CrossFit Sanitas

It is a good Crossfit gym, but I don’t recommend beginners to join this gym, simply for the reason that the classes became way too large and coaches cannot monitor you, so you’re more likely to get an injury under their watch. Yes this Crossfit gym is very popular and the coaches are knowledgable and the staff are great. The area is roomy and clean but if you’re just beginning Crossfit and have never lifted before, I recommend starting at perhaps a smaller gym that will have a coach actually watch your technique. Crossfit can become dangerous once your form starts to fall apart, so when I came to this gym and joined the attention seemed more focused on the more fit students rather than the beginners.

Love the community here! Clean, friendly and knowledgeable.

I’ve been a member at 3 different Crossfit boxes at one time or another over the past 4 years and I’ve worked out at no less than a dozen from regular business travel around the country. CF Sanitas is by far the best box with the most knowledgeable coaches I have ever experienced.
Great programming, incredible equipment, and everything you need to never even have to think about anything but getting to the gym. A strong and supportive community of athletes of all abilities and the No Assholes Allowed rule that I look for in a gym. The only negative is the tradeoff you get with the great location as the running segments are less than ideal on sidewalks. But who likes running anyway?
Highly recommend it.

First of all, the staff are really friendly, you can take free trail class and they won’t marketing about membership at all, so it’s all depend on you! The gymnastics class is very cool, I remember the coach’s name is Matt, I’ve never been so stretched since primary school lol, it’s challenging and stimulate you to work harder. The WOD class actually as tiring as I thought, no sour muscles after the first class. I will consider having a membership.

I dropped in to CrossFit Sanitas last week for 4 days whilst visiting family in Boulder.
The facilities are amazing — it’s bright, the bathrooms are nice and clean, they have a cool artificial grass strip for sled pushes/​pulls and plenty of equipment for large classes.
Within two days, the coaches already new my name and ability level and could accurately recommend which weights to use/​how to scale movements etc (Beau, Michael and Dwight were all amazing coaches). They were equally as encouraging to me (a drop-​in member) as they were to other members, so I never felt overlooked.
Their strength and oly classes are a great addition to the schedule if you want to try something different to the typical WOD class, or in addition to if you want to improve in those areas.
I’m already looking forward to going back on my next visit!

CrossFit Sanitas is amazing. I’ve been going for about a year now, and for the first time in my life I actually enjoy going to the gym. Every workout is led by a coach, so you never have to wonder «what should I do now?» or «am I doing this right?». The coaches are very knowledgeable and helpful, and I always feel comfortable scaling the workouts to fit my level. I highly recommend CrossFit Sanitas to anyone looking to get fit in a fun, supportive environment.

I compete in powerlifting and my home gym is conventionally a powerlifting gym, but we shared space with a Crossfit outfit. So, when I moved to Boulder and found no powerlifting gyms I approached Crossfit Sanitas about training at their facility. They were more than welcoming and reasonable, allowing me to continue my training under their roof. The atmosphere is great, and they have plenty of equipment for training beyond Crossfit (bands for speed, strongman stuff etc.). Next up are the people. Every trainer I have met there has been extremely welcoming and encouraging. I recommend this facility to anyone I meet who is interested in participating in Crossfit in the greater Boulder area. Five stars.

