CrossFit is the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide. Our program delivers a fitness that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive. Our specialty is not specializing. Combat, survival, many sports, and life reward this kind of fitness and, on average, punish the specialist.
The CrossFit program is designed for universal scalability, making it the perfect application for any committed individual regardless of experience. We've used our same routines for elderly individuals with heart disease and for cage fighters one month out from televised bouts. We scale load and intensity; we don't change programs. The needs of Olympic athletes and our grandparents differ by degree, not kind. Our terrorist hunters, skiers, mountain bike riders, and housewives have all found their best fitness from the same regimen.
Why We Train in a Coach-Led Group
Besides feeling better, living better, and looking better — all of which happen if you follow the CrossFit training and nutritional recommendations — CrossFit done in a class setting has real, specific benefits:
Instruction
You are taught and monitored by a CrossFit Level 1 (or higher) trainer. This is like having a personal trainer at a fraction of the cost. Instruction keeps a variety of movements regularly introduced, helps develop new skills, and reduces the risk of injury — there is always someone watching and improving your mechanics.
Variety
The few people who exercise on their own tend to get into a rut. That leads to burnout, quitting, and plateaus. With the programming out of the athletes' hands, the variety is good both physically and psychologically. It never gets dull, routine, or boring.
Sustainability
Because of all of the above, it is sustainable for the long haul.
Fun
Doing our workouts in community makes it fun. We build camaraderie!
Accountability
Scheduled classes increase the odds of working out — and your training partners will miss you and ask about you when you are gone. The relationships built in the gym are wonderfully encouraging and keep you coming back.
In Our Members' Words
“The reason I joined is that I can't do it alone. I need to be around other men who push themselves. They keep me motivated to push myself.”
“With the work I do, I have no social life — CrossFit provides me one beautifully.”
“Group motivation is key. I would not work at this level on my own.”
“After every class I cannot think of anything else I would have rather done in the last hour.”