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Thank You!! What a weekend at the 2012 #CrossFit Games

Jul 17 2012 Published by under Apparel, Custom Branding, Events, Pics

It came and went so fast that we’re left to wonder WHAT JUST HAPPENED?! The 2012 CrossFit Games were absolutely incredible and put together on a scale that was jaw dropping. This was our first year at the Games but everyone who has attended in previous years couldn’t help but comment on how much the event continues to build and grow each year. Congratulations to all the athletes who put forth an incredible effort and inspired all of us to step up our own training. We want to give a huge shout out to @Blonyx and Rowan Minnion for providing a new and growing company like ours an opportunity to be there to showcase our product. Rowan was so impressed with our men’s and women’s Rx Shorts that he bought the rest of our inventory to co-brand with his company for the Games. We are incredibly appreciative of clients like Rowan who have expressed confidence in our product and are excited about the future of Blonyx within the CrossFit community.

Each day at of the Games brought more and more interest in our shorts. Jay had spent his voice completely by the end of the second day as he wouldn’t let ANYONE pass by without asking them if he could tell them about our shorts. In a market where more and more companies are starting to offer shorts, we were determined to get people to stop to let them know why our shorts are different. Each day build upon itself as we spoke to more and more people. Friday was a lot of sharing the product and its features while people walked through to visit all the vendors… by the end of the day we had made a decent number of sales. Saturday started to bring some people back that we had spoken to once they had a chance to check out all the other shorts available. It is like Christmas morning for us when we have people come back and say “I checked everything out and these are the ones I want to buy!” Sunday was incredible… we had a HUGE number of people that had bought shorts throughout the first two days come back to buy a second pair before the Games were over. I can’t think of a bigger compliment than that!

We are so appreciative of everyone who stopped to let us share our product and those who made purchases. It was just as cool having so many of you who already support us coming by to say hi and talk up our shorts with those who were nearby. It’s a bit overwhelming for us when we step back and look at the support we’ve received over the last year from so many of you. We can’t thank all of you enough and will continue to be proactive in our attempt to provide you with the best CrossFit shorts possible. Our goal is to make it clear that we care about people first; and then the right kind of success will follow!

So many people are always saying how the best part of CrossFit is the community and we were so pleased to meet so many new CrossFitters this weekend. Many of the people we met are box owners and we are excited to being the process of Custom Branding our shorts to promote your box. We’re excited to use our product to help you grow your business and have even greater success.

As a relatively new company we are learning a lot as we go… thanks in no small part to all of the feedback we receive from you. With the most recent development of having our remaining inventory purchased for the games, we are in an interesting position right now. We current are sold right out of our shorts and have put in a new order with our manufacturer. The new order also contains a longer version of our Men’s shorts for athletes 6’2″ and taller as requested. We are going to add a sign up section to the main page of our website where those of you looking to order shorts can provide your name, email, shorts requested and size. Then, when the next order arrives we will notify you so you can place your order online and we will SHIP TO YOU FOR FREE! We obviously aren’t terribly excited about our current situation but will chalk it up as a learning experience to help us serve you better going forward. On the flip side, it’s also kind of exciting that we are dealing with an issue like this as it means we must be doing something right.

We’ll let you know as soon as the sign up is active on the website. Thanks again for all of your support and good luck with your training! We look forward to seeing many of your at events leading up to next year’s CrossFit Games.

Adam and Jay

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Mandy gets first female teammate… SK powerhouse Taryn Romanowich!

Jun 28 2012 Published by under Apparel, Pics, RX Athletes

With the Rx WOD Girl Shorts now finally available to purchase ONLINE we are very excited to be adding to another phenomenal female athlete to our incredible team. This sponsorship has been particularly difficult to stay quiet about as we’ve been talking to her for a while but wanted to wait until the women’s shorts were available to make it official. Now that the shorts are done we couldn’t be more pleased to announce that our newest female athlete is Taryn Romanowich from FUNCTION in Yorkton Saskatchewan!

