Mental Giants Crossfit

Our 2026 (Magical) Intramural Open is almost here! ✨

📅 Starts Friday Feb 27th (Through March 16th)
👥 All welcome
💪 Workouts announced Thursdays (beginning today) and may be done from Thursday ➡️ Monday. We will take on the workouts as a community on Fridays (02/27 & 03/6) and Saturday (03/14).

Teams can earn points by:
• Doing the Open workouts
• ✅ in to classes
•Top 3 performers/division
• Weekly challenges
• Overall participation and engagement

🏆 Winning team gets their name on a custom house banner 🐍 🦁 🦡 🐦‍⬛

Check out this post for more details on how we run the Magical MGCF Open. (Also check your inbox for full details)

Get excited! 🪄✨

What gets measured gets improved.📏

The CrossFit Open is our annual fitness benchmark. Three weeks of workouts that provide important data and honest results about where you are and what needs to be worked on next. It will humble you. It will also show you how far you've come.

It also gives you something to train towards. And that matters more than most people realize. When you have a goal on the calendar, your training sharpens. The random Tuesday workout stops feeling random. You walk in with a reason, and you walk out knowing it counted.

But what makes it special isn't the leaderboard. It's the atmosphere in this gym when everyone is in it together. It's your teammates refusing to let you give less than your best. It's the way this community wraps itself around a challenge and makes even the hardest workouts something you can show up for.

That's why we encourage you all to do it. Year after year, together.

Join us this year -🔗 Register at the link in bio.

A lot can happen in a year.📆

Our members showed up, trained hard, enjoyed life, hit some PR's, learned some lessons, navigated hardships, and made it through another year together. We can do it again in 2026!

Celebrate your wins for the year (no matter how small) and take ownership of areas that need work. What do you want to achieve this year? Better health? More consistency? A new PR? Write it down. Get specific and start thinking about how you plan on making it happen.

You don't have to do it alone. We are here to help! If you're willing to put in the work, focus on the basics, challenge yourself, and do it all with a community that has your back...we got you.

While 2026 will bring our community into a new space, the mission stays the same. Continue to build the basics (over and over). Emphasize the importance of sustainable nutrition. Keep programming simple and effective. Deliver an engaging class experience with exceptional coaching in a culture that welcomes anyone seeking self-improvement. We're committed to bettering ourselves, and we hope you'll join us.

DECEMBER EVENTS🎄

We're wrapping up the year the right way, with good people, good times, and maybe a little sweat in between.

𝟭𝟮/𝟭𝟯: 🍪Ladies Craft & Dessert Night-7:00PM-10:00PM
Crafts and desserts at Coach Jessi's. Don't forget to sign up to bring something sweet.

𝟭𝟮/𝟭𝟯:🍻 Guys Night Out - 7:00PM-10:00PM
Beers with Coach Sal at Vector Brewing. Simple as that.

𝟭𝟮/𝟭𝟰 & 𝟭𝟮/𝟮𝟴: 👟Run/Walk (Cheer) Club- See Run Club chat for details.

𝟭𝟮/𝟮𝟬:🎄Christmas Party & White Elephant - 7:00PM-10:00PM
Our last hurrah at 304-C. 13 years of memories deserves a special sendoff. Open to every and anyone who has been a part of the MGCF community! Please RSVP!

💪 Don't Stop December Challenge - All month
because we don't coast into the new year. Keep going strong!

Let's close out 2025 together!🥂

Ready to build on your gymnastics skills?

Today marks day1️⃣ of a new supplemental gymnastics cycle designed to build the gymnastic strength and skill you need to tackle the CF Open with confidence.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀:
When: 3 sessions a week- programmed on M/W/F
Where: find the program under 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴
Duration: 30-45 minutes per session

➡️ 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴

Whether gymnastics movements are your weakness or you're looking to refine your technique, this program will meet you where you are and take you where you want to be.

Don't let gymnastics hold you back in 2026. Let's build those skills now!

MEMBER OF THE MONTH👊

Billy is the definition of longevity in fitness. He’s been training CrossFit since he was a teenager, and what’s impressive isn’t just how long he’s been at it, it’s how he’s adapted and evolved his training over the years.

Life changes, schedules shift, and priorities evolve, but Billy keeps showing up. We’ve watched him adjust his training schedule when needed and continues to find a way to make it work. That’s the mindset that separates those who train for a season from those who train for a lifetime. Billy embodies what MGCF is all about, sustainable fitness built for the long haul.

We appreciate your coachability, participation in community events, and willingness to support the team and contribute to the culture we’re building here.

Thanks for being a part of our community, Billy! 💪

November Community Events🍁
Join us for all the fall festivities! We have a month packed with fun, informative, and festive community events. Don’t miss out! Also… joining for one (or all) of these events earns you a ⭐️ for our No Quit November Challenge!

Welcome to November!🍂

This month, we’ll focus on pressing. Expect to see workouts that include the many ways we can press in a workout. (Our first monthly exposure being today with handstand push-ups)

➡️Look forward to a partner variation of CHAD1000X on Nov. 8th (at the Dallas Galleria).

➡️November CAP benchmarks: Diane, Kelly, and a 3-rep-max front squat.
- Diane: Compare to 06/02/25
- Kelly: Compare to 04/30/25
- 3RM Front Squat: Compare to 02/10/25

WORK YOUR WEAKNESS💪

➡️ Olympic Lifting: Close out the last 2 weeks of our current Clean & Jerk cycle.

➡️ Strength: Close out our Strict Press cycle

➡️ Gymnastics: We are continuing with our current weighted pull-up cycle.

➡️ Stamina: Weekly stamina exposures + Run Club

Keep showing up as we make it through our NO QUIT NOVEMBER challenge!❌

If you’ve been around MGCF for a while, you know Bryam. And if you’ve been paying attention this past year, you’ve watched him level up in ways that go way beyond the whiteboard.

Bryam’s been part of our community since 2021, and from day one, his passion for performance has been obvious. But here’s the thing about real growth: it’s rarely just one thing. This past year, Bryam made the decision that so many of us know we need to make but struggle to commit to, he dialed in his nutrition to align with his goals to increase performance.

Balancing family, work, and fitness/nutrition is not always easy. It takes discipline and the mindset to make it happen. It has taken getting creative but he makes it work!

We see you balancing it all and still showing up for your family. That’s what this community is about. People putting in the real work, not just in the gym, but in life.

You’ve earned this recognition. Keep making it work. We’re proud to have you here.

Congrats Bryam! 💪🔥

Spooky szn calls for a tricky partner WOD with treats to follow! 🎃

Join us this Saturday, October 25th for our Halloween community workout! Open to ALL. Bring a friend, wear a costume, and stay for pancakes after.

Reminder that .physicaltherapy will be hosting a running workshop from 8:00-9:00am, so get registered and we will put it all to use in the workout that follows.

Partner Badger
3 rounds for time with a partner:
30 squat cleans (65/95 lb)
30 pull-ups
800-m run
- Athletes run together and break up the cleans and pull-ups as needed.

* scaling options available*

See you there! 👻