In a nutshell we're about:
- Fostering relationships. Between anyone.
- Open, honest and direct communication
- This means...
- You Listen.
- You check your ego.
- You do what you say you are going to do.
- Keeping good records about your peformance. Afterall, CrossFit is a performance based / results based program. The numbers matter.
- Camaraderie & Competition
- No one cares how you look & you shouldn't either.
- That said, eye contact is encouraged. This is how we meet people and engage ourselves.
- That said, if you've seen the videos or the pictures of CrossFitters...they look awesome, right? And that's through soul cleansing hard work and nutrition - not some ____suction or injections or creams or spray tans.
- What has been called by our friends at CrossFit.ca, a "Tribe of Excellence".
- In our experience - CrossFit tends to attract people that are really good at what they do. Smart people. Engaged, thoughtful, successful people. Good people to know outside the gym, but the relationships happen inside and just spill all over the place.
- Lastly, we're about getting the most out of your life. CrossFit is a training ground. It's where you get the chance to make positive choices again and again and let those positive choices add up. A little in abundance is a lot, right? Every CrossFitter I've met thinks this program makes you a better person. Tie it in to the power of intent a la Dr. Wayne Dyer if you will, but what you'll find is that avenues that were previously closed to you...open.
Coaching vs Training
The fitness industry is a sham. They count on you not showing up. They count on you falling short. They sell you miracle products and make all sorts of promises.
Not here.
We're honest about what we do and what we expect from our clients.
1) Show Up. 2) Work Hard 3)Have Fun (even when it's not fun!!!)
While most personal trainers rely on their clients to not think - we encourage it. Rather than be happy with clients that have no idea what they did or why or falling short of their goals, we are vested in your success!
At CrossFit Davis, when you hire us, you are hiring a coach. Our job is to help facilitate your fitness and all the skills and abilities that go with it, such as -- listening, thinking, learning, being aware and being responsible. We guide and steer you on a course and are there to help you maintain your heading when a “storm” throws you in the wrong direction., However, it is clear from the start of our relationship that YOU are ultimately responsible for your health, fitness and vitality. Our instruction focuses on movement techniques and skills, physical conditioning, and the development of healthy workout, eating habits, and self-discipline, so that after a period of time, you’ve got all the essential elements, experience and confidence to make it through your life with health, fitness and vitality.
Sounds good, right?
It is!!
Exercise Selection
Gymnasts have big biceps. Ever wonder why is it that gymnasts never have to do a bicep curl to get big and strong biceps? How about weightlifters (not body builders)... you may not know it, but they NEVER do leg extensions, leg curls, leg press, or adduction/abduction exercises. Weight machines were designed by engineers to simulate the isolated movement of one muscle in your body. In real life, your body rarely uses one muscle at a time independently of all others. So while you may be getting bigger biceps, you are functionally less strong.
This is why, after lots of reps on the lat-pulldown machine, pull ups are still an issue for many individuals. Why train muscles in isolation when they are never, or rarely, be asked to actually function in isolation? Seems not to make sense, right?
With that said, at CrossFit Davis, you'll NEVER do a bicep curl or a leg extension. We choose exercises that make large demands on your nervous and muscular systems and require many muscle groups to work together synergistically. Body weight exercises challenge you to be strong and agile enough to be in control of your body (pull ups, dips, handstand push ups, push ups, etc). Weightlifting exercises require technique and skill, and call upon a large number of muscles in your body to work together at the same time (squat, deadlift, clean, jerk, snatch, kettle bell, etc).
We run. We lift. We jump. We play. We have fun.
Equipment
The only "machine" in our box is YOU.
Most gyms emphasize training on benches or with weight machines. They also have trainers teaching exercises originating from bodybuilding. They do this because it is "safe", easy, and requires little thought or effort outside the specific movement for which the machine or exercise was designed. Next time you're in your gym sitting in a weight machine, ask yourself, "How closely does this resemble a movement in real life?" How would it look to kick a ball from just your knee down or to take a drink out of a glass by moving just your forearm? Single joint movements (like those done with typical weight machines and and traditional bodybuilding exercises) will isolate a specific muscle, however, rarely in life does our body activate isolated muscles without the support from others. As soon as you sit or lay down on a bench or machine, all of the balance, stabilization, proprioception, and accuracy functions that your body must use in normal activities of real life and sport completely shut down, their functioning unnecessary.
At CrossFit Davis, most of what you will see when you come to the gym is open space. Our "machines" are free weights - to simply use them pick them up requires skill, balance, stabilization, proprioception, and accuracy. The skills and movements we teach are all functional and multi-joint (require movement across 2 or more joints in your body). These neuromuscular activities are commonplace in both life and in sport, and since our objective in training is to mimic both, we find that free weights, with proper instruction and coaching, do this best.
Hard Work
Getting fit is not an activity. It's not a correspondence course. You really need to be engaged to make improvements.
Exercising is something many people do to make themselves feel fit. You’ve seen examples of this: people on the treadmill reading the newspaper; a person moving through the machines, taking lots of breaks, talking to their trainer, looking hardly like they’re “working.” These people get to feel good about themselves because they’ve “checked the box” on their to do list labeled “workout.” These are also the people you see whose physiques never seem to change.
You will never see our clients doing "cardio" while sitting on a bike, reading a magazine. Nor will you see them "exercising" using a weight machine. Our workouts are intense - challenging you and your body to do things you never dreamt possible. They require you to be mentally alert, present and focused and will call upon your coordination, agility, strength, speed, endurance, stamina and flexibility. This is what we call "training" - and its purpose is to make improvements regularly in all areas of fitness.
Space
When you step into most gyms, the first thing you usually see is rows and rows of weight and cardio machines squeezed tightly together.
After you’ve found the little space that is available, you must squeeze between people, weight machines, off in the corner, or in the middle of a walkway. And forget about leavingyour spot or bench or piece of equipment for more than 30 seconds – it will be taken by someone else. In this environment, athletic training is not only impractical, it is impossible.
At CrossFit Davis, our emphasis is on space - space to move, to jump, to lift to balance, to climb, tumble, or in other words, train as an athlete, unencumbered by equipment, people and/or other “stuff” in the way. If it starts getting crowded, we won't pack you like lemmings -- we'll take over the space next door and make more space for our expanding community.
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