Birthday Bash 10 December 8, 2018 Recap

  No Excuses CrossFit celebrated 10 years as an affiliate on Saturday with its yearly competition — Birthday Bash. The event was a fundraiser to raise money to buy 25 children and seniors Christmas gifts through the North Gwinnett Co-Op. The event drew 13 teams, led by No Excuses’s eight teams, and also included an […]

Happy Birthday No Excuses CrossFit!

Happy Birthday No Excuses CrossFit! You’re 10 years old today. It was on this day in 2008 that Kyle Maynard and Ben Davis opened the doors to the gym for the first time. A lot has changed since then. We’re no longer in the same location (the old gym was about 200 meters down Lawrenceville-Suwanee […]

8 Reasons You Owe It to Yourself to do Friday Night Throwdown

1. Experience the adrenaline rush of competition. So many of us have never felt what it was like to compete in sports during our youth. Maybe you weren’t the “athletic  kid” growing up. Sure, you probably had plenty of extracurriculars­ like Knowledge Bowl, band, choir, speech… But the feeling of going head­-to-­head with your peers on […]

No Excuses CrossFit provides Christmas gifts for seven families

SUWANEE — No Excuses CrossFit celebrated eight years as an affiliate on Saturday with Birthday Bash VIII, a fundraiser for North Gwinnett Co-Op. The event featured 22 teams from 10 different gyms in Metro Atlanta and raised $5,000 to provide Christmas gifts for 11 children and four seniors in the Suwanee, Buford, Sugar Hill community.   […]

Hugo Open draws largest group of athletes

SUWANEE —  No Excuses CrossFit held its largest team competition on Saturday with the third annual Hugo Open. The in-house competition featured 69 athletes on 23 different teams with all of them competing in one division. Each team had to have at least one female and could have only one Ninja, which is a person […]

Extra Reps

Extra reps is a three-week course that’s an add-on to your membership. It is designed to help you improve your overall fitness and knowledge in the gym. When does it start? Monday, Aug. 15 at 5:15 pm. What days is it held and what time? Monday and Wednesday at 5:15-5:45 pm. What’s the cost? Extra […]

Hugo Open 2016: WOD 3

The third WOD of the Hugo Open is … “Sled Hell 3.0” For time: 150-meter sled push (0#) then 15-12-9 thrusters (75/55#) and bar facing burpees 100-meter sled push (45/25#) then 12-9-6 thrusters (95/65#) and bar facing burpees 50-meter sled push (90/50#) then 9-6-3 thrusters (115/75#) and bar facing burpees Notes: • One person working at a […]

Hugo Open 2016: WOD 2

The second WOD of the 2016 Hugo Open is …. ‘Deja Vu’ The second WOD of the 2016 Hugo Open is …. ‘Deja Vu’ For Time: 40 HSPU 80 Wall balls over the pull-up rig (14 pounds) 30 T2B 60 Power cleans (95/65#) 20 Burpees over a bench 40 DB alternating single-arm ground to overhead […]

Hugo Open 2016: WOD 1

The first WOD of the 2016 Hugo Open is …. “Kettle-Hell” 7-minute AMRAP 60 synchronized goblet squats (70, 55, 35#) 60 kettlebell swings (70,55, 35#) Notes: • All three team members must be at the top and the bottom of the goblet squat at the same time. • One person will use the 70-pound kettlebell, […]

Hugo Open 2016 movements

The following movements are what you can expect for this year’s Hugo Open on Saturday, Aug. 20. Goblet Squats (35/55/70#) One Arm Dumbbell Ground to Overhead (45/25) Kettlebell Swings (35/55/70#) Sled pushes (0-95#) Bar Facing Burpees Toes To Bar Wall balls (14# to 9-foot target) Power clean (95/65#) Thrusters (75-115#) Handstand Push Ups Bar Muscle […]