West Edmonton CrossFit gym to host charity event
By Cheryl Walsh
EDMONTON — A west Edmonton gym is combining its members’ interest in high-intensity exercise with their desire to do good for the community.
Jason Roncesvalles, Catherine Fortuna, Darrin Ambrose, Jennifer Lipuscek, Adam Teece and Kyle Samson all participating in the last CrossFit class of the event on Saturday, October 29, 2011. Photograph by Cheryl Walsh.
On Nov. 26, the gym will host an event called “Burpees for KidSport,” where members and participants will go out and collect pledges from family and friends to donate money according to how many burpees are done.
A burpee is an intense full-body exercise that is performed in four steps.
The last event held at CrossFit Armoury was inspired by Halloween and was called “Will WOD for Food.” Participants dressed up in their Halloween costumes and did a Workout Of the Day (WOD). The cost for the class was a donation to the Edmonton Food Bank.
“Over 30 people came out to participate in the two short hours,” said owner and trainer Jason Roncesvalles.
Roncesvalles said the event itself was a success and he was impressed with the turnout.
Trainer Catherine Fortuna said that she had a lot of fun leading the workouts and that it was really amusing to see people working out in costume.
CrossFit has been around for over a decade, but has become more popular in the past five years.
Workouts can last any where from 10 minutes to an hour and can be extremely intense. In order to teach CrossFit, instructors go through special training.
There are many CrossFit instructors throughout Edmonton, but this is the only gym that specializes in it in west Edmonton, Roncesvalles said.
Burpees for KidSport will be held on Saturday, Nov. 26, at CrossFit Armoury and is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. For more details, visit the website or call 780-691-7817 and to speak with Jason Roncesvalles.
