Wodapalooza (WZA) is a fantastic 4 day Fitness Festival in beautiful downtown Miami and I've been fortunate enough to just complete my fourth competition there. WZA has grow tremendously and just celebrated their 10th year with this 2021-22 season. As an Adaptive Athlete, WZA played a critical role in the efforts to get Adaptive CrossFit in to the CrossFit Games. WZA is a both a leader in the sanctioned CrossFit games space and one of the best places to see top CrossFit talent. Here is a collection of some of my pictures and videos from my days competing Jan 13-17, 2022 ..read more

Whole30 Challenge at CrossFit Apogee To help our members recover from the holiday season, prepare for the CrossFit Open, and set the state for a year of goal crushing and PR-setting, we are excited to announce that we will be doing a Whole30 Nutrition Challenge! What is the Whole30? Certain food groups (like sugar, grains, dairy, and legumes) could be having a negative impact on your health and fitness without you even realizing it. Are your energy levels inconsistent or non-existent? Are you having difficulty losing weight no matter how hard you try? Do you have aches and pains that can’t be ..read more

To continue…Rich completed his scaled WOD3 in the morning and submitted all three scores. Yolanda came in at 10AM and crushed hers and got the data uploaded. Heather got hers done after Yolanda and Blake finished strong at 4:30 re-doing WOD1 and scorching past his first score! So, Mr Bloody Mary-Man, aka #MasterOfPuppets, Zach did make it to gym at 6AM and he owned WOD3 like we knew he would, and at RX, not scaled! So, before 7AM, he did a 600’ shuttle run, then 60 Pull-ups, another 400’ shuttle run, then 40 Chest-To-Bar Pull-ups, and got most of the way through the 200’ shuttle run. Zach comp ..read more

Apogee’s Wodapalooza Pursuit 2022-23 Week 1 of Online Qualifiers Wodapalooza’s 2022-23 Online Qualifier started on Thursday Sept 15 when the first 3 workouts were released. This year CrossFit Apogee is working to land 5 athletes in Miami, each competing as individuals in 4 different divisions. The actual competition is in January in downtown Miami at the BayFront Park and Amphitheater on Biscayne Bay - and it is an awesome time! A large four day fitness festival in downtown Miami that has become template of CrossFit’s “Sanctionals” where many athletes will earn a ticket to the CrossFit Games ..read more

There is a “challenge” going around known as “75Hard.” It is said to be a Mental Toughness challenge. If you take on 75Hard you are committing yourself for 75 days in a row to: Drink a Gallon of plain water a day Follow a diet (of your choice) – No Alcohol nor cheat foods Two 45 minute workouts a day- one MUST be outside Take a progress picture each day Read 10 pages of self-development (non-fiction book) You must complete all tasks each day. No substitutions, no excuses for anything and no “almost did it” either. “Water” means plain water, no mixes. “Read a book” means paper book in hand, n ..read more