On July 23rd Afterburn Fitness got the unique opportunity to host a workout for 140 Athletes coming all the way from El Salvador, Malawi, Faroe Islands and the Philippines competing at the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles. The Athletes joined Afterburn Members and staff in a unique workout that none of them, especially the Afterburn staff and members would ever forget.
In addition, to support the World Games, Afterburn developed 2 special Smoothies dedicated to the athletes and 100% of the proceeds went to the Special Olympics. On July 25th Afterburn hosted their own Cross Fit style games called Summer Games where members paid $25 to compete in various strength and conditioning and skill based events and all proceeds went to the Special Olympics.
Our Afterburn motto is “For the Athlete in All of Us” so to be able to bring together Athletes of all levels from all over the world was a very cool experience. The pure joy and positivity and excitement on the athletes faces to just come into the gym see some of the equipment when they don’t have running water was emotional and so rewarding to be able to see the pure excitement on their faces. Every single Afterburn Fitness member left just saying, “Wow”- that was the best way to sum up the day.