Name: Ariel Fernandez
Hometown: Corona, Queens, NY
Age: 26
CrossFitting Since: I've known about CrossFit since 2010, but I joined Virtuosity about one year ago (in February 2011.)
What advice do you have for other people considering trying CrossFit? You just have to get in there, go for it, and be fearless. Don't fear the weights. You might not be great at the moment, but if you come in and work on things, you'll get better.

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We'll be hosting another CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course March 16th - 17th!

Want to get faster? Brush up on some running skills? Come run with Office Bitches! Michele is holding a weekly running session. Thursday mornings, 6AM, and Saturday mornings at 9:30am at McCarren Park.

6am and 8:30pm classes will be cancelled this Monday, January 21st, for MLK Day. All other classes will proceed as normal.

There’s a lot of shit in Practical Paleo. Literally. The first few chapters are all about your digestive system: how it works, what comes out, and what it says about what you should be eating. In his forward to the book, Robb Wolf commends Diane Sanfilippo for taking complex ideas, like a leaky gut, and making them easy to understand. As a lady with her own set of digestive issues, this is what appealed to me when I first picked up my copy.

Do you have aches and pains? Are you having some trouble getting mobile? We're very excited to announce that our favorite "human lacrosse ball," Sera-Kim Huenergard, will be offering massage therapy services right here at CFV!

We're happy to announce that we will be hosting the CrossFit Kettlebell Trainer Course from April 6th - 7th 2013.

We'll be hosting another CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Course March 2nd - 3rd!

Name: Anne "Annemal" Maldonado
Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI
Age: 30
CrossFitting Since: September 2008

What made you decide to continue CrossFitting while pregnant?
Being active and healthy has always been important to me, and that didn't change when I became pregnant. There are so many changes that go on when you are pregnant, so it was really nice for me to keep workouts as a consistent part of my schedule.

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