Two thousand, six hundred.
That's the number.
2,600 early mornings
2,600 whiteboard briefs
2,600 warm ups
2,600 workouts
2,600 cool downs

2,600 times, our main woman and mother of CFA, Carmel McCann, has attended CrossFit Anam
For context, CrossFit HQ emailed us very recently to let us know that a man in his 70s in America had completed his 1000th CrossFit session. Very impressive!

Of course, this made us think of Carmel and we couldn't help but wonder how many sessions she'd completed. After a little bit of digging, we pulled together her numbers and there we have it. 2,600.
Yer man in America has a bit of catching up to do!

In 2013, when we first opened, Carmel had just turned 61 years of age. For an average of 5 classes per week, for 11 years on the trot, Carmel has now hit a record of 2600 classes, just this week
When it's broken down, that is an unbelievable statistic, especially when you factor Covid closures into it
She is now 72, and not only is she fitter than she's ever been, she's fitter than most people we know and showing absolutely no signs of slowing down!

We've preached this before but, CrossFit = Longevity. There is no doubt about it.

We hit another milestone this week too - for the first time ever, we had three generations taking part in the same CrossFit class.
Carmel, Eilis and young Alice!

It just so happens that 2,600 is also the exact number of grandchildren that Carmel has, so we've no doubt there will be plenty more of the 3rd generation joining her for workouts very soon
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Thank you for your loyalty, commitment, hard work and good examples, Carmel.
CFA would not exist without you, literally!

​Yesterday, we were delighted to present "the best looking" McCloskeys (according to Phelim ) with a cheque for £1,620 for the Air Ambulance
Once again, a huge thanks to everyone who came to take part and donate to our 'WOD For Adrian' fundraiser. We are blown away by the support from many people far and wide! We have a wonderful community.
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Thanks also to the McCloskey family for gifting us a fantastic limited edition 'Run For Adrian' framed shirt.
It will take pride of place in CFA

Ten years ago when we first opened our doors, Trina McCoy, Grainne Magill (now Carey) and Martin Logan walked in, signed up and never looked back!
These three are the only people from our very first day in business in March 2013 to still be with us a full decade later! Unbelievable!
So, as a token of appreciation for their undeniable loyalty, they were each presented with a little gift!
Thanks again to @cathal_mcoscar_photography for the snaps!

We don’t have a PB bell to ring but we do have social media!

Big shout out to our valued member Julie for being the first to reach her goal after only writing it on our CFA Goals Board just last week
With some guidance from Coach Cathy in a 1-1, Julie breezed to her new 70kg deadlift PB.
Not to mention, Julie has been dealing with an injury in recent months and is just now settling back into her usual training routine.

What’s impressive is in that time, she applied everything she has learned from working with Caoimhe in terms of nutrition & lifestyle in the last 12 months and has managed to pick up where she left off with improvements made to her body composition and strength numbers clearly increasing!
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Big well done from us all at CFA!