An additional $90 will get you unlimited CrossFit classes.īrendan McNeirney, founder of Harris YMCA CrossFit, is on the same mission to open the eyes of gym-goers to an entirely different workout. To join Ballantyne CrossFit, one must already have a membership at the Y. What people do not see is the 65-year-old in the box snatching 75-pounds.” It can be intimidating because on TV all you see is Spencer Hendel or Rich Froning. “My best selling point is that I am 37 years old and in the best shape of my life. “If anyone is interested in CrossFit and they ask me about it, I tell them to sit down because this is going to take a while,” he says. Sutton says he tries to educate and inspire other Y members who might be intimidated by CrossFit. “If I had to have my own membership at a separate box it would be cost prohibitive.” “The fact that my entire family can be members and I only have to pay a small surcharge for the opportunity is a luxury,” Sutton says. He joined CrossFit at the Y primarily for the family-friendly atmosphere. I was also pregnant with my second child at the time, and I knew I would not be able to go to a traditional box without childcare for my own work and workouts, and I knew other moms could benefit as well.” “When I pitched the idea of an internal CrossFit to the management, they liked the idea right away. “After getting my Level 1 (certificate), I knew this was something I wanted to bring to my community at the Y where I had all my clients and had been training and working out for years,” she says. The partnership is working well, Crawford says. So the Y decided to convert one of its basketball gyms into a CrossFit space, where we put in rubberized flooring, turf, a Rogue pull-up rig, rings and ropes in September 2011.” “Within a year, we had totally outgrown that first space. We only had one pull-up bar, a few barbells, boxes, plates and med balls, but the program took off and people started drinking the Kool-aid quickly,” Crawford says. “We initially started in a very small room next to the indoor cycle studio. As the fitness director, I oversee all the wellness programs, and I can’t be biased, but I have to admit, I believe everyone should do - or at least try - CrossFit.”Ĭrawford says many people at the Y have decided to do just that. “She told me all about the impact CrossFit was having within the local YMCA and I knew I wanted to be part of it. “I fell into this job by coincidence when I met the head coach, Michelle Crawford, at my first competition,” she recalls. Trawick now oversees the operation of Ballantyne CrossFit at Morrison YMCA - the first YMCA CrossFit affiliate in the greater Charlotte area. But then I gave it a chance at an affiliate here in Charlotte, and now, I’m hooked.” You know, it’s completely different than what I had always done,” she says. But when a friend suggested she give CrossFit a try, Trawick was skeptical. A personal trainer at a local globo gym, she loved a good sweat and was always up for a challenge. Once you go CrossFit you never go back,” Crystal Trawick, senior fitness director of the Morrison YMCA, says on her discovery of CrossFit two years ago.īefore CrossFit, Trawick was a typical fitness enthusiast. “CrossFit is one of those things that you either are all in, or not in at all. Offering programs in everything from Zumba to Pilates, yoga to aerobics, youth sports and swimming, as well as a fully stocked weight room and cardio equipment, there is something for everyone - even CrossFit.īallantyne CrossFit at the Morrison Family YMCA and Harris YMCA CrossFit are transforming the fitness culture of the local Charlotte YMCA, as more and more dedicated Y-members take the risk to get off the stair master and give CrossFit a try. The organization maintains a strong presence in Charlotte, N.C., with 22 gym locations throughout the city and surrounding metro area. January 2 is like Black Friday in gym parking lots as New Year’s resolutioners flock to gyms around the country - especially at the YMCA, the oldest gym in the nation located in every state (founded in 1844). January is notoriously the busiest month in the fitness industry.
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