Taryn is a co-owner and Coach at CF FUNCTION and an incredible athlete. Just like Steve Howell, and other top level competitive CrossFit athletes, Taryn works closely with one of the most well respected coaches and trainers in #CrossFit, CJ Martin of CrossFit Invictus. Finishing 14th in this year’s Canada West Regionals, Taryn is an amazing athlete and is on a serious course to keep moving up the leader board. Here’s a little bit more about Taryn:

“Being a small town tomboy, I occupied myself with sports. Hockey, basketball, soccer, you name it – I played it. The only way to keep ourselves sane in this small town was to play sports. I fell in love with basketball in particular, and it became who I was. For as long as I can remember, basketball has always been the pillar of my identity.

Enter CrossFit.

It’s 5 AM. We’re in a globo gym. “Fran”. I don’t know what I’m doing – thrusters? pull-ups? I can’t do a pull-up! Eight minutes later, I have no idea what just happened, but whatever it is, I’m hooked.

My CrossFit career started in a globo gym, much like many others. We would haul the rowers from the cardio center upstairs, to downstairs in front of the squat rack. We’d elbow the guys doing cable rows out of the way so we could do pull-ups. We were the ones that got into trouble for making too much noise, dropping the barbell, and spreading chalk everywhere. Sprinting out the front doors, nearly knocking people off their feet, so we could get our 400m run in.

I entered my first local competition two years ago, and after placing fourth, I never looked back. I competed at the Canada West 2010 Regionals with the CrossFit Regina team, placing fourth. But after opening our Affiliate, and working with some of the best coaches in the industry, I took my first shot at individual this year and placed fourteenth in the Canada West Regional. With a fire underneath me, and all the focus and support in the world, I’m set for 2013.

Before I was able to realize it, CrossFit became my identity. This sport is everything to me: as cliché as it is, I eat, sleep, and breathe for CrossFit. My life revolves around this sport. My life *is* CrossFit.”

We pinch ourselves daily to have the opportunity to work with the incredible athletes that have come on board with our brand and been so incredibly loyal. They all have a love for the sport of CrossFit that pours through in everything that they do which is exactly what we want the Rx brand to be about… the sport and the athletes first. Taryn is certainly no exception. She is so positive and upbeat it’s impossible to be down around her! We’re excited to help support Taryn in her CrossFit journey. Please help us welcome her to the team. I keep coming back to Steve’s quote from earlier in the year but no one has said it better….

THIS TEAM IS A FORCE.

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Ryan Swobody rounds out 3 incredible athletes repping RX at the NW Regionals this weekend

May 23 2012 Published by under Apparel, Events, Pics, RX Athletes

If it seems like we’re always excited it’s because, 90% of the time, we are. The other 10% of the time that we’re not excited is because we’re REALLY JACKED UP! Coming up this weekend is one of the last Regional events of 2012 leading into the #CrossFit Games. The NorthWest Regionals are going to be incredible this year and it’s not too far from the rest of us so Priceline a cheap hotel and get on down there.

We believe we’ve got a phenomenal product when it comes to our shorts but we still have to pinch ourselves when really high level athletes get excited to wear our gear and rep our brand! This latest guy is no exception; Co-owner of CrossFit Marysville along with Joel Anderson and Rx athlete Noah Pester, Ryan Swobody is an incredible athlete and all around good guy. In 5th place after this year’s Open, Ryan is an obvious force to be reckoned with. Here’s a little bit about Ryan:

I have been a Firefighter/EMT for the past 7 years and have found the occupation to be very rewarding. However, my passion lies in competing, coaching and running our CrossFit Box in Marysville, WA (CrossFit Marysville). CrossFit has changed my life, which is why I set out every day to ensure that others might have the same experience I have.

I am married to my beautiful wife Stephanie and have an amazing 5 month old daughter named Ari. I have been blessed like I never thought possible, and so much of that involves CrossFit!

