Sledgehammer CrossFit do their bit

Crossfitters from the Sledgehammer CrossFit definitely brought their A-game on 29 October where it was not only their strength that was on display but their hearts as well.
The cross fitters were put into several teams and participated in a game of lumberjack. Each teammate had their own part to play.
Several crossfitters were put in charge of cutting down alien trees along the Klein Jukskei River and cutting them into smaller logs and then the teams would run and collect a log that their teammate would chop into smaller pieces while being timed.

Dominique da Silva from the CrossFit Gym said that they thought that since their members were fit enough to do CrossFit workouts, then they were quite fit to be lumberjacks, with a twist.
“Our members chopped up logs, moved large amounts of wood around and planted new trees,” she said.
The crossfitters huffed and puffed but managed to carry all the logs of the invasive bluegum trees, some of which had grown up to 20m tall.
The gym had partnered up with the Klein Jukskei Green Belt Initiative and did their part to clean the river up too.

Da Silva explained that the Klein Jukskei Green Belt Initiative is a community project aimed at making the Klein Jukskei River safe and clean and accessible for all to enjoy.
“They have worked tirelessly all year to arrange events to clean and revive the river and have made great strides in controlling the invasive alien plant life along the river, cutting out alien trees which are infamously thirsty, and planting indigenous trees in their place,” she further explained.
“It was good, old-fashioned, dirty fun with some environmentally friendly usefulness thrown in for good measure,” Da Silva added.