What if we told you that every time you come to Outlier CrossFit in San Diego you cold help a charitable cause without spending any extra money and only taking about 10 seconds of your time?  Would you do it? Of course you would!

Here’s how it works, every time that you “check in” on Facebook at Outlier CrossFit, you contribute to our gyms total monthly check-ins.  Depending on the sponsored charity of the month, x number of check-ins will result in a donation.  Outlier CrossFit donates to the Sweat Angels organization and the charities receive the benefit.  For January, every 15 check-ins results in a winter coat for someone in need. Remember how cold is was over New Years? Temecula even had snow. Well think about the people in the North East that are having a miserably cold winter… The less fortunate people up there would LOVE to have new coats! In December, check-ins went to provide holiday gifts for kids with cancer and in November they went to provide hot meals to families in need. Sweat Angels selects a new charity to support every month. They have helped support military veterans, animal shelters, and many other great organizations!

So what does this mean for you? I’m sure you have a smart phone. And you probably have the Facebook app. So, next time you’re at Outlier, check-in. You can simply type: “At the most awesome CrossFit gym ever” and click the location button to select Outlier CrossFit (maybe we’re biased…). Or you can post how you did on the WOD, what you loved about the WOD, who you’re partner was, give kudos to someone that worked hard, etc. Take a selfie (or have someone take a picture of you working hard) and show everyone your gains. Don’t be bashful, be PROUD!

Since we’re donating to charity, we figure we’ll make a little in house gym competition out of this! We’re going to put out a gym wide challenge. For the rest of January, whoever has the “best” check-in at Outlier CrossFit will receive one of the new Outlier shirts (which should be here by the end of the month) for free. We will select our 3 favorite check-ins and put them up to a vote. You’ll all have an opportunity to vote on your favorite check-in. These can be just text posts, pictures or videos (some of you have some great dance moves in warm ups). We’re going to give away a second shirt for the check-in that generates the most “buzz.” For this one, we’ll look at how many comments and shares your status gets. So this is where creativity is in your corner! If you want your check-in to be voted the best or get the most attention, you’ll need to get crafty! Please note that the Sweat Angels donations are only linked with Outlier CrossFit (we don’t have it linked with Barbell at the current time). So, feel free to check in on both pages (everyone will think you did double the work) but make sure if you’re in the running for a free shirt you’re checking in on the CrossFit site!