Most importantly my work at CrossFit has given me the ENERGY to keep up with & enjoy (even more) my 3 boys!!
The fitness gains I have made and the strength I have (in as quickly as a few short months) I would never have thought possible!
Health wise I have more energy, I am sick far less often and even rarely have colds.
The community of CrossFit Edmonton is just all around GREAT from Supportive to FUN and ENERGETIC!! When I wake up each day I look forward to meeting with my CrossFit Group and the challenges that the w/o will bring. I like how the website connects the group and the ability to prepare myself for the next WOD.
What I like most about CrossFit Edmonton are the Coaches! Their focus is really client driven. Giving each person individual attention even in group settings. Their classes are structured with focus on proper techniques and teaching of new skills at each and every session. The workouts are amazing and NEVER BORING? and the Coaches never miss an opportunity to challenge you to a level you never thought possible.
To anyone considering CrossFit I would say, If you are looking for a motivating environment when you workout, if you need individual attention along the way and are hoping to make great fitness gains, CrossFit Edmonton is where its at!
Natasha
CrossFit… I am addicted! I don’t even know quite where to start talking about this fitness program. I have been working out for years or thought I was working out? doing the typical gym, free weights and cardio machines like most people. I needed a change! But I never thought that I would see the change in my fitness levels so quickly and with so much FUN! The workouts are tough and they are definitely challenging ? but after each workout you feel great and have the desire and motivation to keep on striving to achieve your personal bests.I love that we have a community of like minded people that encourage, support and challenge one another to work to their full potential and strive to have wellness in all aspects of our lives. The Coaches are great and make sure that we are working to our full potential with a different work out of the day (WOD) that is never boring!
I’ve canceled my gym membership and CrossFit is home to me! Come and check it out!
Stacy
The CrossFit Community is truly one of a kind. The group dynamics is out of this world. Through the encouragement, support and challenging one another to do better it makes you feel like your part of something. The coaches are GREAT they always give you that needed push to get through a tough WOD and always are your greatest support to get you to that next level.CrossFit has amazed me with the results I have seen in such a short time. I look better and feel better then I ever have before. My self-confidence has improved my drive and passion to always do better keeps me going back. I am proud to say I am a true CrossFitter. GET SOME!
Leeanne
I have worked with personal trainers for many years and when Crossfit was first brought to my attention, I was reticent to try it, forgo my 1 on 1 training for a group training program? Following several workouts, I was hooked on Crossfit training and the environment. Why? The coaches emphasize form and technique at all times. They are present to advise and also inspire you to attain your best; the daily workouts are varied, intense and fun; you are forever challenged to take yourself to your maximum; the members are friendly, positive and motivating. The coaches have built a Crossfit community that focuses on assisting members to become healthier in body, mind and spirit each day and in turn, the future.
What more could anyone ask for in a training program that offers such support for your daily health?
It’s what got me hooked!
Maureen
What can I say about CrossFit? Well I can go on and on for hours about why I love it. Mainly it has helped me dislodge any previous notions and myths I’ve had about fitness and the persona of fitness. I have found confidence that I surely thought was lost forever. I am realizing my true potential as an athlete (and I was right the first time). I also love the community it has created, without it I don’t think I would love it as much. I feel like I’m part of a team. I’ve belonged to sports teams before, and most of them have been somewhat dysfunctional. This team is stellar!
I met a guy on the plane who coincidentally started talking about crossfit. I had so much to say on the subject that he was surprised I had even heard of it. I showed him the guns to prove my passion, and at that moment I really knew I have an addiction? but not a problem which is a good thing!
In a society that is plagued with instant gratification, Crossfit stands out because it’s rare, real and raw. I say raw because it??s bare bones equipment, not requiring machines or hydraulic equipment to do the work for me. It’s all up to me to do the work. Finally I hold myself accountable and it feels wicked!
Yvonne
Having been an on-again, off-again gym rat for most of my life, I thought I had seen everything exercise-wise. I stumbled on CrossFit by accident, sheer dumb luck, and I’m glad I did. I am stronger, both physically and mentally than I’ve ever been. I can’t always get to a session on a regular basis – work and my numerous soccer-related injuries do get in the way, but I love that I can still do a WOD at home – even if I have to modify it. This being said, it is the sense of community I like most about CrossFit. It’s competitive without the ego, hard-core without the posing (well, except for the Coaches!), and the end result is a fun, effective way to get and stay fit. Driving hard for the end of a workout with the encouragement of those who are right in it with you is inspiring.
Bar none – the best overall fitness program there is.
Elaine
Hmmm, what to say. Pictures would be worth a thousand words, but I don’t show people what I used to look like..but I am sure Auty remembers. Long and Short of it is; if crossfit and its coaches can transform me (body and mind) when it comes to a fitness, then they are just amazing. I am a CrossFitter for life, forever yellow, green, bluish. My son is a future crossfitter thanks to crossfit kids. Thanks guys you have created a CrossFit community filled with passion and purpose.
