Tacoma Strength And Conditioning, LLC

WOW! What an amazing organization and team of coaches that pride themselves on professionalism, team-​building, and the overall success of their clients!
I stated here at the beginning of the year with their 3 month beginner program. Here the coaches teach you the basic moves used in CrossFitt and Olympic Power Lifting. The coach works with each member individually but is able to identify those who are stronger or catch on quicker. So in short those that are a little more advanced don’t feel unchallenged and those that need a little more help don’t feel overwhelmed. This demonstrates the coaches dedication to ALL of their team members.
The workouts are VERY challenging and vary throughout the month. The coaches preform the workout with you as well. This spoke volumes to me as a Captain in the Army and is a fundamental part of leadership.
I can’t recommend Tacoma Strength enough and am proud to call myself a member!

«what’s Crossfit?» I definitely didn’t know what I was signing up for when my school [University of Washington Tacoma] was having a sign-​up for something called Cross Fit on their Facebook page.
Just in the midst, I have been debating over where to re-​join at a gym to start working out [hopefully commit…] it was only a $ 5 fee for UWT students to attend an orientation and to go in twice a week for I think it was a month or so.
I went to the orientation, no one but myself showed up. kind of embarrassing. When I first stepped in, I felt like Plankton from Spongebob… I was scrawny compared to these extreme work-​out people… even the ladies were muscled-​up.
Since I was by myself, it was more one on one orientation which gave me more space to ask questions and such. I think the person’s name was Morgan? Maybe. I don’t remember~ he took me around and showed me the different exercises Crossfit involves.
I was really excited to try this out. After the orientation it was a couple weeks after that I attended my first actual session. WOW… I am exercise-​impaired, literally… I cannot properly work out for some odd reason despite being «out of shape».
It was super embarrassing that I was so slow and had to use a pipe compared to others who had pretty heavy weights attached to their bars. I don’t know if Crossfit is exactly what I am looking for when it comes to working-​out but definitely I am proud of myself for giving it a go. But just a bit too intense for my level.
The trainers and people at the session were super friendly and understanding about my lack of skills and was patient with me as I struggled embarrassingly… back and forth across the gym… with the weight sled thing dragging behind me (: