12/02/2020
All good things must to come to an end.
The time has come to close H.O.T.Side. This is a very sad day for me. It has been an unbelievable 12-year ride filled with great memories that I will never forget. Also, I have met some truly amazing people that I now consider to be part of my family and that will not change because I am closing the gym.
CrossFit and HOTSIDE have always been such a passion of mine and I have always tried to make the best of it for everyone, starting in my garage back in 2008, then on to Silver Lakes Country Club racquetball court in 2010, and now at our current space.
Please share your favorite HOTSIDE memory or favorite thing about HOTSIDE that you will remember (Be sure to tag HOTSIDE in your story/post).
I have too many to list, but here are some my favorite moments over the years are:
🔥Various CrossFit Open’s done at the gym
🔥HERO Saturday Workouts (from day 1)
🔥 In-house competitions
🔥Various competitions done by HOTSIDE members and at the top of the list is Heart of America competition in Missouri
🔥Halloween parties
🔥Christmas party at Square Celt
🔥10-Year Anniversary party
🔥Old Men staring at us while we did workouts at the racquetball court
🔥Holiday parties at Silver Lake (and then of course going into the gym to do workouts after drinking all night with one time doing Karen, 150 Wall Balls for time, just dumb)
🔥The garage days (especially the time when somebody passed out, an ambulance was called and Mack and I spent the afternoon in the hospital worrying about this person, and she came back the next day to workout)
🔥Working out in the garage and trying to figure everything out (especially when we were trying to figure out handstand push-ups and Lekki dropped me, I didn’t get upset at all :))
🔥Hosting Olympic lifter, Kendrick Farris
🔥CrossFit Kids classes
🔥Strongman classes
🔥Barbell for B***s events
🔥Doing a workout dedicated to a good friend and former member (Doug Behnke)
🔥Bill and Brittany getting engaged at HOTSIDE
🔥Annual MURPH workout
🔥Big Sky trip with Mack, Lekki, Alex and Sully where Alex and I did a workout against Rich Froning and Dan Bailey
🔥Grand Re-Opening at our current location (and doing a drinking WOD against Kevin Richardson which I lost big time)
🔥”Edward 40-Hands” at the trainer parties
“Starting today, I need to forget what’s gone. Appreciate what still remains and look forward to what’s coming next.”
With appreciation,
Travis
