And what's even more 🤯 than that is every one of these affiliates invited the FFL in out of love for the community, as we fumbled to try to find a system that worked 😅 and that's the only reason the FFL was able to function for so many of those early years 🙏.

Fast forward to 8 years, 25 seasons, hundreds of matches, 6 different softwares and 20+ playoffs later... and I'm proud to say we've sent out our first commissions to affiliates who hosted a match! We're also able to pay competitive hourly rates to their coaches who are able to help facilitate the matches they host💸

Our events are by no means perfect (hence the debrief) but I finally feel I can confidently say I have the experience, and a custom built back end, that help us run very efficient and enjoyable events, while still being affordable and accessible to athletes of any level or ability 💪

So if you want to generate some easy income for your affiliate (and your coaches) while also getting a huge community boost (everyone comes out for a home team match!) then let's chat 2024 season 📩 simon@league.fit

Huge thank you to everyone who's been a part of getting the FFL to where it is 🙏and allowing me to treat entire regions like a big group class 😂 and to my better half hiding behind the desk @r_wu 😘 and I'm very excited for our post COVID regrowth alongside our partners over at @bioedgesciences 🤩 stay tuned.

#Functionalfitnessleague #FFLYVR #FFLYYJ #FFLYYC #functionalfitness #ffcomp #competition

Though I didn't get to compete these season like originally planned thanks to #mythorknee (#mykneeistoothor) it was awesome to (kind of) be on a team, and allow @laurentindale & @s.dnldsn and the rest of the behind the scenes #functionalfitnessleague help with the leg work (heyooo!). In the end I still took on the lead at Playoffs, but it was a lot more fun not having all the back end stress just on me.
We've built something awesome and we've created the back end to make sure it's consistent from region to region.

Checkout or regions that have kicked off or are coming in, and don't hesitate to contact me if you think you've got interest to bring it to yours.

League.fit/regions -

Thank you to @athlete_inside for being a constant reminder of what an amazing thing we've created at the league through incredible photos and media.

Thank you to my favorite humans, our division 3 team that dressed up as me for playoffs complete with super hero suits and knee wraps 😂 that's the kind of (slightly offensive) support that means the world to me <3

Thank you to our @raincityathls team that lost 2/3 of it's Raincity athletes (@leobman survived) in the season due to injury 😂 they showed up, had fun, made friends, and didn't lose! Crushed it. Even without their best athletes (that's me and Scotty obvs 🙄) Thank you to @ovrdriveathleticclub for hosting, and all our other partners and volunteers this season, couldn't do it without the community support every season -

We've got some really exciting stuff coming down the pipeline for 2019, including FFL ELITE - working with the @canadian_functional_fitness to provide qualified paid judges, and bring back year round top level competition & affiliate pride.

Sign up for updates: league.fit/elite

I'll be heading to Victoria in a couple of weeks for playoffs of their season that's currently running! Can't wait.

#fflyvr #fflyyj #functionalfitnessleague #crossfit #competition #thefitleague #findyourfit #community #vanfit #vancouver #vancouverfitness #mythorknee

After over 3 years and 14 seasons of running & developing the @functionalfitnessleague I finally feel like we've got a refined product that we can take to any region.

As I sit on the ferry heading to Victoria to @cftaranis I'm both terrified and excited.

Terrified... because as a Vancouver born and raised it's easy and comfortable to go out on a limb in the city I've lived in in my entire life...going out on that same limb in a new city is terrifying.

Excited... Because I know how incredible the league is for everyone who gets involved. I don't need to sell amything I just need to do justice explaining how incredible it really is.

Athletes love it.
Gyms love it.
Brands (local and national) love it.
Communities flourish in it.

It reminds #crossfit & #functionalfitness athletes everywhere that every other box has just as many amazing people as their own, and now you get a chance to throwdown with them on a regular basis!

Excited & terrified... because I know once we prove the @functionalfitnessleague model works outside of Vancouver it's going to be a landslide across Canada... And that's going to be a heluva adventure.

A huge thank you to every gym, athlete, ambassador, owner, company, brand, person, dog and everything in between that's helped make the league what it is, and put up with me while I try to grow it.

If you're in or around the Victoria area and want to know more. I'll be at CrossFit Taranis at 5:30pm doing a lil presentation! Come on by you might get a treat (and no I'm not claiming that listening to me ramble is a treat). 🤞

#functionalfitnessleague #thefitleague #fflyyj #fflybr

Event 1: log 1 rep max clean and jerk.
Pretty jazzed on having one of the top scores across all weight classes.

