First City Announcements

Help us spread the word by leaving a review!

  Help us spread the word by leaving a review! Thanks for being a part of First City Fitness / First City CrossFit. We love our athletes to leave reviews to share their experience at First City and help us spread the word. If you have time and would not mind helping out, the links […]

Holiday Giving

Helping a Local Family for the Holidays A little over two years ago, a local Monterey family posted a plea for assistance to NextDoor.com. They needed help with groceries and gas. I was in a place to help and so I did and continue to when I can. The last two Christmases, the First City […]

Holiday Schedule

  First City CrossFit Holiday Schedule Below is our schedule for the upcoming Holidays. Any Holidays not listed will be on the regular schedule. The Regular Schedule of workouts can be found here. Thurs Nov 24th – Thanksgiving 6:15am, 8am, 9am Fri Nov 25th – Black Friday 6:15am, 8am, 9am Sun. Dec. 24th – Christmas […]

Pricing increase

Upcoming Pricing Increase First City CrossFit has always done our best to not raise membership fees. Unfortunately we are once again forced to raise our prices in order to keep our doors open. Our rent  increased in the beginning of 2022 due to increased costs to our landlord.  Since then almost all of our other […]

Local Recommendations

First CityLocal Recommendations Interested in becoming a sponsor? Email us at info@firstcitycrossfit.com Interested in becoming a sponsor? Email us at info@firstcitycrossfit.com Sponsors The Back and Neck Pain Center of Monterey Liam Doust – Realtor – Coldwell Banker Healthy To-Go Meals Terra SuperFoods – Acai Bowls and more MaxFit Meals Coffee and Brunch Acme Coffee Roasting […]

Shared links

Shared Links Check out the links below that have been shared by First City CrossFit. Visiting? Sign Up to Drop-In. Live Locally? Come Try it out for FREE! Local Recommendations Leave a review of First City The CrossFit Open at First City   Not seeing the link that you are looking for? Send us an […]

Burgener Strength Weightlifting Level 2 course

Burgener Strength Weightlifting Level 2 course on March 25th, 26th, 2023 First City CrossFit in Monterey, CA will be hosting the Burgener Strength Weightlifting Level 2 course on March 25th, 26th, 2023. Sign up today! Registration ends on March 19th, 2023. Burgener Strength Weightlifting Level 2 Date of Course: March 25th-26th, 2023 Name of Host […]

Fit For Life

Fit For Life Beginning in February 1st 2023, First City Fitness will be offering a new program, Fit For Life. Fit For Life is a fitness program designed for those looking to not only avoid illness but, to improve and maintain their quality of life. Fit for Life will designed for athletes 55 years old […]

Gaza Memorial WOD

Gaza Memorial WOD at First City CrossFit on Jan. 28th, 2023 at 9am & 10:30am On January 28th, 2023, First City CrossFit gathers to recognize hero, Major Lucas Gruenther. “Gaza” is CrossFit’s Hero WOD commemorating Major Gruenther. U.S. Air Force Major Lucas “Gaza” Gruenther, of Twain Harte, California, died Jan. 28, 2013, when his F-16 […]

Holiday Party

First City Holiday Party on Fri. Dec. 16th at 6pm at First City CrossFit Put on your best ugly sweater and come celebrate the holidays with your gym family! First City CrossFit is hosting a holiday party on Friday, December 16th @ 6pm. We will be running a dirty Santa gift exchange for those who […]

Equipment Loan

Micro-financed Equipment Loan through Kiva.org First City CrossFit is once again applying for a micro-financed loan thru Kiva.org. If you can contribute, we would love and appreciate your help and support. To contribute, click here. Micro-financing means that many parties each contribute a portion of the funding of a loan. These parties include people like […]

Childcare starting on Sept. 6th, 2022

  Childcare starting on Sept. 6th, 2022 Starting Tues. Sept 6th, 2022, First City CrossFit is proud to once again be offering childcare during out 9:30am workout.  For further details and to sign up, click here.

