Back in January I noted that Walnut Creek was getting another CrossFit gym, and they are now finally open. Located at 1628 Cypress St. next to Extreme Pizza (towards the back), they have a prime downtown location. For those not familiar with CrossFit, this is from their website:
CrossFit is the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide.
Our program delivers a fitness that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive. Our specialty is not specializing. Combat, survival, many sports, and life reward this kind of fitness and, on average, punish the specialist.
The CrossFit program is designed for universal scalability making it the perfect application for any committed individual regardless of experience. We’ve used our same routines for elderly individuals with heart disease and cage fighters one month out from televised bouts. We scale load and intensity; we don’t change programs.
Check out the gym below:
The massive tire in front would be good for hitting with that sledge hammer at right, as well as tire flipping, which incidently, is what gold medalist swimmer Ryan Lochte does to warm up.
Currently they offer evening classes and the first class is free to tryout so drop by and check them out. I can attest that CrossFit is an intense yet fun workout since the activities are so varied.