Barefoot Fitness

Barefoot Fitness is not your typical gym — it is in a warehouse of sorts and beyond a few rowing machines everything they do is unique. Craig and Marshall are exceptionally skilled at what they do — whether it be diagnosing troubled areas of your body leading to chronic pain or helping you achieve your strength goals, they are the perfect answer. (Just for reference, Marshall is trying to break the Guiness Book of World Records for pinky and middle finger pull-​ups — ridiculous!)… Both of them were former Special Forces officers and now how to train — both mentally and physically.
I found Barefoot Fitness after searching for programs that would help my lower back pain — they have a program entitled Lower Back Rehab. Craig and Marshall were very accommodating for my first ‘consultation’ and opened on a Sunday just for my visit. After putting me through an interesting assortment of ‘tests’ — we created a personal program to help improve my situation. After nearly a month, I am definitely seeing improvements — Marshall is extremely attentive to form, and how your muscles are compensating for other weak body areas.
Though I have a bit left on my ‘rehab,’ I have already started figuring out my next program with these guys!
As for the location — it is bare bones, but it fits exactly what they do. You’re not going to sit and do bicep curls, they will get you strong in a manner you’re body was designed to work with. They also have a ton of other services at the location as well.
Definitely a five-​star experience —
PS — if you speak to Marshall, make sure you call him Buddy ;)

First off I used to go to a «Big Gym». All I can say is what a horror story, the last straw occurred in the mens bathroom! I did some research and read some of Craig Wellers articles, man that guy knows what he is talking about. I love going Barefoot, I look forward to it everyday. Barefoot fitness is a gym minus the fat, it reminds me of a gym from sometime ago when gyms were for working out. I would recommend this gym for anyone who really wants to get into shape.

I recently started going to Barefoot when I’m traveling, and being a bit of a gym connoisseur (OK, certified gym snob), I was surprised by how many elements of a fantastic workout Barefoot combined — I haven’t encountered everything in one place before (rather, I’m used to pulling together a regimen of corrective exercise, hard-​as-​hell workouts involving full-​body strength movements, effective mobility work and core training from different locations). But the workouts here start with what is essentially a functional movement screen and corrective exercises disguised as a warm-​up; and moving on to the workout itself, it’s not unusual for a single session to include such full-​body movements as tire pulls, prowler pushes, slosh pipe carries and wall balls. You finish with core-​specific training and stretching. It’s a one-​stop shop.

I found this gym through sheer luck while flipping through The Denver Daily News, and found a short article about these 2 guys (one a former Marine sniper, and the other a former Navy Spec-​ops man) where going to whip my butt back into shape. I held onto the aticle for weeks before going in. I really wish I had gone in the day i read it! I feel better than I have in YEARS, and these guys couldn’t be more attentive and helpful. When I think about how much this same kind of attention would cost me at the well known chain gyms, I shudder. And you know those days where you’re WAY too tired to go to the gym? For some reason that doesn’t seem to be an issue at Barefoot. I look forward to going! And I’ll keep going even after I feel I’m in shape «enough «. Because it’s never enough!

These guys are beyond passionate about what they do. The first day I walked up to the building to train, the owners (Craig & Marshall) are pulling a tractor tire down the street, harnessed to their waist… with a couple extra dumbbells inside for good measure. I knew my session would be quite different from any other I’d been to. They stress the basics, which is key to form and ultimately results. But then they take the basics to another level you didn’t even know existed. Highly effective. Highly impressed.