In all the years that I have been involved in sport/fitness I have never known anything like CrossFit. I don’t mean the type of training but the doors that CrossFit opens. I am sat here on holiday on a campsite in Batemans Bay (Australia) ready to head over to CrossFit Area 61 to train with friends we made last year when we visited this gym. They welcomed us with open arms (members & staff) and treated us as their own, so much so that we have stayed in touch & diverted our trip to come back & see them this year. This isn’t a blog about CrossFit Area 61 (although they are pretty awesome) this is about CrossFit in general.
Last year we travelled up the east coast of Australia in a campervan & trained at approximately 30 CrossFit gyms, pretty much every one of them made us feel like we were walking into a readymade friendship group because of one common interest ‘CrossFit’. It didn’t matter who we were, where we were from, what shape, size or age we were etc, all that mattered was that we were there to do CrossFit. This year we are doing the same, we are travelling up the east coast (well slightly down & then up ;-)) training at different CrossFit gyms & a few re-visits from last year and we are yet again being welcomed like no other sport. To walk into a CrossFit gym & take part in a class with regular members can be a daunting thought but not with CrossFit! The reason for this is that as a member if you notice someone you haven’t seen before the automatic response is to walk up to that person & chat to them. This instantly eases any nerves or apprehensions and makes you feel at home. The number of members we gave had approach us & ask questions such as ‘where are you from? How long are you here for? Where are you heading next?’ etc in addition to giving us recommendations on places to visit has led us to leaving each gym not only having had a great workout but also having made new friends & giving us an awesome experience, not something you would get in a regular gym.
I suppose the reason I wanted to write this was to say that since starting CrossFit I now know that I can go anywhere in the world and as long as there is a CrossFit gym then I know I have a set of friends already.
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