New CrossFit fitness gym opens

Posted September 14, 2012 6:23 pm by

Crooked river crossfit

New CrossFit fitness gym opens

If you want a fitness gym where a trainer will call you if you miss a few days, your answer may be Crooked River CrossFit.

The new fitness gym is located at 5929 Mayfield Road, just east of Lander Road on the north side of Mayfield Road. You have to look closely because it does not have a sign yet. The gym is across from The Boneyard.

Co-owners Kyle Eshleman and Marty Pajek are former Lifetime Fitness personal trainers. They are both certified trainers as well as Level 1 CrossFit trainers.

The team believes CrossFit’s exercises change people’s bodies with the combination of consistency and proper nutrition.

If someone runs every day, Eshleman said it is like he or she is studying for the same test over and over again.

He said CrossFit prepares people for a new test or challenge every day, just like in the real world.

Eshleman added that at most gyms, people get stuck in the same routine every other day. No one is held accountable for showing up or working hard.

If a CrossFit member does not show up for a few days, Eshleman or Pajek will call.

It is like having a personal trainer, according to Pajek.

The classes are not easy, but doable. There are a variety of different classes, and people never know what they are going to get upon arrival.

If they did, they might not come, two class members joked on Aug. 17.

There are seven-minute interval classes, as well as half-hour classes mixed with jogging and strength exercises, among others. All classes are equipped with blasting — and motivating — music.

Other members are friendly and everyone helps out. A rules board at the front of the gym outlines the “dont’s” of CrossFit, which include saying you can’t do something, being late and not cleaning up after a workout. If a member does any of these things, the punishment is to do 20 burpees, or squat-thrusts.

The CrossFit movement started in California in the late 1990s. Currently, there are over 4,000 gyms worldwide.

Members also have access to nutrition workshops and education. Eshleman and Pajek like to think of Crooked River CrossFit not as a gym, but as a fitness program.

 

 

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