Foundation Gym

What a day. What a community! *Lift Heavy Love Strong 2026*

This year, thanks to our incredible athletes, spectators, friends, family, and supporters, we raised over $9,000 for two amazing local organizations: Lambert House and Entre Hermanos.

Every rep, cheer, donation, team chant, and dance-filled moment helped support organizations doing vital work for LGBTQ+ youth, families, immigrants, and community members right here in Seattle.

A huge thank you to our fabulous drag queen emcees — Georgia Peach, Eliza Valley, Cara Mia, and Topanga Valley— for bringing the energy, the humor, the heart, and the show-stopping performances all morning long. 💅✨

And thank you to our teams:
🔵 Team Blue
🟢 Team Green
🔴 Team Red
🟡 Team Yellow

You showed up, lifted heavy, loved strong, and made this 5th year unforgettable.

Donations are still open [link in bio]. Please continue supporting Lambert House and Entre Hermanos; every dollar helps these organizations continue their work in our community.

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

🌈 Lift Heavy Love Strong is almost here! 🌈

Friends working out, teams showing individuality and spirit, and a gym packed full of Pride energy. We’re coming together to raise as much money as possible for two incredible local LGBTQ+ organizations: Lambert House and Entre Hermanos. All are welcome to spectate and support the crew.

- Lambert House provides a safe, affirming space for LGBTQ+ youth to build community, leadership, and life skills.

- Entre Hermanos supports the Latino LGBTQ+ community through health education, HIV testing, advocacy, legal services, and community care.

Every donation helps. Every receipt counts. Every team is still fundraising.

Athletes, friends, family, spectators, and supporters can all donate toward the team fundraising total. Want to help your favorite team? Include their team color with your donation receipt [link in bio].

Saturday, June 13
Doors open at 8:00am
Event starts at 9:00am


Donate. Cheer. Celebrate Pride with us! 🌈

🌈 Meet the Captains of Lift Heavy Love Strong 2026 🌈

This year, four members of our community are volunteering to take on the role of team captain. They’ll help lead our athletes through a fun set of workout challenges next weekend. What’s their winning strategy?

Team RED - Fede
Strategy: “Twerk at the perfect moment, wear the brightest pink, distract the competition with an impromptu dance break, and channel Beyoncé!”

Team BLUE - Lex
Strategy: “Be gayer than the other teams and tie Fede’s shoelaces together any chance we get!”

Team YELLOW - John
Strategy: “51% discount on our team’s OnlyFans for the month of June.”

Team GREEN - Daisy
Strategy: “Support, love, and big butts (🤣 kidding, kind of)!”

Check the photos from past years and give a shout out if you were part of our PRIDE Fundraisers!

This year won’t be the traditional competition format. Less of this: ❌ Serious heats ❌ High-pressure competition floor ❌ “Rx vs Scaled” pressure

And much more of this: ✅ Team field day energy ✅ Fun challenges and activities ✅ Big group workouts ✅ Drag queen performances ✅ Cheering each other on ✅ Raising money for our local LGBTQ+ community ✅ Getting a great workout in with friends and fellow members

This year’s event is designed to feel more inclusive, more social, more spectator-friendly, and way more community-driven than ever before. We’ve intentionally built the workouts and challenges to be fun and approachable, with challenges for the longtime CrossFit athlete and those who just want to move, participate, and support the community.

We’ll still have: 🏋️ Olympic lifting 🔥 Fitness challenges 🌈 Team scoring 💖 Fundraising 💃Drag queen performances

Friends, partners, and outside athletes are all welcome. The focus is on participation, teamwork, energy, and celebrating Pride together while supporting our community’s LGBTQ+ charities, Entre Hermanos and Lambert House.

Registration closes soon 🌈💪 Link in bio!

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Lift Heavy Love Strong — Saturday, June 13, 2026

🌈 REGISTRATION IS NOW LIVE 🔗 Link in bio

It’s back! And bigger than ever! Our annual Pride Fundraiser event, Lift Heavy Love Strong, returns on Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 9am. This year is our 5th annual Pride fundraiser event and will benefit Entre Hermanos and Lambert House.

