"You've changed our lives."

That's what I got into this business to hear. The first time I heard it was a few years ago at the Sactown Throwdown and I've heard it numerous times since. It's the best compliment I can get. Sure -- this is a business but I don't think any CF owner got into it for the $$. We got into it because we love what CF did for us and want to share it and love to see people grow.

Rather than charging people for a service they won't use, we want people to:

• Commit to showing up regularly,
• Put forth a best effort in the workouts
• Clean up their diet
• Develop a coach / athlete relationship
• Get RESULTS

Do you know how big of a smile I get on my face when I get a message from someone about how CF has changed their lives or see yet another peep with a CF picture as their profile pic? Every day I walk into the gym I am grateful for the many of you out there that walked into CFD and put your fitness in our hands -- certainly there was some fear about what you were getting yourselves into but you did it anyway and have since transformed yourselves. You're stronger, leaner, faster and more confident and doing things you never thought were possible.

And what's even cooler than performance in the gym is hearing how much better people's social lives / work lives are. It's not just the fitness -- but the mental toughness and confidence that carries over. It's amazing. Changes in the gym lead to changes outside. Go figure.

A lot of you have great stories. We want to her them. Tell us about it. How did you stumble upon CrossFit?  How did you get over the nervousness and dive in?  What have the results been?  Send us your testimonial and we’ll put it up on the CFD site because you’ve worked your butt off and you deserve some press for it! Send your story to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it