Mensch CrossFit

Please join us in welcoming Catie Woodard, who’s interning at Mensch for the fall semester. She will be at Mensch on Tuesdays shadowing and learning from an awesome athlete and mentor, Coach Eric.

Catie is a senior at the and studying Exercise Science. She is currently exploring different career avenues in health and fitness. Catie, an avid fitness enthusiast, finds her values in fitness closely aligned with the CrossFit model. This alignment led her to explore CrossFit at Mensch. We are thrilled to welcome her as a member of our community this semester.

Please help us welcome our new intern, Kelsey Baker. Kelsey is a senior this year studying Exercise Science at the University of Arkansas. Kelsey is starting her second year with Army ROTC and is a part of the Razorback Rangers Challenge team who train weekly at Mensch. We are grateful to have her with us this semester. She will be learning the business and assisting with coaching and will be a future official coach at Mensch.

Mensch is celebrating the service industry Labor Day Monday, Sept. 7th, at 9:00 a.m. Our doors will be open to the community, and everyone is welcome to join us for free. The gym will be open for the remainder of Labor Day until 5 p.m. (open gym).

To honor our First Responders with the upcoming 9/11 Anniversary, we will be doing the Hero WOD “HOTSHOTS 19” to honor the Granite Mountain firefighters who were killed on June 30th, 2013, battling the Yarnell Hill Fire.

HYROX Crew! These athletes show up, give it their all, do not quit, and are still smiling. KEEP PUSHING!

25 Years and We Will Never Forget. In three weeks the 14th Annual Memorial Stair Climb hosted by the University of Arkansas Army ROTC and Air Force ROTC is being held Friday, 9/11, as a tribute to honor and remember the heroes we lost 25 years ago during the 9/11 terrorist attack on our country.

We encourage everyone to attend the stair climb if they can. It is expected to take anywhere from 30 mins to 1.5 hours to complete. A rucksack or weight vest is also an option if you so desire.

On 9/11, Mensch will host 9/11 Tribute WOD: “Always Remembered” for all class times. Our doors are open for the entire community, and we welcome all who want to come and pay their respects to all the Americans we lost on September 11, 2001.

Congratulations to our Mensch athletes who competed today in the ! It was an exciting day of competition, with each athlete securing a podium spot. We are extremely proud of all of you, but more importantly you showed up to the comp with your sweet young children and still crushed it! What an amazing example for all of us.

1st Place Scaled
1st Place Intermediate
3rd Place Intermediate
Caleb 3rd Place RX

Thank you for hosting such a great day and well-run competition!

What a great day competing in the HYROX SIM ._gym. For Mike, Kat and Blanca, this was their first race and we are so proud of them. Our Mensch athletes took on the challenge of a FULL HYROX race and absolutely crushed it.

Teams:
Mike & Victor 1:22
Rosie & Laura 1:44
Kat & Blanca 1:45

Thank you ._gym for putting this well run-race together and a bonus was getting to see Coach .rutledge.90 & .mcvey.

Thank you to our Mensch team that came out to support our athletes.

Today we said “buh-bye” to Coach _ & ! We will miss you both and wish you all the best and future success in all that you do! You two have been an incredible addition to our community and thank you for always being so supportive, positive, and uplifting to everyone.

Maddy, we will come see you in Dallas…and Yudi, if we’re ever in Shanghai, we will come see you too ;)

BRING A FRIEND FOR TWO WEEKS FOR FREE! Friends, Family and Students come experience all things Mensch! If you’re new to CrossFit, you’re welcome to come try us out you don’t have to know anyone.

Mensch athletes bring your friends and family too! This awesome deal starts Monday, August 24th - 9/7 Labor Day Monday.

Community. Relationships. Fun AND this amazing sport we call CrossFit! And at the end of the day this is what it’s all about.

Congratulations to ALL the athletes who took podium spots and to those who showed up and put in the work all weekend. You guys talk the talk, walk the walk, and it’s something to be truly admired.

A HUGE congratulations to Eric for placing 2nd in the Masters Men 35-39. An absolute warrior ending the weekend with a 260 sn**ch!

Congratulations to Tony for placing 6th in the Masters Men 45-49. There is NO quit in Tony, and his passion for competing grows after every comp.

Congratulations to Caleb & Dawson M/M Intermediate placing 14th out of 48 teams!! We couldn’t be more proud of their performance and this achievement.

Lastly, thank you to our Mensch family that came out to cheer on our athletes and everyone this weekend.