This program offers an avenue of expression and socializing for area youth who find team activities difficult for whatever reason. Some in the Karate train for free because of their socioeconomic origins. This discipline teaches valuable personal management skills that these children have not been learning elsewhere for a variety of reasons. Karate is the art of unarmed self-defense. Karate is a Japanese phrase meaning "kara" - (empty), "te" - (hand), or the way of the empty hand. Karate is a centuries old martial art, formally introduced in Japan by Master Gichin Funakoshi. Since the 1950s, karate has been practiced throughout the United States and other parts of the world. Karate is an excellent exercise, utilizing 90% of the body muscles. The mental aspects are as important as the physical. The main objective of karate training is development of character, although karate is also a practical and effective self-defense system. Men and women...
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Note: This is a Pottstown Athletic Club member's testimonial that we received several years ago. We're sharing it now to help inspire others and hope you enjoy it! August 2004, I departed almost 12 years of United States Naval service with an Honorable discharge. Many factors contributed to that discharge and shaped my world as I saw it. In my professional career, I was overweight off and on for those 12 years and that resulted as the primary factor in my discharge. In my personal life, I was a personal computer gamer (PC), and thus spent most of my time indoors. Additionally on top of those two factors, while in the war, my first spouse left me while I was on deployment, taking my children and all that I have ever known. These factors sent me mentally, physically and emotionally into a spiral that I fought for years within myself. For all those years, I overate, smoked cigarettes, and watched lots of TV and not much else. By summer 2007, I would estim...
- Mike Warkentin, managing editor, CrossFit Journal Are you addicted to met-cons to the detriment of overall fitness? Yes, we know you feel like you didn’t accomplish anything on deadlift day. It’s very clear you’re unhappy that you are not out of breath and dripping with sweat. We’re just going to lie here on the rubber with shaking legs while you head over to the corner to bang out 100 burpees for time. We’ll even start the clock if you feel the need to hit a quick Fran. But we’re wrecked from heavy day, so please don’t ask us to join you. Here’s why: You’re part of a CrossFit program. Conditioning is a big part of CrossFit. Many workouts done in CrossFit gyms and programmed on CrossFit.com cause you to sweat heavily, breathe hard and collapse on the floor at the end. These workouts range from relatively short tests such as Fran to longer challenges such as Cindy, and many Hero workouts take athletes into time domains past 2...
Please make a note of our updated programs and events for fall 2016. We've had to change a few programs, and have added several more, to better serve you! Please contact us with questions or if you need additional information. Another important note is about our Facebook pages. For several years, we have been maintaining and updating two Facebook pages that provide the same information to our club members and to the community. Over the next several weeks, we will be making the transition to one Facebook page to serve Pottstown Athletic Club / Pottstown CrossFit better. Please make a note of this page: https://www.facebook.com/PottstownAthleticClubCrossFit/ Here's our fall 2016 events...we hope to see you! Begins Sept. 24: Weekend WODS at the Armory, Starting Saturday and Sunday 8:00 am Adults, 8:30 Youth begins Began Sept. 19: Iron Masters Fall Training – Pottstown High School in House CrossFit training...
Join us for the 5 th Annual Zombie Run hosted by Pottstown Athletic Club/CrossFit Pottstown. This year’s event will be held on Labor Day, Monday, September 5, 2016. Thank you for the support from Brick House Restaurant in Pottstown and the Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation . Without their support this event would not be possible. So what exactly is the Zombie Run? Summer is nearing and end and so is society as we know it. The Zombie Resurrection is about to occur…it’s time to run for your lives! You wonder what you’ve been training for…well this is IT! The run starts at 8am at The Armory, 263 King Street in Pottstown. This is not for the faint of heart! The run will consist a 5K run and 6 WOD stations. Please encourage your children to dress as zombies – they will be chasing their parents. Kids can also ride a bike or scooter, skateboard, rollerblades, even ride in a stroller. Whatever works! The Zombie Run helps us promote to the communi...