My new FAVORITE place! Literally.
I was interested in trying Crossfit out, being an avid yogi and having spent many, many hours at Corepower I was starting to hit a bit of a plateau in my practice. I thought it could be interesting to do something completely different that was totally unlike yoga. Enter here: Crossfit.
I was a little nervous to try it out at first, but was also excited at the thought of being able to develop and improve my strength in areas that I wasn’t getting from yoga. Needless to say, after getting my ass completely whooped at my free first class I decided I absolutely wanted to come back. I signed up for the Basecamp intro training course and after the first 2 classes I knew I was hooked. This would be it, I would become a Crossfit junkie. And I couldn’t be more excited. Now after going to a few of the regular WODs, it’s all over. I’m obsessed. Why? For many reasons…
One being that it is freaking fun! It literally is so. much. FUN! Sure, it can be super duper hard and intense, but something about doing short interval high intensity work outs and bouncing all over the place is so much more exciting for me. I tend to be an ADD person, so doing one thing over and over and over (and OVER) again is monotonous and slighlty nauseating. Which is why I think Crossfit is great for me — you never have the same class twice, and in each WOD you have multiple activities you’re doing, so it keeps you on your toes! Literally! Oh, and not to mention you feel like a complete and total BADASS after your workout!
So yes, the workouts can be hard and intense, but they can be scaled down easily (as they have been for me) so you still get the same intensity but more tailored to your individual level. Even when scaled down, I still felt like I was on the same page with everyone else in the class, not completely lacking or behind. Just a beginner who is building her strength! And what a supportive atmosphere I have to do it in!
So, not only are the workouts amazing, the atmosphere is amazing too. Super light hearted and encouraging while still motivated and competitive; everyone — the staff, coaches, and other crossfitters — is SO nice. There is a real community vibe there and I’ve felt so welcome since day one. It has honestly been the highlight of my day since I’ve started and I’m so happy I took that leap of faith! In only two weeks of my experience I already feel stronger, more confident, and way happier!
Long story short, if anyone is considering trying out Sanitas, get your butt in there! Have some fun, build some strength, and feel like a badass doing it!

I was stuck in a rut. Doing the same workouts all the time, flatlining and not seeing results, and not feeling good about myself. Last June I decided to see what crossfit was about, and reading no reviews or having no previous knowledge of the gyms in Boulder, I decided to try a free class at Crossfit Sanitas.
Crossfit Sanitas changed my life. Every aspect about this gym is why it’s probably one of the best in the country. Starting with the coaches, they are the absolute best. The most professional, knowledgeable, and fun loving bunch I have ever known, and they push you, encourage you, and make working out so much fun.
The people are amazing. Being new to Boulder, I didn’t have many friends, however now I feel at home when I walk into the gym and see smiling familiar faces. If you find yourself (and I have many times) as the last one finishing up, it will be accompanied with cheers and words of encouragement from your fellow crossfitters.
This gym is a great part of who I am, has influenced the way I see myself, the food I put in my body, and my confidence. If you want an amazing experience and to be surrounded by wonderful people and change your life in a positive way, this gym is for you.

A couple months ago I made the leap from my standard, regular gym and signed up for my first month at Crossfit Sanitas. I canceled my old gym membership 3 days later. I couldn’t be happier with the decision.
I always thought I enjoyed working out alone. I knew people who were crossfitters and I associated it with «excessive» and «cultish». I couldn’t have been more wrong. Crossfit Sanitas has helped me immensely in the past 2.5 months. I have proven to become stronger by testing myself against benchmark workouts. I have taken almost 2 full minutes off my average mile pace. I have improved my form and started to do things I could never think about doing before, and that is coming from my old gym where I worked out over an hr/​day 6x/​week.
The facility is bright and large. The equipment is new. The community of people is awesome and I have made tons of friends. The best part– the coaches. They are genuinely interested in seeing every one of their athletes succeed by helping them with their form, encouraging their progress and helping them to build confidence. I am never nervous I am going to injure myself because they keep such a close eye on detail and while they are pushing you to build your strength they are never interested in seeing someone push so far they get hurt. Everything can be scaled and they take time to show you how. No athlete feels like they aren’t good enough because they have to scale something. I was never intimidated and that was a huge plus for me.
if you want to find a place that you can challenge yourself to grow as an athlete, build your self confidence, and generally become a healthier human being, all while your fellow athletes and your coaches cheer you on– I urge you to join Sanitas! You won’t regret it.

