May is Firefighter Month

May is Firefighter Month at Cleveland CrossFit. Any firefighter that joins during the month of May will receive a 25% discount* each month on their first 12 months of membership, dropping $80/mo to only $60/mo. No contract is required.

"In firefighter competition around the country, it seems that whenever CrossFit-trained personnel enter, they end up at the top of the field. We might even say these CrossFit trained fire companies dominate the competition.

For those of us familiar with CrossFit and its results, this success is not terribly surprising. However, we have observed a phenomenon in these competitions that is curious indeed. In the parts of the competitions that require contestants to use oxygen tanks, CrossFit-trianed firefighters consumed less from their air bottles than other competitors. At first this seems odd -- winners using less air? The conventional understanding is that the more fit you are the more oxygen you can consume (i.e. the greater your VO2 max), the higher levels of exertion you can sustain, and the faster you can get the job done. But a well-developed motor pathway reduces the amount of work done by the body, thereby reducing oxygen consumption. ..." -- CrossFit Journal, March 2007

* This discount does not apply to cash or check payments - it only applies if monthly fees are paid via automatic PayPal subscription.