Guerrilla Fitness gets kettle-bombed by the 603

Sunday, 21 June 2009


Rest Day post by Melissa

The morning after the Level 2 Cert, Dallas and I head over to Guerrilla Fitness CrossFit Montclair to pick up some heavy stuff. Owner and newly certified Level 2 Trainer Gregg Arsenuk graciously allowed us full run of his box (and all their toys) for the morning. He took off halfway through our workout, but told us to keep on rockin’ as long as we wanted.

Turns out it was a good morning for picking up heavy stuff. (And anyone who watched the Northeast Qualifiers knows that there’s something about Gregg’s box that sparks bad-ass performance.) After warming up with some clean and jerks and other Oly assistance drills, Dallas hit a giant snatch PR, pulling 185# twice, and I put 10# on my clean, pulling 115#… twice. (Yeah, TWICE. We really like to make sure our PRs COUNT.)

While training, we took some pictures in front of the huge Guerrilla CrossFit sign painted on the wall… which gave us an idea. Gregg was long gone, and we had a bunch of CrossFit 603 stickers lying around… and we thought it would be sneaky, sneaky fun to stick one right smack in the middle of their sign. Kind of like the most obnoxious “603 Was Here” tag EVER.

So we stacked plyo boxes and bumpers and Dallas got his 6′ 4″ self up there and we slapped a 603 sticker dead center of that giant red star. Caitlin (one of the GFCM trainers) watched the whole thing go down with a smile. “I won’t tell him who did it,” Caitlin promised. “Um, pretty sure you won’t have to,” I replied. Pretty pleased with ourselves, we wondered how long it would take Arsenuk to notice.

The very next morning, we get this comment from Gregg:

“Dallas and Byers, it is ON! And you know what I mean. GFCM slammed by the 603, this could start a new trend amongst affiliates.”

Ha! So there you have it – GFCM kettle-bombed by the 603. We may be cheeky monkeys, but we love Guerrilla Fitness, Gregg and their trainers and members. Thanks for the hospitality, guys. (And Gregg, it would be awesome if you kept the sticker up there for a while. I’m just sayin’…)

Dallas and Melissa get mischievous

CrossFit 603 loves Guerrilla Fitness CrossFit Montclair