About Chrissy
Chrissy Gower has been involved in the CrossFit NorCal community for over five years. She graduated from CSU, Chico with a degree in Liberal Studies and then went on to earn a Masters Degree in Education as well as a teaching credential. In addition to Chrissy’s well rounded education she has also been a competitive athlete and was a member of the Chico State women’s waterski team from 1999-2000. After years of seeing and feeling the positive impact that CrossFit has had on her life Chrissy chose to make a career change to personal fitness training. Chrissy can help you to improve any element of your fitness, be it body composition, strength, flexibility or cardiovascular endurance. She is a Certified CrossFit Level 1 Trainer and a Certified CrossFit Kids Coach.
Posts by Chrissy
Buying Local, Buying Organic
The Thursday night farmers market is back! Now between the Thursday night and Saturday morning markets your quest to shop local and organic just got a whole lot easier. Living in Chico we are spoiled with our abundant access to locally grown produce and grass fed/pasture raised animals all available at our farmers markets. If you can’t make it to the market here is the list of the dirty dozen foods that you should always buy organic when shopping at the grocery stores. Here is the list of the “clean 15″: Onions Sweet...
read moreLevel 1 Testing
Just a quick little reminder that the 10am class this morning is cancelled. We will be testing for Level 1 at 10am. Athletes that are testing should arrive early enough to adequately warm up as the testing will start promptly at 10am. We will resume are regular Saturday schedule next week. Have a fabulous weekend and enjoy the weather! Share this post
read moreUpcoming On Ramps
We have two new On Ramps scheduled to starting in the next few weeks. Starting April 23rd we will start an On Ramp that will meet at 7am on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays for four consecutive weeks. On April 29th another On Ramp class will start and is scheduled to meet at 11am on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Please take advantage of our refer a friend discount. Please click here to register and email info@norcalsc.com if you have any questions. Share this...
read moreBidwell Obstacle Course Run
You might remember a post I did a while back asking for support for our fellow member Jerrad Fisher. Jerrad has been trying to get the city council to approve his obstacle course/run event in our very own Bidwell Park. On Tuesday, April 16th at 6pm the council will be revisiting this topic again. Jerrad is hoping that they accept his appeal and is able to move forward with this event. You can read my previous post here for more information and you can see the upcoming city council meeting agenda here. If you can please go to the meeting...
read moreNew Class Schedule Starts Today!
I just wanted to remind you all that our new class schedule starts this week. Our schedule has been updated online as well as posted below. I hope you all have a fabulous Monday! Effective April 8th 2013 Monday: 6am Elements- Matt 7am Elements- Matt 9am LIFT- Matt 12pm Elements- Jenny 4:30pm Elements- TBA 5:30pm Level 1- Shawn 5:30pm S&A- Jenny 5:30pm Strength- Katie (Starting 4/22) 6:30pm Elements- Katie 6:30pm LIFT- Nate Tuesday: 6am Elements- Matt 7am Mobility- Matt 9am LIFT- Shawn 10am Strength- Katie 4:30pm LIFT- Jaime 5:30pm Oly...
read moreHappy Birthday Jill B.!
Monday evening I had the pleasure of coaching the level 1 class. I was happy that I finally got to meet both Jill and her husband Chris and I was even more excited to celebrate Jill’s birthday in the level 1 class. It was a packed class with a workout that consisted 400m sprints, strict pull ups, and some push ups! In honor of Jill’s birthday we swapped out the 10 push ups on the last round for 27. Happy Birthday Jill and welcome to the NorCal Family! Share this...
read moreNew Schedule Starting April 8th!!
ATTENTION!! We are making a few additions/modifications to our current class schedule that will be effective starting in April. The new class list/times/coaches are listed below. Please let us know if you have any questions. Have a great weekend! Effective April 8th 2013 Monday: 6am Elements- Matt 7am Elements- Matt 9am LIFT- Matt 12pm Elements- Jenny 4:30pm Elements- TBA 5:30pm Level 1- Shawn 5:30pm S&A- Jenny 5:30pm Strength- Katie (Starting 4/22) 6:30pm Elements- Katie 6:30pm LIFT- Nate Tuesday: 6am Elements- Matt 7am Mobility-...
read moreHelp support a fellow NorCal member!
NorCal member Jerrad Fisher (aka Fish) is trying to put together an obstacle course race in Lower Bidwell Park. Jerrad is looking for some supporters to come help him out at the Parks and Recs Committee Meeting tonight February 25th at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be held at 421 Main Street, Council Chamber. Here is a little more info about Fish and how this event will benefit our Chico community. If you can please head on down to the meeting tonight and show your support. From Jerrad: I am a physically active individual and as well as a...
read moreAnd the winner is….
It started as group of 28 individuals who were wanting a little extra motivation and accountability through the holidays. Then there were 16 who weighed in at the completion of the challenge. All 16 individuals made great changes. From the 16 the trainers narrowed it down to the top 3 who made the most significant changes utilizing the data we collected and the before/after photos. The top 3 finalist were (in no particular order) Kristi R., Kristen P., and Melissa A.. The participants of the challenge then voted on the winner. Congratulations...
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