When a potential client calls and asks us ‘are you a CrossFit or Hyrox gym?’ Or ‘do you do functional training?’ Or ‘do you have HIIT workouts?’, my answer is: ‘We borrow and steal elements from anything and everything to get the job done while avoiding labels for ourselves’.
Labels are useful and familiar. But labels are also limiting. Our approach is straightforward. Why get tethered or anchored down to one label?
As a coach, I want the option to use isometrics, concentric, eccentrics, plyometrics, loaded stretching, eccentric, different zones, powerlifting, conditioning, weightlifting and pretty much any tool we think would be most useful for our clients and get them to their goals ASAP.
Takeaway
What we ambiguously like is plenty of range of motion, very stable execution, building tolerance gradually for all positions, find exercise variants that you enjoy doing (not sacrosanct about exercises or tools) and find a way to progress it gradually.
I run a training space. As a client, you have a goal or goals. We have tools, moves and a clock to get you there. We want to use everything we can to get the job done without worrying about what to call ourselves.