This year, athletes will register individually and be assigned to one of four large teams after registration closes, creating a more inclusive, collaborative, and community-driven event focused on participation, support, teamwork, fundraising, and celebration.

The day will feature:
- Inclusive team-based fitness challenges
- A Clean & Jerk max event
- Four drag queens hosting and performing throughout the event

Most workouts will mix athletes of different skill and strength levels to emphasize teamwork, encouragement, and community over traditional competition.

Registration: $25 event registration fee PLUS a minimum required $50 charitable donation made directly to either Entre Hermanos or Lambert House

**Employer donation matching is strongly encouraged and will contribute toward team fundraising totals during the event.

Join us in celebrating Pride with the community! Register ASAP! 🌈💪

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PROGRAMMING: Our UNITY CYCLE begins May 4. This shorter 6-week cycle progresses our spring training into our Pride Fundraiser Event on June 13, with a focus on building strength, endurance, and community together.

Our programming cycle will include a 1RM Clean & Jerk, 5RM Bench Press, strict pulling strength, shoulder-to-overhead work, pauses, tempos, and more isometric strength work. We’ve seen lots of amazing achievements so far this year…let’s keep it going strong! As the days get warmer, our conditioning focus will shift toward longer efforts to support athletes preparing for Murph, HYROX, and other summer endurance events.

** Save the date for Saturday, June 13! Registration for our Pride Fundraiser opens soon! **

Roses are red,
Burpees are hard,
If you skip leg day…
Cupid pulls your card. ❤️‍🔥

Good job last week with all those squats! 😅 We’re heading into Week 5 of ASCEND, our intentional mid-cycle deload. That means shorter workouts, lighter percentages, cleaner reps, and sharper movement. This isn’t a step back, it’s a strategic reset so we can push harder in the weeks ahead.

The CrossFit Open 2026 kicks off 2/28 and runs for three weeks, and we’ll be throwing down during our Saturday classes. It’s a great time to test your progress versus your friends across the globe. Looking forward to it!

Final week. Time to test!

Our 8-week SLEIGH programming cycle wraps up with a true Testing Week, featuring the Split Jerk and Back Squat tests, and the return of Super Bario Bros for our cycle re-test. Heavy singles, high-skill conditioning, and opportunities to ring the PR gong!

2026 is here! New goals, new skills, and new chapters are taking shape. Progress doesn’t happen all at once. It’s built layer by layer, with intention, patience, and commitment to the details.

The best training works the same way: strength, skill, and confidence are earned through consistent effort. Over time the work turns into something powerful.

This week’s training leans into that mindset: unilateral leg stability, tempo strength, sn**ch and jerk skill work, and fun conditioning challenges to ring in the new year.

If you’re ready to grow alongside a group of athletes who value consistency, effort, and quality of movement, come train with us!

Last week was a busy one! We had several athletes stepping onto competition floors, both locally and nationally. They all did amazing and their commitment, consistency, and willingness to test themselves are what allow them to continually raise their own expectations. If you want to step into the friendly-competitive arena, we’ll all be gearing up in the gym for the CrossFit Games Open next February

*Masters World Weightlifting Championships* - Daytona Beach, FL
Daisy May Gutierrez - Matched best sn**ch opener
Emily Lau 6-for-6!
Rhoda Ko - PR Clean by 3kg
Tony Lau - 2nd place podium
Tracy Wong - Best sn**ch opener

*CrossFit Corsair Games* - Ballard, WA
Andrew Chen & Matt Roma - 2nd place podium, 1st in Weightlifting event

*Winter Weightlifting Showcase* - Bellingham, WA
Zadie Nix - 1st place podium, PRs in both lifts!

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SLEIGH WEEK 4 🌟

This week, we’re kicking things off with the original 12 Days of CrossFit, a classic holiday tradition. We’ve got two versions of this workout, and we’ll be rolling out the Foundation Gym version next Monday, so stay tuned!

This week also features some iconic benchmarks, fun partner workouts, and interval pieces designed to challenge your engine, grit, and pacing while keeping the holiday energy high.