That’s the plan for the new layout 🙂

Additions: Lots of extra platforms for lifting, space for all the equipment we currently have stashed around the gym, sandbags, KB’s, DB’s, Kegs, Stones, Cargo Net, Ropes, Couch, GHD’s, Squat Racks, Oh my goodness, you guys are in for so much fun!!

Exciting news pieces: CrossFit Endurance is using us for a Certification Site in May (21st-22nd) in 2011. Since we’ve practiced all winter we’ve got a head start! Sign up on CrossFit.com to attend and get coached by the guys who do just this for a living! April we’ll be hosting a very big powerlifting meet for the Southern Powerlifting Federation (SPF) headed by our own Justin Randal (professional powerlifter) which will be the farthest West meet for the SPF to date!
We need lots of help too!!! Yikes 🙂 The expense that we can’t afford at this moment is flooring! Here’s the plan: plywood with a little varnish and silica (for grit) makes up platforms, two being 139 sqft each, and then 6-10 regular platform spaces each about 21 sqft. That leaves about 3600 sqft needing mats. Each 24 sqft mat is about $40. We’re beginning the fund raising effort NOW to get cash together to go by mats and plywood so that by Dec 1st (when the wall comes tumbling down) we can floor at least half of the space. We’re going to hang a huge whiteboard kinda like the sectional scoreboard with everyone who donated a mat to the cause ($40). We wouldn’t be here without you and we’re not gonna do it without you!!

Other tidbits:
We’ve applied with CrossFit Endurance to make a CFE Team! Once Abi is Certified (Dec) we’ll be a bonafide house of going long. This is a cool thing! It gives our members a discount on CFE events (I think the Cert is one of those events) like races, a sweet banner and all their other excellent dealings. Very cool. Get ready for next summer! Lots of fun trips getting sweaty!
Ludus Virtis Weightlifting will also be making it’s home here at Local’s. Ludus is the ancient roman term for Gladiator School (directly translated as Sport), I’ve always seen us as a Sports School, so that’s good, and Virtis translates to Power. Which is kick ass in general. This is a United States of America Weightlifting Club (USAW) which is part of the Olympics!! Kind of a big deal, hence the banner 🙂 We’re getting more and more lifters, some converts some stolen from other gyms! We’re going to host Weightlifting meets here in the north end (usually they’re done in Sumner) which will be great to watch and be a part of!

Our classes will stay the same for the most part 🙂 As we add more and more members, friends and family we’ll be bringing in more coaches to teach more classes stratified mostly by ability and desires. As far as a Grand Re-Opening Party date, I’m shooting for the new year maybe the 8th (Saturday) great day for a huge workout with friends, family and enemies and then get ’em into On Ramp, one on one training or classes!