Memorial Day “Murph” WOD on Monday May 30th, 2022

Memorial Day “Murph” WOD on Monday May 30th, 2022 Each year on Memorial Day, First City CrossFit honors the memory of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice defending our country and our freedom. In honor of their sacrifice we do the workout “Murph”. This event is open to the public. Sign-up in advance is […]

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events at First City Check out the following events organized by First City CrossFit for their athletes at the gym and outside the gym. Memorial Day “Murph”Monday May 30th, 20229am & 10:30am workouts The Fourth of JulyMonday July 4th, 20229am & 10:15am workouts Labor DayMonday Sept. 5th, 20229am & 10:15am workouts Barbells for BoobsSaturday […]

Sneakers4Funds

First City CrossFit is partnering with Sneakers4Funds First City CrossFit is partnering with the Sneakers4Funds (S4F) organization to collect gently worn, used or new running shoes and sneakers to redistributed throughout the Sneakers For Good network of micro-enterprise (small business) partners. Sneakers4Funds works with micro-entrepreneurs in helping them create, maintain and grow small businesses in […]

2021 CrossFit Open at First City

    What is the CrossFit Open? The CrossFit Open is the largest fitness competition on Earth and an exciting showcase of the CrossFit community. In the Open, athletes like you, from all around the world, show up and push themselves further than they ever thought possible for one workout a week for three weeks. […]

Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule

  Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule Monday Nov. 22nd – Wednesday Nov. 24th Regularly Scheduled workouts Thursday Nov. 25th Thanksgiving Day Workout at 9am Sign up for workout in advance thru the Plan2Play app. Friday Nov. 26th Workout at 9am Sign up for workout in advance thru the Plan2Play app. Saturday Nov. 27th & Sunday Nov. 28th […]

Holiday Party

First City CrossFit Ugly Christmas Sweater Bowling Holiday Party Dec. 4th, 2021 5pm-8pm Location: Monterey Lanes Bowling Alley in Monterey Kids welcome.

Member Benefits

The following are benefits to being a member of First City. Visiting Friends and Family can workout for FREE! Existing First City athletes with friends and family visiting can bring their friends and family in to workout with them for free (up to 5 workouts per visitor).  First City wants to make sure you get […]

Parking

  PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE FRONT LOT OF THE COMPLEX Parking for First City CrossFit including Boxing Strong, Elevate Pole, Fuel Cycle, CPR911  is in the back parking lot.   Parking in the front lot is reserved for the other businesses in the complex. This back parking lot is accessed using a separate […]

Apparel order

  First City apparel order Below are the apparel items that First City will be attempting to place an order for before the end of June.  It will be 3-4 weeks after we place the order to receive the items.  We will need at least 25 orders for each item to be able to order […]

First City Dog Policy

  First City Dog Policy The following is First City’s policy for dogs at the gym.  All dog owners MUST read, understand, and adhere to these policies or they will not be allowed to bring their dog to First City.   Dog owners who bring their dogs to First City CrossFit are fully responsible and […]

Monterey’s Fittest

  “Monterey’s Fittest” Saturday August 7th, 2021 2 person same sex teams RX and Scaled divisions $50 entry fee Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers A portion of the proceeds will go to CASA of Monterey To sign up, CLICK HERE. https://firstcity.triib.com/events/montereys-fittest/ The last 18 months has been a stressful and uncertain time […]

First City Pole Nite

  First City Pole Nite this Saturday June 26th, 2021 at 6pm & 7pm Elevate Pole offers pole dancing instruction at First City Fitness / First City CrossFit. This  Saturday June 26th, Elevate is going to offer two intro sessions FREE to First City athletes  at 6pm and 7pm. SIGN UP IN ADVANCE IS REQUIRED. […]