Laura
Bruce will probably respond on his own, buy I know that I can confidently say that we both absolutely love CrossFit. It’s become an obsession!I never exercised in my life (not even a sports team as a kid!) until about 5 years ago (like Laura, I, too have pictures to prove it!). I started with walking and have moved up from there. I never in a million years would have believed myself capable of doing the things I can do now. I love CrossFit because it is never boring and no matter where you start, there is room to grow, whether in # reps, speed, weight, intensity, etc. It always feels amazing to look back at a previous workout and see how much better I have done this time – I like the competition with myself! Bruce & I are always disappointed when we can’t come, although we often take a WOD to do at the Y.We also love the group we work out with and the coaches (that??s why we don??t want to go to Edmonton South although it would be closer!). There is so much encouragement and a real sense of community. We think Auty and Chad are incredible coaches – so knowledgeable, approachable and inspiring.
In short, I can’t imagine ever not doing Crossfit now. It’s definitely become a part of our lives.
Sandra
Sandra has articulated how we feel better than I ever could, but I would like to add this:I was a lump of inactive goo for the past couple of years. While I certainly could still stand to lose a couple dozen pounds, I feel better in the last 4 months than I have in the last 20 years. Is CrossFit the reason? A 100% resounding yes. I may still be a lump of goo, but I am an active and happy lump.
Bruce
I was introduced to CrossFit by my friend and running partner. (Thanks Patti!) I have always valued and enjoyed physical activity and when I discovered running 5 or 6 years ago I thought that I had found the answer. I still do enjoy running, it is a great way to manage stress, control those few extra pounds and to spend time socializing with friends. Once I met Patti and we began to run together I was so impressed with her strength and endurance, she would explain to me her CrossFit workout routine and seemed to totally enjoy it. I tried it and now I am hooked. The diversity in the work outs, the sense of community, the professionalism and knowledge of the coaches make CrossFit Edmonton a place that you get addicted to. I enjoy the challenge of the intensity of the workouts and feel very proud of the gains I have made in strength and endurance.
Cheryl
As a long time distance runner, I have suffered a whole host of repetitive stain injuries. Since beginning my love affair with CrossFit over a year ago, I have seen dramatic increases in strength and equally dramatic reduction in injury and overall pain associated with my athletic pursuits.
The most amazing component of CrossFit is that it immediately identifies your weaknesses and immediately sets about to rectify them, turning those same weaknesses into overall strengths.
CrossFit ramps up the intensity I desire and forces me to work on my deficiencies. It is the best overall training regime I have ever encountered. I’m still running, but with less pain and greater flexibility.
Beverly
Auty first introduced myself and my husband Ed to CrossFit when he was training us one on one (before the birth of CrossFit Edmonton), and absolutely loved it. I wasn’t sure how this would translate to group classes, because I was not looking to socialize during workouts. But what I love about the group classes now, it that it really brought out my competitive side, and I push myself much harder than I ever had before and that I thought I could handle.
CrossFit also helps with my yoga, running, walking my two big dogs Lola and Karma, and helps to give me that ‘edge’ overall in life. As a chiropractor, my job is very physical, and my workouts have always helped, but CrossFit has improved that tenfold and allowed me to be more of a role model for my patients. I have more energy during my day, at the end of my day, and feel better at 38 than I did at 28 or even 18!
Thank you Auty and Chad for helping me push myself hard every workout, accomplish strength gains that I’d never thought was possible, and most importantly, for making it fun each and every workout!
I can never go back to the ‘traditional’ gym at this point, and I’m glad!
Karen
I’ve spent many years running and working out with weights. I always found excuses to miss a day here and there. With CrossFit that doesn’t happen. I have to be really sick with a cold or have an immobilizing injury to miss one of these classes. I enjoy the competitive side that the WOD brings out in myself and others.As a communications electrician my work involves physical activity. Carrying tools and equipment, setting up a 28 foot extension ladder, and climbing telephone poles are all part of my daily routine. I notice a difference. I am stronger and I have more energy.CrossFit works for me.
Bill
An interesting thing happened on the way to work today…..Background – I am a professional Land Surveyor. Early in one’s career, you spend a lot of time outdoors, digging, walking, pounding. As your progress up, you tend to be in the office, managing, sitting, etc. You know, being a lump.Since starting CrossFit in May, I haven’t lost a pound. Nada. Zip. Zero. But I have felt more energized, healthy, active than I have in years.
Today – I had to meet some clients on a creek site, and walk the property. Normally, the idea of wandering up and down steep banks, over about a mile of terrain, is a challenge to us office types. Today I noticed that as I was strolling up and down these little hills, the people I was walking with were slowing down, out of breath, taking breaks. Embarrassed
YAY Crossfit – You never know what the game is going to be, but you’re ready! Very Happy
Bruce
