908 Athletics - Berkeley Heights, NJ

😎 Summer at 908 Starts Now 😎

📬 Check your inbox for all the details - June newsletters went out last night!

Here’s a quick look at what’s happening this month at 908 👇

🍻 Summer Kick Off Happy Hour
🎁 FREE 5-class pass for dads
👟 Community Week returns
🎓 Student summer memberships
🧠 Women’s Health Discussion
🏆 May Committed Club
🤝 Meet Coach Pat
☀️ Summer programming updates
🎉 June birthdays

A lot of good things happening this summer — both inside and outside the gym.

What are you most excited about? 👇

You’ve seen him shadowing, and he’s officially on the 908 schedule at our Westfield location in June. Help us give a big welcome to Coach Pat! 💪

Pat’s journey into fitness is one built on resilience, growth, and rediscovering purpose through movement. Growing up, he was heavily involved in athletics, playing baseball, basketball, football, golf, and club rugby. But like many people, life pulled him away from fitness for a period of time.

Everything changed after a wake-up call at an amusement park when he realized his health was holding him back from fully enjoying life. Nearing 300 pounds, Pat decided it was time to make a change—and he started small. Run-walking between light posts in the park eventually turned into 5Ks, half marathons, and ultimately completing both the Rock n Roll San Diego Marathon and the 2017 NYC Marathon.

That transformation sparked a complete career shift from the IT world into fitness and coaching. Pat began working at Orangetheory before pursuing his NASM Personal Training certification and eventually diving deep into the CrossFit world. Since 2018, he has coached group classes while continuing to help people improve their fitness, confidence, and overall health.

Pat brings an incredible mix of real-life experience, coaching knowledge, and passion for helping others. In addition to fitness coaching, he also specializes in nutrition coaching as a Precision Nutrition Level 2 Master Health Coach, helping clients create sustainable habits and long-term lifestyle changes.

When he’s not coaching, Pat lives in Westfield with his wife, two daughters, and dog. He serves on the Westfield Board of Education and stays active coaching his daughters’ sports teams, riding his bike around town, and continuing to chase his own fitness goals.

Qualifications:
• CrossFit Level 1 & Level 2
• NASM Certified Personal Trainer
• Precision Nutrition Level 2 Master Health Coach
• CrossFit Nutrition Level 1

Welcome to the team, Pat! 🔥

9 years. 80 teams. Our biggest event to date.

After 10 Garden State Opens and now 9 Barbells and Beers, you would think that this would get easy, but it never does! Every year we walk away exhausted, grateful, and honestly a little blown away by the community that continues to support this event.

This year sold out with 50 Rx teams and 30 scaled teams, making it our most competitive field yet. Between the athletes, spectators, volunteers, vendors, judges, and staff, 908 Athletics was absolutely buzzing all day long. The energy in the gym was unreal from the first heat to the final workout.

The day ran smoothly: the athletes were all smiles, the spectators brought the energy, and somehow the weather was perfect!

Huge thank you to Coach Jake for a well-rounded, fun, and challenging set of workouts. Thank you to Coach Allen for heading up the judges and helping us maintain a high standard throughout the day. Ali, Sid, and all of our volunteers worked nonstop behind the scenes to make an event of this size possible. These events take an unbelievable amount of work, and there’s no way we could do it without people willing to give their time and energy to the community.

To all of our supporting affiliates: It’s our relationships that keep the inter-gym community alive. We are humbled by your continued support year after year. .

To the athletes: we feel so honored. To have so many of you back for your 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and even 5th year means the world to us. Local competitions tend to get outshined by the big qualifying events for CrossFit, but not B&B. That’s because of all of you!

You all competed hard, supported one another, respected the standards, and made the day incredibly fun to run. The sportsmanship and attitude across all divisions did not go unnoticed.

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MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SCHEDULE 🇺🇸

Join us this Saturday for our annual “Murph” workout with heats at:
🔥 7:00 AM
🔥 8:30 AM

“Murph” is one of the most well-known Hero WODs in the CrossFit community, created to honor Lt. Michael Murphy, a Navy SEAL who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2005. The workout is meant to challenge both physical and mental toughness while remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Whether you’re doing the workout RX, scaling, or cheering on the community, we’d love to have you there. Let’s honor the meaning behind the workout together this Memorial Day weekend. ❤️🤍💙

Recap & Thank Yous to follow, but for now here are the winners of the 2026 Barbells & Beers!

RX:
🥇 Deanna + Ben Swedish of
🥈 Billy Freyberger of + Kristin Phillips of
🥉Jerine Klingberg of + Matt Fleck of Backyard Bouts

Scaled:
🥇 Scarlett Diaz + Eric Cabrera of
🥈 Meghan Marmora + James Correa of
🥉 Emilia Ortiz + Israel Cuzco of

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Prize sponsors include:

Barbells + Beers is TODAY 🍻🏋️

Come out and support your fellow 908ers as they throw down all day long in RX + Scaled divisions. Big lifts, tough workouts, cold beers, and the best community around.

We’re also proud to continue supporting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, with a portion of proceeds donated in honor of former 908 member Mike Dugar. ❤️

First heat starts at 9AM. Stay for the after-party. 👊