First City CrossFit Teens sessions

First City CrossFit Teens Summer Session First City CrossFit will be offering an 8-week CrossFit Teens (13-19 years old) session this summer from June 14th-Aug 6th, 2021. Workouts will be offered 5 days a week Monday – Friday from 9:45am-10:45am.  Membership options are below. If you have any questions, please contact us here. Membership options […]

Friday Night Lights at First City

  Week 3 – CF Open 21.3 and 21.4 Please be sure that your score AND your tiebreak time is on your scoresheet that you  leave with us in the folder AND on the bottom portion that you rip off and take. Please do not  wait to submit your score!  Do it before you leave […]

Soberanes Canyon trail hike

  Soberanes Canyon trail hike on Sunday  Feb. 21st, 2021 at 1pm Join your fellow First City athletes for a hike on the Soberanes Canyon Trail in Garapata State Park south of Carmel this Sunday, Feb 21st.  Non-members are welcome too! We will meet at the gym at 12:15am to carpool and at the trailhead […]

The Trials fitness competition

  The Trials competition The Trials competition is starting on Dec. 4th! Each day from Dec. 4th-9th a workout will be announced. Athletes will have until Dec 14th to complete the workouts and post their scores and upload the video of their workouts. Required workout equipment will be limited to a jump rope and two […]

Air Quality Closures

Closures due to Air Quality Due to current COVID restrictions, we are prohibited from working out indoors.  We have moved our workouts outdoors, but we have had to shutdown due to poor outdoor air quality resulting from local wildfires over the last few weeks. When issues like this arise, we will be sending out text […]

Lending out Equipment

Community Update Aug 20th, 2020 Equipment Lending Program during Closure Due to the recent closure of the gym, First City will once again be providing programming for at-home workouts and lending out our equipment to athletes with unlimited memberships. Athletes with punchcards will be allowed to borrow any equipment not borrowed by members with unlimited […]

Water Filtration at First City

Water Filtration at First City  First City Fitness provides the highest quality filtered water to our athletes. Be sure to bring a reusable bottle or cup and help us keep plastic cups and bottles out of the landfill. First City has two FloWater filtration units.  These units have a 7-stage Purification Process including Reverse Osmosis. […]

Reopening Prevention Plan

Community Update June 20th, 2020 PUBLISHING AT-HOME WORKOUTS FOR ANYONE NOT READY TO COME BACK  The workouts will include a warm-up and substitution and scaling options.  They will be listed under the FC At-Home track in SugarWOD.  If you have questions on the movements, scaling, or substation, please call us at 1-831-920-1755 or email us […]

Reopening Prevention Plan

  First City COVID-19 Prevention Plan First City CrossFit will be reopening for business on Friday June 12th, 2020. Upon reopening, we will be implementing the following policies and procedures to ensure the health and safety of everyone. These policies and procedures are subject to change as appropriate and based on guidance from Monterey County. […]

Handling of the Coronavirus

  First City’s Handling of the Coronavirus UPDATE as of 6/12/2020 WE HAVE OPENED BACK UP! Please be sure to read our updated policies put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by clicking here. We will begin welcoming new athletes to try out First City on Wednesday June 17th, 2020.    

Reopening

First City will reopen this Friday June 12th, 2020! Thank you for your understanding and support through these tough times. We look forward to seeing you all very soon! Please be sure to read our COVID Prevention Plan before coming back to the gym by clicking here. Be sure to download the TRIIB app or […]

Online

Online Workouts Starting tonight May 16th, there will be a Saturday Night Social Sesh starting at 8pm. Come socialize with your fellow CrossFitters. All are welcome. To join, click here. First City CrossFit is currently offering the below workouts online at the following links. Weekday workouts 6:00am workout 10:00am workout The 12:00noon workout has been […]

ROMWOD during closure

ROMWOD At-Home during the closure During this period where we have been forced to close our facility and cancel our on-site workouts, ROMWOD is offering our athletes a 45-day free trial so you can use ROMWOD in your home. You will be required to enter a payment method, but you will not be charged if […]

