason this gym has made it 12 years. Celebrating together matters, and we want you there. Thank YOU for being part of this journey. 💙

🎊 Event Highlights

  • NYE-style dress code
  • Catered dinner with dessert
  • Athlete’s Choice Awards
  • Raffle for the grand prize. Earn tickets by attending classes during the week. Must be present to win.

⏰ Event Schedule

  • 6:00 pm – Doors open
  • 6:30 pm – Dinner served
  • 7:30 pm – Awards
  • 8:00 pm – Grand prize drawing
Please RSVP here by December 31 and include a ticket for your spouse, partner, and kids if they’re coming! 

Member Perks 🤩

Being a member of CrossFit Lake Wylie has its perks! Here’s a look at all the discounts and benefits you get as part of our gym family.

  • First, get 10% off at Thorne. You can grab anything from prenatal vitamins and probiotics to creatine, whey protein, health tests, and many other high-quality supplements.
  • You can also save 30-40% on your CrossFit Lake Wylie membership by using HSA/FSA dollars to pay for it.
  • Plus, get 10% off at Inov8 by using code CFLAKEWYLIE at checkout. They offer everything from barefoot training shoes and lifters to running shoes, including the F-Fly shoe—perfect for CrossFit with its lightweight feel and wide toe box.
  • Another great benefit is 10% off a GOWOD Premium subscription. Just reach out to one of our coaches to receive your subscription link.
  • If you need CFLKW apparel or other goodies check out our online store at crossfitlakewyliestore.com where you can order anytime!
  • For recovery, enjoy $1 per minute massages with James Jones from Zenergy Massage Therapy ($60/60 mins or $90/90 mins). Simply show him your active membership in PushPress (click “Memberships” in the app) and let him know you’re part of CFLKW. Text (803) 526-3550 or book your appointment here.
  • You can also save money and help our community grow through our Referral Program. Thank you for spreading the word!
  • Finally, check in at least 16 times a month (12 for Masters) to make it into our Committed Club. Each month, your name goes in the drawing for a prize when you hit your check-ins.

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” — Proverbs 27:17

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