Crossfit Portland

Weapons Grade, Muscle Building and Joint Mobility Cockfight. I joined Crossfit in January of 2008. Crossfit is much more than a gym with simple membership requirements. More than buff enthusiasts, the instructors are nutritionalists that subscribe to a philosophy of living, a physical 'filosophia di vie' of sorts, which transcends simple exercise. Scott, Xi Xia, and Rochelle are compassionate individuals and true exemplars of the practices and ideologies which support what is commonly known as 'Crossfit'. In other words, beyond providing the basics, i.e., the simple guidance as to the proper form of exercise, they offered the personal attention and dietary suggestions that are critical for those (like myself) whom are impatient to see the results of hard work.

Portland Crossfit is by no means easy. The daily workouts are intimidating at best. As a friend once said, "If I'm not scared by the Work out Of the Day, it's not worth doing." I resonate with this statement. I have now been an active member of the Portland Crossfit community for nine months, and I can say with absolute certainty that each day when I arrive for class I am honestly scared. The reward, however, is in the discovery that the goals are in fact, achievable. By completing the prescribed workouts, we empower ourselves to take steps toward, albeit inch by inch, the goal of becoming more fit individuals. My experiences at Portland Crossfit have afforded new friendships, a new sense of confidence in my body-image, and a total weight loss of 35 pounds. More importantly, I have maintained a commitment to healthy eating habits; I have continued to be smoke-free; and I have reaped the unexpected rewards of imagining that I have a chiseled physique (psychological overconfidence and apparent narcissistic results may vary).…

You will never go back to a regular gym again!!!!!!. I have been going to Crossfit since December 2007 and I still look forward to going everytime because I never know what is in store - that to me is the what puts it head and shoulders above a regular workout routine - you can never get bored and you leave there with such a rewarding feeling when you do something you really never thought you could possilby do!!!! I would encourage anyone to go give it a try no matter what fitness level you are at.…

The best training in portland!. Ive been Muay Thai Kickboxing for awhile, I was looking for some weight training to help me out with my Thai boxing. My thai boxing coach ( who is a real bad a**) told me that he has always herd that crossfit was intense

training, and he knows fighters all over the world. I listend to him and it was the best move ive made for my training. Ive became an all around much better athlete cause of crossfit. With the training Scott , Xia Xia, & Rochelle they have took my body to places I never thought i could go! YOU NEED TO CHECK THIS PLACE OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…

Hands down, best resource to help you live a healthy life.. I've always been active in my life by doing sports. When it came to working out, I was always winging it. I was told weight lifting was always important, but I had no idea how to do it. Being a female, I thought weight lifting meant bulking up, so I tried not to do too much of it. I figured if I need some arm strength, I would do some curls. If I wanted to build quad strength, I would do leg presses on the machine. I'd do a couple reps of 8 sometimes or not, depending on how I was feeling. Then I'd get bored and not really know if what I was doing was really doing anything. When I found out about Crossfit, I thought,"This makes complete sense and sounds like a lot of fun." The fact that they instruct you on HOW to do the Olympic lifts properly and what certain excerises do for your body, is so informative. I understand now how each exercise you do effectively helps you. Everything has a purpose and it just makes sense. Crossfit gives you a guaranteed work out every time. I have better body control and when I'm playing Ultimate Frisbee I feel more confident on the field with what my body is capable of doing whether it's sprinting, jumping or laying out for the disc. I feel like I've accomplished so much in the year that I've been going. For all those women out there who think they could never do a pull up, think again and join Crossfit Portland!…