Mobility Challenge

First City Mobility Challenge Sign up for a 45-day free trial with ROMWOD by clicking on the link below. Share this with others to challenge them as well. Then do a mobility workout of your choosing from ROMWOD for 14 days in a row. Your prize is improved mobility and recovery along with better sleep […]

Thank you for your Support

Thank you for your Support To all of our athletes, THANK YOU for your support during this period where we have been forced to cancel our on-site group workouts. We are transitioning our service to continue to support you in your pursuit of fitness including the recent addition of online video conferencing for our workouts. […]

Cancellation Policy

  First City Membership Cancellation If an athlete cancels their membership and then signs up again at some point in the future, the athlete will be subject to the current pricing and not eligible for any prior pricing that they were receiving. To cancel your membership, please send an email to info@firstcitycrossfit.com indicating that you […]

Discount on PerformaSleep Mattresses

Discount on PerformaSleep Mattresses First City offers its members a discount on PerformaSleep Memory Foam mattresses on orders placed through First City. For more info on PerformaSleep mattresses, click here or go to PerformaSleep.com. To order, email info@firstcitycrossfit.com with the mattress size you would like to order. PerformaSleep Memory Foam mattresses offer free shipping and […]

Battle Buddy

  2019 Battle Buddy Throwdown Mixed Team Competition at First City CrossFit LEADERBOARD Join First City Crossfit for our first annual Battle Buddy Mixed Team competition on Saturday Dec. 14th, 2019! Athlete check in will be at 7:30am. Event will end around 3:30pm. Divisions There are two divisions: RX and scaled. One partner on each […]

Upcoming Competitions

Upcoming Competitions Below is a list of upcoming competitions in the Monterey and surrounding area. First City Battle Buddies Mixed Partner Competition Sat. Dec. 14th, 2019 First City CrossFit Monterey, CA For more information, click here. Granite Games at CrossFit San Benito Sept. 14th, 2019 CrossFit San Benito San Benito, CA For more information, click […]

First City Holiday Gift Guide

  Holiday Gift Guide Give the Gift of Fitness! For this Holiday season, First City is offering a limited amount of 12-month, paid upfront unlimited memberships for $125/month.  See restrictions apply.  For all the details, click here or go to https://firstcitycrossfit.com/fitgift/ First City Apparel & Gift Certificates First City T-shirts, Sweatshirts, Tank Tops, Sweatpants, Sports […]

20.5 CrossFit Open at First City

  Week 5 – CF Open 20.5 To view the workout and movement standards, click here Heat Sign Up This week we will be running heats every 30 minutes starting at 5:00pm. The time you choose is the time when you will start the workout. Please see the Warming Up section below for details on […]

Flow Yoga for Barbells for Boobs

  Flow Yoga in Support of Barbells for Boobs Today Saturday Oct. 19th, lululemon and First City CrossFit  are partnering up to raise funds for Barbells for Boobs in honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month! Donations can be made by clicking here. To show their support, lululemon will be entering all of the […]

Weightlifting seminar with Aileen Wu

  Want to improve your Olympic Lifts? WuLift will be holding two Weightlifting Seminars with world-class coach Aileen Wu in the Monterey area. 1-day Clean and Jerk clinic Where: Richard Russell CrossFit Monterey Bay 220 dela Viña Ave, Monterey, CA 93940 When: Saturday Sept. 21st from 9am – 1pm This one-day Clean & Jerk Clinic […]

Crowd-Sourced Financing

  Crowd-sourced Financing to Purchase Equipment UPDATE – THANK YOU! A huge thank you to all who contributed to our crowd-funded micro-financed loan. We received $10,000 in funding and have ordered a bunch of new equipment to help our athletes get fit. As a small business, owned and run by one person, First City CrossFit […]

Granite Games Throwdown

  The Granite Games Throwdown at Crossfit San Benito CrossFit San Benito is excited to announce that we will be hosting the Granite Games Throwdown at Crossfit San Benito on Saturday, September 14th! The Granite Games Throwdown gives athletes new to competition an opportunity to challenge themselves and have a blast doing it! Our 3-person, […]