I can’t say enough good things about Crossfit Sanitas.
I’ve always been an active person, but not an athlete. I’ve done my fair share of yoga and conditioning classes, but never really got into weights or high performance. But I’ve eaten Paleo-​like for several years, and the Crossfit attitude toward nutrition and its importance in health, performance, and fat loss convinced me to try them out. Plus, it just looked like fun.
They have a great BaseCamp program that teaches you all of the fundamental Crossfit movements and eases you into the workouts. I felt totally prepared at the end to jump in.
It’s the hardest, most fun workout I’ve ever done and I look forward to it every day. The coaches are great about correcting form and know when to push you and when to leave you alone. The camaraderie in the classes is like having a team encouraging you and pushing you just a little further than you thought you could go.
And the workouts… hard, but perfectly scale-​able to your ability. Can’t do a pullup? You can do something, and eventually you’ll get the pullup too. You’ll lift more weight than you thought possible. You’ll do more squats than you thought possible, and you’ll even like them a little. You may not even hate burpees quite as much after a while.
We’re in the middle of a 30 day challenge covering clean eating, working out and sleeping. Even though I was already eating mostly the way of the challenge, it’s pushed me to work harder at the gym and drop the «treats» from my diet. It’s made a huge difference in my body composition and strength, and it has been effective because everyone around me is doing it. I can’t wait to retest my workouts and body composition to see exactly how it turned out.

I love this box. I am always greeted with a smile and the coaches are «the cream of the crop» — they truly care about every athlete, know how to have fun and I can count on them to correct my form. I like the variety of WOD times, LOVE Strength & Oly lifting. The facility is amazing, clean showers, great cold plunge pool and a wonderful massage staff. Can’t say enough about CrossFit Sanitas — it’s the best!

Pros:
1) Well-​endowed facility — bars, boxes, color coordinated kettle bells, ropes, rings, turf, tires, jump ropes, bands, cold plunge pool, showers, lockers, 3 types of foam rollers… I could go on
2) Brand-​spankin new everything
3) Friendly Staff
4) Prepackaged Paleo meals
5) Great Schwag — cool men’s and women’s tanks/​shirts/​hoodies
6) Plethora of workshops
7) Childcare
Cons:
* Should be noted that I have not taken morning classes, so this review is only for the evening coaching *
1) WODs are geared toward beginners.
Unfortunately this is not a gym for the experienced crossfitter (6+ month experience) … even though they have everything at their fingertips. Never have I had a coach tell the class to «step off» the box during the WOD… shouldn’t the coach encourage students to push themselves, bouncing off the bottom of the jump and stopping on the top?! Instead of always «playing it safe» or diluting the WOD… push your students to achieve more difficult workouts.
2) Scaling only provided for weight, not technical movements like muscle ups, handstand push ups, pull ups, etc.
There are at least 5 different ways to gain the strength and movement needed for a muscle up… replacing with ring dips and pull ups is not how people learn this full movement and learn muscle memory.
3) Coaching is tentative and they do not give feedback to all students during WOD’s.
Coaches only give feedback to the very very beginners. Yelling «good job» is not useful coaching… «push your knees out» and «get under the bar faster» is real coaching. Coaches should encourage heavier weights, watching during warmup to make sure movements are safe and strong.
4) Limited Olympic lifting.
Want to find your one rep max, improve your overhead squat, or increase you heavy weight skills? Don’t expect to do it here.

I love CrossFit Sanitas. It has lots of classes daily and a fun and friendly community. The coaches are amazing — they are friendly and give you the attention you need to do the workouts with correct form.
The facility itself it huge, with lots of great equipment. I personally really enjoy the variety in the workouts as well as the Endurance class that is designed for people who want to improve their running and cycling.
They also offer free yoga on Saturday for Crossfitters and have massage onsite. They have everything!

The first gym experience that I have found enjoyable, motivating, non-​threatening and is actually helping me get stronger. The trainers are incredibly knowledgable and 100% hands on to assure every member is using proper form. Every day the class is different so all muscle groups are being used and strengthened. I love that there are all levels of members in each class and we all work at our own level. Check it out if you are looking for a new kind of work out that kicks your butt into shape!

I can’t say enough great things about CrossFit Sanitas! The coaches are fun and focus intently on correct form, truly an intense workout! I can’t wait to come to CrossFit! The new facility is amazing… across from Zolo grill. I was hesitant at first, I’m ridiculously out of shape, I just finished Base camp and looking forward to starting out on the WOD’s, CrossFit Sanitas is a great addition to Boulder!