The Quantum Difference?
CrossFit Quantum will introduce you to a lifestyle and mentality that strives for true health at a level beyond your typical fitness regimen.
We employ functional movements and draw from track and field training, Olympic weightlifting, general strength training, gymnastic elements, and other natural body movements to help you achieve a new realm of fitness. Our community is incredibly and wonderfully diverse in age, athletic background, physical capabilities and goals. These differences are the very aspects that make our community so great. We are able to take all levels of athletes, from novice to professional, and help them identify and achieve their fitness goals.
CrossFit Quantum believes in a personal approach to fitness and health, and knowing each athlete as a person not a membership quota or number. You are our priority, our business, and together we make a community of strength.
CrossFit Quantum is the reality of our passion. It is all about your health, athletic excellence, and a community of support.
What Makes CrossFit Different from the Regular Gym Routine?
To the outside eye, CrossFit may appear to be just another training fad. However, one training session will make you realize we are very different from a typical commercial fitness program.
We do not employ the use of machines for fitness and strength. Instead, your body is “the machine.” Our training promotes movement for optimal health – jumping, lifting, pulling, pushing, and balancing. There are no gimmicks, and no magic pills. There is a reason why top athletes use these very principles in their training – simply – it works.
CrossFit utilizes functional, multi-joint movements required in everyday life and sport, to make you the fittest and strongest you can be.
You will use barbells, dumbbells, weight plates, and other fun toys in a training program with a great group of people to motivate and encourage you through each and every workout.
CrossFit workouts require you to train hard. In training to your fullest potential, we promise real results. Our workouts require you to fully connect your mind with your body. We will continually challenge you, and push you beyond what you ever thought you were capable of.
You are accountable for your performance and advancement. Our trained coaches provide the instruction, tools, knowledge and guidance necessary for you to achieve your goals. It is up to you to take these essential elements and apply them to gain the full benefits of CrossFit and achieve true fitness.
“CrossFit is a core strength and conditioning program built on constantly varied, if not randomized, functional movements executed at high intensity.”
COACH GREG GLASSMAN (CrossFit Founder)
What Should I Expect from a Typical Training Session?
Each session lasts approximately one hour. This is a short time, but we make the most of it to achieve maximum results. We ask that you try to arrive 5-10 minutes early to warm up so that each session can start on time.
The typical breakdown:
Warm-up: 10-15 minutes
The purpose of our warm-up is to adequately prepare your body for challenging physical activity. We begin with activity designed to increase your body temperature. We also spend time on dynamic “range of motion” drills to improve the movement of your joints.
Heavy Lifting or Skill Development: 10-20 minutes
We lift heavy weights frequently in our program and it is important that you understand why. Lifting progressively heavier weights with full body functional movements is the best way to develop strength.
Increased strength is positively correlated with just about every other aspect of physical fitness. As you get stronger, your performance at nearly every other imaginable physical task improves. You move more efficiently, making you faster, more agile, and less prone to injury. Strength also aids achieving and maintaining weight loss. The more lean muscle you gain, the more efficiently your body burns fat and maintains a healthy composition.
Strength takes time to build and is usually a key limiting factor in fitness performance. That is why we start beginners on a relatively simple (but super effective) strength program right away, and then modify it as you progress. If your program does not have you lifting heavy weights, you are missing the single key element in your journey to health and wellbeing. This applies equally to performance-oriented athletes, and the average person just interested in living a long, full and healthy life free of aches, pains, and disease.
*VERY IMPORTANT! This kind of lifting is NOT bodybuilding, and will NOT make girls look like mini Arnold Schwarzenegger’s. Heavy weights are essential tools to being beautiful and fit, and will only enhance all your feminine attributes!
We may also use this time for skill development. As a group we will breakdown a relatively complex movement into manageable components and build on your athletic skill set. This might include work on certain gymnastic skills, weightlifting technique, kettlebell lifts, or any other number of movements we incorporate into our training.
Workout of the Day (WOD): 10-25 minutes
Our “WOD” is a short and intense workout designed to build your endurance and conditioning. They are designed to be short but intense, allowing you to apply maximum effort but still achieve adequate post workout recovery.
Wrap-up and Cool Down: 5-10 minutes
Most people tend to neglect stretching. If you are tight or have restricted movement in certain areas (shoulders, hips and calves tend to be major problem areas) take 10 minutes after class to address that stuff! Benefits include: improved posture, improved performance, and reduced risk of injury and pain. Ask your trainer if you need help.
