Crossfit in NYC

[Bigsaltyballs]

CFNYC Opens "The Black Box"!

New York CrossFitters-

After a too long wait, it seems the dream has finally come to fruition: CFNYC is about to open a gym of our very own.


What:

CFNYC's The Black Box, an 1800 square foot dedicated CrossFit space, chock full of the equipment and toys (bumper plates! permanent rings! kettlebells! etc., etc.) that we all know is sadly hard to find elsewhere in our fair city.

Where:

1026 Sixth Avenue at 38th Street, 4th Floor. Easily accessible from pretty much every single subway line that passes through Midtown.


When:

We'll be launching in Beta early next week (!!!), watching additional shipped equipment trickle in over the course of the month, and publicly launching January 15th.


How:

During the 'beta' ramp-up, The Black Box will be holding seven or eight group classes weekly.

By January 15th, we should be up to a full three (one morning, two night,) group classes each and every day (in a combination of beginner and 'open' classes), with private training available in between, and with more classes to be added (lunch time!) over the following few months.

Additionally, we'll be announcing a range of seminars (KB's, O-lifting, nutrition), and launching a weekend CrossFit League (where teams of three will compete against each other on WODs).

Classes will be free, free, free through the 'Beta' month

http://www.crossfitnyc.org/

[Bamaispriceless]

You lucky SOB's. I don't currently follow Crossfit (as I have said many times, I am doing Infinite Intensity), but I would love to have a CF gym in my area. Unfortunately, I live in Alabama.

[TheGerman]

So what is crossfit exactly?

[Kimuralex]

yea what is it? i live in nyc and that is about an hour from me...

[Sonny]

Go to www.crossfit.com and see for yourself.

[TheGerman]

Originally Posted by Sonny

Go to www.crossfit.com and see for yourself.

Well duh!
Give us some credit will ya?

I want to hear the word of the people, especially since from what I read around here people think rather low of crossfit.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by TheGerman

Well duh!
Give us some credit will ya?

I want to hear the word of the people, especially since from what I read around here people think rather low of crossfit.

You asked what crossfit was. I don't know who/what could give you a more accurate response than the crossfit site itself. There's even a link on the front page that says "What is Crossfit?"

I've used their "Workout of THe day" for GPP before and liked it but shortage of equipment became a factor so I stopped.

[Bigsaltyballs]

Originally Posted by TheGerman

I want to hear the word of the people, especially since from what I read around here people think rather low of crossfit.

Crossfit is a mix of OLY lifting and freakish conditioning (deadlift, snatch, burpees, rope climb, one-arm pullups, turkish getups, usually in supersets).

"Classes will be free, free, free through the 'Beta' month" -- so you can try it and form your own opinion.

Disclaimer: obviously, with a name like Bigsaltyballs, I am not affiliated with Crossfitnyc, just sharing info.

[STWACOACH]

Originally Posted by Bigsaltyballs

. I doubt anyone who's actually tried it has a low opinion of crossfit

That is not quite true. Greg hasn't even tried it himself(look at his pics)

While I will agree that it has good and bad points, it is not a know all end all type of workout by any means.

I may have came off wrong, I truelly hope you do well, and it sounds like a great location, but making statements like that won't help you. I have done it, and did it for quite sometime, I was impressed with some things, disapointed in others.

Good luck with your gym

[frettish]

1800 SF is kinda small.