We're throwing a weightlifting party and you're invited! Stop by over the weekend of August 27th-28th to support our lifting team as they throw huge amounts of weight over their heads, help raise money for our youth athletic program, and check out the awesome food, drinks, merchandise, and entertainment at our family friendly street fair!

We will be making the following changes to our usual class schedule over Labor Day Weekend.

We'll be running Fight Gone Bad for Labor Day! This workout is a CrossFit classic -- if you've tried it before you know how special it is; if you haven't, don't miss your chance!

In between his clean and jerks, I ask Ariel how much longer he needs before our interview. "Now is fine," he says, loading 10-lb plates on each side of the bar. I tell him I can't interrupt. "No, no, no, not a problem," he says, "I could use the company." The 12:30 class has just finished, and on this day, one of the muggiest of the summer, we're alone. Ariel already worked out in the morning, and I watch as he grips the bar, 155 pounds, hoists it to his hips, whips it up to his shoulders, squats, and then presses it above his head.When the weight's back on the ground, I ask him what program he's doing. "I guess I'm always training for the Games," he says a little sheepishly, walking toward the stacks of rubber plates. "Which means I have to train what I'm worst at.

We’ll be celebrating July 4th with a traditional "Jacinto Storm". For those of you who don't know, Jacinto is an NYC CrossFit legend -- the fittest 76-year-old around!  He turns 77 on July 3rd; we'll be completing his birthday WOD on the 4th!

Please take note of the following class schedule changes for the 4th of July holiday weekend!

Join us every month all summer to get out of the city for some fresh air and exercise in the great outdoors!

The 2016 CrossFit Games begins Tuesday, July 19th! The action will be streaming live on YouTube and ESPN -- tune in to see amazing athletes throwing down in the brutal heat of Carson, CA. The teens and masters competitions run Tuesday-Thursday; individuals and teams run Friday-Sunday.We'll be hosting a viewing party at the gym on the afternoon of Sunday July 24th to catch the finals -- get it on your calendar!

By Spenser MesLast summer, CrossFit Virtuosity member Ivan Dimov was at a party in his native Bulgaria. "I'm outspoken," Ivan says, "and it became kind of obvious that I'm gay." Later that night a teenager approached him, fumbling, nervous. He said he was gay too, and that he didn't have anyone to talk to. "I was probably the first person he ever told," Ivan says.The moment was pivotal for Ivan, who left Bulgaria after high school to attend Williams College in Massachusetts and has since spent more than 20 years living and working in the United States. “Of course I knew that Bulgaria is not an easy place to be gay,” says Ivan, “but that was when I started to think seriously about what I could do to make things better.”