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Are You Rucking with us in July??
Events + Announcements, Fun, Mindset + MotivationBack by Popular Demand: The 2nd Annual Rucking Challenge!
Just in case you aren't aware, you might say, "What the Ruck???"
What is Rucking?
Simply put, rucking is backpacking: carrying weight while walking.
Humans aren't the fastest or…
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New Year. New Combine for 2023!
Events + Announcements, FunThe CPM Combine has been a long-standing tradition in the CPMFitness community. After a few-year hiatus, we brought it back last year (actually twice) in 2022. We believe the CPM combine is a great event to not only provide context to your training…
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It’s that time again… Join us for our 10th Annual Rowing Challenge
Events + Announcements, Fun, Mindset + MotivationGetting FIT during the holidays has always been a staple at CPMFITness for the last 9 years. With year 10 on the horizon, we wanted to continue our theme of GIVING BACK to others to provide more purpose behind the challenge.
This year all proceeds…
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Introducing CPMFITness’s Club: The 200 Club
Events + Announcements, Fun, MembersNot everyone who joins CPM has a competitive spirit . . . but many certainly do. That competitiveness is always rooted in good fun and camaraderie, which is how members at our Sioux Falls gym now have a new milestone to aim for — the 200 Club!
The…
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Why We Came Back to South Dakota to Start CPM
FunThis post is part of a 3-part series about the CPMFitness story. Catch up on part one and part two!
After selling the first-ever CrossFit gym in Sioux Falls, Annie and I looked at each other and asked, "What the hell do we do now?"
"Should…
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How It All Started for CPMFitness in Sioux Falls
FunThis post is part of a 3-part series about the CPMFitness story. Catch up on part one here!
It was spring of 2008. Annie and I were newlyweds living in a Los Angeles 700 square foot, one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment. It had street parking…
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The CPMFITness Story: Part One
FunOne of the BIGGEST questions I seem to get continually is "What does CPM stand for?"
Yeah, yeah . . . it stands for Christopher Paul Mello. But really, it stands for:
Courage
Potential
Motivation
Really, it's much more. CPM…