July 4th – Schedule, Workout

  July 4th Schedule & Workout First City CrossFit will be open for limited hours on Thursday July 4th with workouts starting at 8am and 9am. The workout for the day will be the hero WOD “Glen” (see below). All active-duty and veterans are welcome to come join us free of charge for today’s workout. […]

Cancellation Policy

  First City Membership Cancellation Policy Athletes can cancel their membership at any time and they will not be billed again unless they request to start their membership back up. To cancel your membership, send an email to info@firstcitycrossfit.com with the date that you would like to cancel your membership. First City requests that athletes […]

Hold Policy

  First City Membership Hold Policy First City does not believe that athletes should have to pay for a membership if they are unable to use it. First City athletes can put their membership on hold starting any time for any period in which they are unable to use their membership for more than 4 […]

Upcoming CrossFit Kids & Teens offerings at First City

  First City Fitness Upcoming Kids & Teens program offerings First City is excited to announce the return of First City CrossFit Kids. We will be offering* the following CrossFit Kids programs for the following age groups for the Summer session. We will be announcing our Fall, Winter, and Spring sessions for the 2019/2020 school […]

Feedback Survey

  Feedback Survey Just like you, First City is always striving to be the best it can be. Help us understand how we can be better by taking anonymous short survey. To take the survey, click here.  

Body Fat Testing at Makers CrossFit

  This coming Friday May 24th Hydrostatic Body Fat Testing at Makers CrossFit Makers CrossFit in Salinas will be hosting Fitness Wave NorCal’s mobile Hydrostatic Body Fat Testing unit to conduct Body Fat Measurement/Testing this coming Friday May 24th, 2018. They will be back in late June for a follow-on test. Hydrostatic Body Fat Testing is […]

Meal Trains

  Help out your fellow athletes with a meal! First City Fitness and CrossFit is more than just a gym. We are a community. Occasionally one of our members has a major life event (pregnancy, illness, injury, loss) and we as a community rally to help that member by bringing them some meals while they […]

Painting Party at First City!

  Painting Party at First City! First City will be hosting a painting party on Saturday May 11th from 6pm-8pm (NOTE this is the Saturday before our initially announced date). This is NOT a party to paint the walls of the gym. It is a social event with guided direction on painting on a canvas. […]

First City Child Policy

First City Child Policy First City is a fitness facility. We are proud to offer childcare in a large, bright, clean dedicated childcare room with caring helpers during certain times of the day so that parents with children can workout too. We are fortunate to have the space and the dedicated and caring helpers. In […]

Bouldering Gym

Bouldering Gym at First City Fitness First City Strength and Fitness is the home of First City CrossFit, First City Iron Bodies, First City Barbell Club, and First City Kids, and possibly the future home of First City Bouldering gym! First City has been in business for over 5 years and has 5-star ratings on […]

Performance Tracking

Performance Tracking at First City First City CrossFit uses SugarWOD to publish our workouts and allow athletes to track their performance.

Membership Management

Membership Management at First City First City CrossFit uses Triib to manage memberships and perform our billing.

Athlete Referral Bonus Program

Athlete Referral Bonus Program Word-of-mouth is one of our most powerful tools for growing the First City community.  As a “thank you” to the members of our community that spread the word, we offer the following one-time referral bonuses when someone that you convinced to come in and try out the gym signs up for […]

Nutrition Coaching

Nutrition is the Foundation of Fitness Because it is the start of the New Year, we anticipate a large demand, so we are going to be offering a FREE kick-off meeting on Tuesday Jan. 1st New Years Day at 10:30am and again on Saturday January 5th at 11am. If you can’t make it to either […]

Jan 2019 Pricing Changes

Pricing Changes January 2019 As of Jan 1st, 2019, our monthly unlimited pricing is now $175/month. All athletes with memberships prior to Jan. 1st will be grandfathered in at their current pricing. Any members who cancel their memberships for more than 1 month are subject to the new pricing.  Membership holds are not subject to […]

