Frequently Asked Questions:

How does CrossFit differ from my normal gym?

For you personally, we coach you and our trainers are always here to help you. We don’t give program cards and let you work it out yourself or make you pay extra just to talk to someone. The people who you see when you walk in are the ones who train you.

There are a number of scheduled classes on the timetable but you are also able to come in during gym hours and one of us will show you what the Workout Of the Day is and take you through it.

CrossFit is not another routine or class to put on the timetable but a proven method that military, fire, police, professional sports bodies, remedial health professionals, doctors, elderly support and kids all over the world are all adopting as the only method for exercise.

Our training is purely functional exercise, our trainers are fully certified and have been in the industry a long time. When we say ‘certified’ we mean ‘CrossFit Certified’. Unfortunately it’s very easy to call yourself a trainer today, then head out charging people for what they download straight off You Tube. We hear all the time “oh my trainer gave me a CrossFit workout today” apart from them not being qualified to teach it why are you paying them to give you workouts they don’t know much about with any structure? www.crossfit.com has a list of all the certified training organizations.

What is the "workout Of the Day"?

CrossFit is Constantly varied which means every session is different, everyday there is a "WOD" on the board and on the website. We program these workouts so all you have to do is follow them.

What is functional exercise and why is it important?

Functional movements are movements based on real-world situational biomechanics.  This means how you move in everyday situations. How many times in your life have you done a leg extension or a bicep curl? Never! So why would you train your body to move like this. There is growing evidence that shows people who exercise on fixed plain machines and repetitive movements are more prone to injury in the short term but worse still have serious mobility issues in later life.

Non-functional exercises and machine based exercises do NOT train any neurological pathways in your body. Balance, co-ordination; accuracy and agility are taken away so your body doesn’t develop them. Talk to any high level sports coach or health professional e.g., physiotherapist and they will tell you Functional movement is the key for sports performance and injury prevention.

Who does CrossFit and where do they come from?

We have pensioners who don’t want to end up in wheelchairs or use mobility aids. We have people who have been to the ‘Mc Franchises’ and traditional gyms and soon figure out they aren’t what they cracked up to be. Anyone with a bit of money can build a glamourous ‘training room’ and purchase fancy looking machines and hire a sales consultants to hunt down clients.  But we have pure beginners wanting to learn basic functional movement and learn about proper nutrition. We also have very overweight people who have tried everything and finally realize it is all marketing junk and feel cheated for wasting their money on gimmicks. We have athletes who want develop their power base, most of all we have a community of people who like the attention to detail, the professional coaching and the no-nonsense approach to fitness.

I am either very unfit, overweight, older, young or I am an athlete. So how do we train together?

The workouts are scaled to suit you ability, everyone does the same range of functional movement so the quality of technique is still maintained. The load varies depending on your ability. An example of this would be a young athlete and an elderly beginner doing a dead lift. The young athlete might be lifting 100kg, whereabouts the older beginner will be using a broomstick, same movement but different load.

What type of results can I expect?

You will see results within the first 4 weeks, if you follow our coaching, listen to our nutritional advice you will see a 15-20% increase in strength and endurance. We also see big changes in body composition as well as back, neck, knee and joint problems dissipating. One thing you must realize though is we will tell you where you need to start and what you need to do to progress effectively and safely. Quick fixes are just that, for some people 6 weeks might be spent on learning how to squat properly.

Being able to squat properly is the foundation where everything else derives from, watch a baby when they going from crawling to walking, look at how they squat and you will see it’s perfect. Being able to squat properly with just your body weight requires balance, flexibility, core strength, coordination, agility and accuracy. If you can’t do this properly you shouldn’t really be doing anything else until you can, this is where you begin.  But once you can you have that foundation just like a house you can build anything you want on that. Try cheat and take shortcuts and we both know what the answer will be