We are in an invisible location but our strong message has been heard…

This Fall our location becomes more visible and our message louder with each new team member…

10 messages CrossFit Oldtown wants you to hear:

1.    No one ever plans to get out of shape.

2.    You don’t really have to start/stop/start/stop for the next 3 years.

3.    You don’t have to pay $80 a session for a personal trainer to reach your goal.

4.    When you’re ready to take action; email, call, or walk through the door.

5.    Our vision is to help you unleash your full potential.

6.    Our mission is to deliver an environment where you’re destined for success.

7.    We’ll give you a 16 day trial while we’re repairing your underused yet often abused body.

8.    We’ll quickly notify your emergency contact; “all is well, this is normal, we’re simply working him/her real hard”

9.    We’ll help you remember where your abs are (so what if it hurts when you laugh!)

10.    You’ll get back a body that’s better than it was 10 years ago.

CrossFit Oldtown, LLC - Alexandria VA

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Read the Declaration of Independence, after all it is the 4th of July!

Seriously…

Read it, read it everyday…

Then think about your fitness goal…

Think you’ll go get some?

I do!

Read it here…

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“Prescription-drug ads prompt nearly one-third of Americans to ask their doctors about an advertised medicine, and 82% of those who ask say their physicians recommended a prescription.”

“The findings in a national survey by USA TODAY, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health come as drug advertising hit a record $4.8 billion in 2006, up from $2.6 billion in 2002.”

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I’m not going to debate Big Pharma…they help a lot of people in legitimate need of help.
 
Unfortunately their 5 billion dollar marketing campaign also leads a lot of good people on a downward spiral and removes alternative choices.  So, the big question that eats away at me is; Does Big Pharma’s marketing successes weaken the character of our Nation?

A leap?

Look, I’m all for easing people’s pain but where is the threshold? Have we mutated and morphed the scale of discomfort to include everyone as candidates for pharmaceutical assistance?  Is Big Pharma pushing quick-fix dependency to a whole new level?
 
What of character, determination and choice?

If drugs can help someone who is miserable suffer less then can they help someone who is simply OK feel great?

Does the Pharma promise of happiness rob some who could find a more lasting, more meaningful path? 

I don’t have any concrete answers, only questions that push me to formulate new ideas on how to help others achieve a life of success and happiness.

In Strength,
Jerry

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