2012 Open- 5th in NW Region
2011 NW Regionals- 18th
2011 Open- 5th in NW
2010 NW Sectionals- 52nd

As a company, we pride ourselves in our associations with quality people, not just quality athletes. Ryan and Noah fit that billing perfectly and as a result, their box in Marysville, WA is growing at an incredible pace. You can read a fantastic write up on the two of them and their gym on the Games mainsite. Don’t close this page before clicking through to read the post!

These next few days can’t pass quickly enough… it’s time to get down to Puyallup and start yelling! It’s going to be exciting to watch the last years worth of hard work by Ryan, Noah and Connor really pay off. Good luck boys!!

As a side note, those of you who are planning a trip to the Games should make sure to stop by and visit us at our booth! YES YOU HEARD ME CORRECTLY… RX will be repping the best shorts around, on the biggest stage around, with the best supplements around in @BLONYX! Check out their website and discover the products that are being praised by some of the biggest names in CrossFit.

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Rx Sponsors First Female Athlete!!

May 03 2012 Published by under Apparel, Contests and Promotions, Events, Pics, RX Athletes

It’s Thursday and we’ll be honest, we’re still coming down from the whirlwind of a weekend that was the @CFGCanWestReg! If it was possible to bottle the feeling you get watching all of the athletes give their full effort, we’d be rich… how many have seen PR’s this week during your own training simply due to #RegionalsHangover? I know we have.

Jay and I had an incredible time at the Rx booth hanging out with friends and meeting new ones. We are very blessed to be involved with the amazing community of people that make CrossFit what it is. Our sponsored athletes put out an effort that can only be described as INSPIRING. I don’t know who said it first, but I saw @SteveHowell_01 make a post prior to the Regional’s that said “Full Effort, Full Victory”. That is the perfect way to sum up the performances and every athlete should feel proud of their accomplishments this past weekend. It is becoming scary to think what another year of training is going to do to the level of competition we are going to see in 2013!

“Full Effort, Full Victory”. That is the perfect way to sum up the performances and every athlete should feel proud of their accomplishments…

On that note, as many of you may have seen or heard, we have finally finished our women’s WOD shorts! It has been impossible to mask our excitement as we have been working on these for many, many months and the shorts have been very well received so far. The completion of the shorts allows us to move on to an exciting next step as a company… SPONSORING OUR FIRST FEMALE ATHLETE!

As a young company, we’ve been incredibly fortunate to have received the support we have from the quality and caliber of athletes that have joined our team; this next athlete is no exception. Rx is pleased to announce that Mandy Gill is the first female sponsored athlete to come on board and join the team chalk full of awesome men! Mandy is a phenomenal athlete and the rate at which she continues to get better is scary! Her personality is so infectious, that when Mandy told us “I’m so excited!!! I have to call my mom!”, she had us wanting to call our moms we were so excited! Here is a little more about Mandy:

Is it too Xtreme to say CrossFit is Mandy Gill’s religion?

As far back as Mandy’s parents can remember it was nearly impossible to get her to stop doing handstands in front of the TV every…single…night. After nearly taking out a few TV’s with bad landings her parents decided it was time to channel that energy into something safer! At only five years old Mandy was running the bases on a softball league, and scoring points for her soccer team. This is when her love for sports began. Coming into junior high and high school, there was never a team she didn’t try out for. Failure was not an option.

It was in Mandy’s late teens that she was dealt some challenging cards. She had developed an intense eating disorder, which left her too weak and fatigued to take part in sports. After seeking help and opening up to the public about it, she can now truly say this was one of the greatest gifts she ever received. Why? Because it lead her to Crossfit!

In 2008, Mandy was introduced to her first ever CrossFit experience. Unable to achieve even one push up on her knees at the time, she knew she had found her true passion! Day in and out Mandy could be found at the gym for hours determined to find her true physical and mental strength. It didn’t take long. Before she knew it she was competing in the 2010 CrossFit Games Sectionals, followed by the 2011 CrossFit Games Regional’s, and Taranis Winter Challenge. The support she received was incredible; her Mom never missed an opportunity to cheer on her daughter from the sidelines.