Jan 2019 Schedule Changes

Schedule Changes January 2019 The following schedule changes are now in effect and the Schedule page on the website has been updated to reflect these changes.  To view the schedule anytime, go to firstcitycrossfit.com/schedule. The Barbell Club has moved from Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30pm to Saturdays and Sundays at 10am.  This change works better for the […]

Sp2 Life Spirulina

Simply put, spirulina is an algae. And it’s one of the most nutrient-dense, plant-based sources of protein on the planet. SP2 is the team delivering spirulina to your door, in it’s most natural form. SP2 Spirulina is 100% raw, fresh, and frozen in an entirely new way — making it the most powerful spirulina supplement […]

Barbells for Boobs fundraiser at FCCF

WE EXCEEDED OUR GOAL & BEAT OUR RECORD!! IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO DONATE!! Click here to donate or go to https://www.barbellsforboobs.org/fundraisers/firstcitycrossfit SAVE THE DATE FOR NEXT YEAR’S EVENT Barbells for Boobs 2019 will be on Saturday October 26th!   A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR 2018 EVENT SPONSORS! Interested in being a sponsor this […]

First City Policies

First City Policies Gym Rules Cubby Policy Child Policy Dog Policy  

doTerra at First City

doTerra at First City Keeping the gym clean and our athletes healthy First City proudly uses doTerra essential oils to keep our facility clean and our athletes healthy. doTerra products are safe, effective, and smell great.  We use doTerra OnGuard Concentrate to mop our floors and to clean the equipment.  We provide doTerra OnGuard Foaming […]

Interested in joining the First City team?

Interested in joining the First City team? First City is always looking for outgoing people with a passion for movement and coaching to join our team.   If you or someone you know is interested in joining our team of coaches, have them email us at info@firstcitycrossfit.com for more details.

Mock Weightlifting Meet on Sept. 30th

First City Barbell Club will be hosting a Mock Weightlifting Meet on Sept 30th 2018 from 8am – 1pm Athletes of all experience levels are welcome.  This meet will allow new athletes to learn how to compete and experienced athletes will get a chance to practice and improve. Athletes will each get three attempts at a […]

Creatine Recommendation

“Creatine, it is one of the most researched supplements there is and there are no known side-effects. Your body produces it naturally anyway. Your get it through food… Across the board it is totally safe and incredibly powerful to create more powerful athletes…If you are an athlete you should be taking creatine, Creatine MonoHydrate, no […]

Next Group Rogue Order

In order to take advantage of the free shipping on orders over $5K from Rogue Fitness, FCCF organizes with members who are looking to purchase equipment. If you are interested in purchasing equipment as part of our next order over $5k, please either enter the items you wish to purchase in the spreadsheet below or […]

Dedicated Mobility Room coming soon, replacing Sunday mobility session

Dedicated Mobility Room Coming Soon, Replacing Sunday Mobility Hour In the next few weeks, First City CrossFit will be setting up a dedicated room in the gym that will allow athletes to do extra mobility work anytime that the gym is open.  Since this room will allow athletes to mobilize during any hours that the gym is […]

Local Pasture-Raised Pork For Sale at FCCF

California Kurobuta will be selling their local, pasture-raised pork at First City CrossFit on the third Monday of every month from 5pm-7pm.They will ONLY be here on the 3rd Monday of every month so don’t miss out. Below is a list of the upcoming dates. Monday April 16th from 5:00pm-7pm Monday May 21st from 5:00pm-7pm […]

The 2018 CrossFit Open is Coming!

The Crossfit Open is the largest online CrossFit competition and the start of the road to the 2018 Crossfit Games. The Open consists of 5 workouts over 5 weeks from February 22 – March 26th. The Open is for EVERYONE! Even if you have no desire to compete or are brand new to Crossfit – EVERYONE […]

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