Are You Rucking with us in July??

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Back 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…

New Year. New Combine for 2023!

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The 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…
Workout of the day, with a woman working out on a rowing machine

It’s that time again… Join us for our 10th Annual Rowing Challenge

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Getting 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…
200 Club at CPM Fitness in Sioux Falls

Introducing CPMFITness’s Club: The 200 Club

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Not 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…

Why We Came Back to South Dakota to Start CPM

This 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…

How It All Started for CPMFitness in Sioux Falls

This 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…

The CPMFITness Story: Part One

One 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…