Each year for Memorial Day we host an Event at CrossFit Thermal called “Murph”.  Murph is a Hero workout, performed in the honor of Lt. Michael P Murphy, who was killed in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan in 2005.  Since we opened in 2013, we’ve hosted this workout unofficially to honor his sacrifice and the sacrifices of all service men and women killed in combat.  In addition it’s been a great event for our community bringing us all together in the spirit of Memorial Day for a great cause and a great workout.  This year, we’re getting ready early and plan to do even more for this amazing cause! The official partner of “The Murph Challenge” – “Forged” has created a website for the event and an accompanying charity.  Over the last three years, Forged® has raised nearly $800,000 for the LT. Michael P. Murphy Memorial Scholarship Foundation through The Murph...Read more

As a kid being outside and playing sports was always important to Eric. Golf & Basketball were always the sports he loved the most. When he is not playing golf you can always find him watching sports on TV. He takes great pride in being a 76ers fan, going to games and screaming at the top of his lungs when they screw up. Weight training was never important to Eric because he was never exposed to it during high school and college years. When he first sent the email to Vinny asking to check out the gym he had no idea what he was getting into. He is now almost a year and half into it and Thermal has become a big part of his life and daily schedule. Eric is getting married on May 5th of this year. He ows a big thanks to his fiance Melissa for always...Read more

CrossFit Thermal is happy to announce the 2018 Spring Nutrition Challenge.  This challenge will be our biggest and best challenge yet.  Again this season we’ll be utilizing a structured system of accountability to ensure the success of all participants.  Additionally this challenge will be a lot of fun!  We’ll be doing weekly prizes and check ins to keep everyone engaged and attentive to their goals and the to challenge in general.  We invite everyone to join in and get ready for summer, and more importantly learn to create a lifelong sustainable relationship with food. Everyone knows that we come in to gym every day to look good and feel good, but until you really dial in your nutrition you may only be scratching the surface.  Here at Thermal we are lucky to have an expert Nutritionist on hand as well as a group of dedicated coaches to guide you along...Read more

Two weeks ago we sent out a quick 4 question survey for members to complete.  Its great to get this kind of feedback once in a while and I’d like to thank everyone who completed it. First – we wanted to know what you wanted to work in terms of training.  Of course, we are a CrossFit Gym, a pure CrossFit, A CrossFit that is run by an OG, all of that stuff will stay the same.   We’re not adding a boot-camp class, or eliminating barbells or anything crazy like that. But its important to look at the micro, while keeping the macro on the horizon.  What I mean is that you can’t always try to get good at everything all at once, you have to attack some items with repeated and concentrated effort to effect change.  This was the basis for Question number 1. Question 1  What type of...Read more

In your inbox today you’ll find a link to complete a survey for CrossFit Thermal, its only 4 questions but will be a big help if you can complete it.  Here at Thermal we take our programming seriously, we aim to give our members amazing results and we want to know exactly what you want out of this program.  If you’ve never spent time on our website, now would be a great time to stop by and read our Programming Methodology Page.  I have yet to find another gym out there with a more in depth description covering why we do what we do. That being said, the end of the Open is a great time to refocus and dial back into regular training.  No matter what comes out of this survey, a few things will NOT change.  First we’re still always going to be doing CrossFit, that is; constantly varied...Read more