Although I live on the Far West End, I work downtown and have been coming to SBCF for a little over 2 years. As a 48 year old guy with no prior experience with sports or athletics -- and who hadn't seen the inside of a gym of any kind in over 15 years -- I was a little nervous showing up at a CrossFit place. But I felt welcomed, and have stayed and I love it. Owner/head coach Ryan Reeves (who took over in July 2017) provides excellent technical instruction, and motivates you to set short and long-term personal goals. With my job, I can never quite predict my schedule from day to day, so the variety of morning, mid-day and evening classes SBCF offers is perfect for me. I’m far from the strongest, or the fastest, or the most agile member of SBCF, but the coaches are great about making sure every workout can be scaled appropriately and that everybody stays injury-free, and the other members at SBCF are all super-supportive as well. And I can tell without a doubt that I am WAY stronger and can do things now that I absolutely couldn’t do before joining SBCF two years ago. I never in my life thought I’d ever have personal fitness goals, or say to myself “I’m really looking forward to working out today”, but now thanks to SBCF, I do.
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Although I live on the Far West End, I work downtown and have been coming to SBCF for a little over 2 years. As a 48 year old guy with no prior experience with sports or athletics -- and who hadn't seen the inside of a gym of any kind in over 15 years -- I was a little nervous showing up at a CrossFit place. But I felt welcomed, and have stayed and I love it. Owner/head coach Ryan Reeves (who took over in July 2017) provides excellent technical instruction, and motivates you to set short and long-term personal goals. With my job, I can never quite predict my schedule from day to day, so the variety of morning, mid-day and evening classes SBCF offers is perfect for me. I’m far from the strongest, or the fastest, or the most agile member of SBCF, but the coaches are great about making sure every workout can be scaled appropriately and that everybody stays injury-free, and the other members at SBCF are all super-supportive as well. And I can tell without a doubt that I am WAY stronger and can do things now that I absolutely couldn’t do before joining SBCF two years ago. I never in my life thought I’d ever have personal fitness goals, or say to myself “I’m really looking forward to working out today”, but now thanks to SBCF, I do.