There is no doubt Mandy is living her dream. When she isn’t encouraging others to keep pushing themselves at CrossFit North Vancouver, she’s making her co-workers at The Beat 94.5 do burpees for time! It’s obvious we’ll be seeing a lot more of Mandy Gill in the community, because every time she says or hears the word ‘CrossFit’ it’s impossible not to spot the fire in her eyes!

Words she lives by – ‘Life Begins At The End Of Your Comfort Zone’

Please join us in welcoming Mandy to the team and calling your moms to let them know as well!! We’re excited to get behind Mandy and watch her continue to excel. Make sure to check Mandy out on her Facebook and Twitter pages as well. Keep an eye on our pages tomorrow as well for the announcement of the male and female winners of the weekends Custom Branded Shorts contest!

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Regional’s are coming!!! And RX is ready to release the new Women’s….

Apr 19 2012 Published by under Apparel, Events, Pics, Website

First things first, we’re only about a week away from the Canada West Regional’s and we are just a little bit excited!! The field, for both individuals and teams, is phenomenal this year and will be incredibly competitive. On top of that we’ll be at a Venue that is second to none… the @RichmondOval won’t know what hit it! We’re excited to be one of the sponsors of the event this year, joining the likes of great #CrossFit supporters like @FitnessTown, @Blonyx and @PurePharma to name a few. It’s a stretch for us as a new company but we couldn’t miss the opportunity to be there to support all of you who have shown such great support towards us over the last year; Thank you!

“..feel free to share it around as a tool to get the word out there and to invite people out to the Oval.”

Our biggest priority is doing what we can to help continue to move the sport of CrossFit, locally, into the spotlight. That being said, we have been doing whatever we can to invite friends, family, acquaintances and anyone who we find ourselves in conversation with to the Regional’s next weekend. In order to help you all do the same, we produced the banner at the top of this post and put it on our Facebook and Twitter pages. Please feel free to share it around as a tool to get the word out there and to invite people out to the Oval. Let’s use this last week to create a buzz that people, and media outlets, can’t ignore! Just imagine how awesome it will be on the final Sunday to have a full house yelling at all the athletes, pushing each of you to go beyond what you even thought you were capable of.

In the middle of all this excitement we’re planning on putting out some new gear that we hope will embody the spirit of the event and that you will all love. Some of you may have seen a pic we posted on Facebook this morning of our new Regional’s T’s. We wanted to put something together that would represent the journey all of the Athletes are on, as well as those of us who are hoping to get there one day! The final product has us really excited and we’d love to see everybody come by and grab one!

We’ve got some other great new gear for you guys as well, including a new Men’s and Women’s Hoodie, new Women’s Burnout Tanks in some great colours and an updated version of the Men’s Rx Hybrid Shorts. This leads me to one last item: the white unicorn of Rx gear. Yes… it’s the women’s shorts. They’ve been spoken of, but never seen; until now that is. It is with more than just excitement (whatever that is) that we are announcing the completion of our first pair of Women’s shorts. Made with the same great Flex-Sil fabric that everyone loves about the Men’s shorts, the Women’s version is incredibly comfortable. Fully equipped with a spandex gusset, four way stretch Flex-Sil material and a liner among other features. The first order of the shorts will be arriving around the beginning of June for the @SweatRXmag Sweat Rx Championships at @HybridAthletic but we will have a number of pairs available next weekend for you to see, touch, try on and pre-order. Custom Branding clients, rejoice… you can now let the women in your box know that we are ready to get them geared up as well. Each pair comes with an apology that they took so long! Here’s a quick sneak peak below.

Best of luck to all the athletes in your last week of training. We’re resting our voices so we can yell at you as loud as possible next weekend! Also, stay tuned next week to read about an exciting new contest we’ll be running during the weekend for those of you who stop by to purchase RX apparel. In the meantime, check out this awesome Twitter post from RX Athlete Steve Howell. KIDS: DON’T TRY THAT AT HOME:)

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