Event 2: Sandbag toss. Adam went beast mode and forced me to try to keep up! We won that one by a landslide (both being over 6' helped there)

Event 3: the triple carry... Adam legitimately blacked out during the first carry. Rallied and followed up with a 500lb yoke carry (he still doesn't remember this). We came into this event in first and I assumed we'd lost it after that... Which Adam and I were both totally ok with because we were having fun... And because he lay on the ground borderline unconscious for about 45minutes after.

Event 4: the stones. After doing some math and realizing we were coming into the final in a 3 way tie for first I had to go to Adam (who was now sitting up... Barely) and the conversation went something like this "Adam, I've got bad news. We're not out of this. We're tied for first. So ima need you to get up and pickup some rocks with me and let's win this shit"
"...how long is the event?"
"2 minutes, want to practice some stones?"
"No... No energy for that (chugs an OJ and slowly stands up)... let's do this"

We went on to be the only team to finish all the stones. Securing us first place in the most competitive weight class!

Thank you to @crossfitsquamish & Jesse & the whole team for hands down my favorite competition every year. To the @raincityathls crew for coming out. @athlete_inside for always being everywhere. @ryu_apparel for the epic gear. @endurapparel for my favorite socks.

Final shoutout to the 2 MVPs of the event: my partner Adam for forcing me out of retirement to do this event with him, and @walesyyy for making my arms look incredible.

#doitforthegram
#thordoestheexerciseandspamstheinternets
#thordoesntdocardio
#stonesandstrength

It's not often I take the time to truly step back and feel proud of some of the things I've built. I know I should. But as any entrepreneur knows we're too busy trying to make things better.

Our 11th season was one of the 2nd largest we've ever had (even with playoffs on a long weekend) with almost 150 athletes taking part, and it was the smoothest most effortless one yet.

Now that's something I am truly proud of.

Thanks to an incredible team of workers, volunteers, ambassadors, and brands we've managed to streamline the process of running the largest League format competition for the sport of Functional Fitness (and #crossfit) in Canada, and we've managed to make it a step by step streamlined process (#spreadsheets)

With our eyes set for leagues in Victoria & Kelowna we'll be taking it to Calgary and Toronto after that. If you're in these areas check the link in the @functionalfitnessleague bio for how you can get involved.

THANK YOU.

Huge thanks to all the volunteers & ambassadors who help make this possible as well as @surreyathletics for letting use use their incredible space this season!

And always to @athlete_inside for the absolutely incredible photos.

And of course to my team of helpers who put up with me all season and have helped make this everything it is today:
@laurentindale @jaimealmond @s.dnldsn @flashmawji @daniel_heroculture @cschaalo

Our team is growing so don't hesitate to reach out if you want to get involved!

#entrpreneurship #functionalfitnessleague #fitleague #fflcanada #fflyvr

Thank you to every athlete who took part in what I'd consider the best @canaffleague season yet.

Thank you to our incredible photographers @athlete_inside and @dan_ika for making sure we get to keep the memories.

Thank you @semiahmooathleticclub for being incredible hosts and welcoming the entire community with open arms.

Thank you to every gym owner who let their teams take over their space for an hour or two every week.

Thank you to the incredible communities that exist in those spaces, that hopefully are a little tighter after every season we put together.

Thank you @heroculture for managing so much creativity within such a basic design every season.

Thank you to everyone who travelled near and far week to week to throwdown and make new friends.

Thank you to the @internationalfunctionalfitness for coming up with an epic format for our finals, and I'm even more excited for the things you'll bring in the future.

Especially big thank yous to the volunteers who are genuinely excited to be involved in helping me bring all these communities together and who ask for nothing in return except the joy of being a part of something.

And last but definitely not least, thank you to the behind the scenes team that puts up with my freakouts, finds my typos, and helps me put together the spreadsheets, the floor plans and the systems to help make it as easy as possible for the volunteers to make sure the athletes have an incredible season & final day.

This was our 8th season of the #canadianaffiliateleague and the smoothest most exciting one yet. I can't wait to show you all what we've got coming down the pipeline as we work alongside @canadian_functional_fitness in helping legitimize this incredible sport.

#Functionalfitnessleague aka #FFLcanada coming in hot.

I hope you're ready. I know we are.

#thankful #crossfit #competition #calyvr #canaffleague #vancouver #competition