Started at this crossfit location due to the Groupon I found online. $49 dollars for the first month seemed too good to be true, and it was. The get you in the door being at least a hundred dollars less than every other crossfit box in the area, which frankly is a good marketing campaign (too bad they cant keep their members, but thats a different subject). The probelm is you get what you pay for.
At Active Performance you get a head coach (Scott) who designs all the workouts that has had no previous experience coaching. Yes he is certified by Crossfit to be a level 1 coach, but anyone with half a brain, a thousand dollars and a weekend to spare can have the same certification. The "programming" (workouts each day) is done by Scott and held as a trade secret, he will not post them online and will almost banish you from the gym if he finds you posting them on a social media site or sharing them with friends (but he wont banish you becasue he wants you to keep paying each month). Look at every other crossfit location, they share their wod's with the community. The fact is, the wod's at Active are suspect and he does not want them found out. Even to the point that their progression tiered programming is not recognized as a true Crossfit program.
Next up is their lack of experience. Not a single coach in the box has coached prior to opening their own location. If that does not sound crazy I dont know what to say. Scott (the head coach) even recruitted his girlfriend to become a coach so that he could coach less since he has a full time job as well as running the box.
So that touches on the programming and the coaching, now for the bigger issue, injuries. Now with any athletic persuit there will be injuries. However to have a high turn over due to injuries and not being able to workout is a problem. The biggest problem is who do you turn to in a case like this? You can't sue them since you sign a waiver, you can't go to OSHA, it's not workers comp, CrossFit Headquarters does not police injuries. So I guess you are left to word of mouth and social media.
Your body can be fixed but it is the only one you get. If you are going to start Crossfit, which I think everyone should, invest in a location that has a reputation one that has been around for longer than the current bandwagon.
Don't be ripped off by a start up company like this that is just trying to exploit the new crossfit craze and make a quick buck.
I signed up for the on ramp coarse for 1 month. The first thing they do not tell you is that there are several restrictions from what they are advertising. That is how they hook you. After the 7 classes of on ramp you join in with the regular classes but are limited as to what times until you join for $175.00 per month. The owner and Coach Scott Pfeifer is one of the head coaches there. Unfortunately he is highly uneducated and unfortunately has no people skills. When you proceed to ask for help because there is an exercise you have NOT been instructed on before, Scott tells you and I quote "don't worry you will figure it out!" He is not willing to help you at all. He tears you down tells you you don't have what it takes when you are still in training. He actually told a woman and I quote "you are not capable of doing this." The main thing when working out and training is you do not want to get injured...that is not a concern at all of CrossFit Active Performance. Scott does not hesitate to tear you down and tell you can't! He makes you feel inadequate because you need assistance on knowing how to do an exercise. Correct me if I am mistaken, but we are there to learn and get stronger and better, not become injured and weaker. I don't know about you, but he should be building you up helping you obtain the confidence to believe YOU CAN not can't. I wanted to make it known to all before joining CrossFit Active Performance buyer beware. There are several crossfit gyms out there that will give you proper instructions and lift you up not tear you down. In addition have NO restrictions as well.
CrossFit Active Performance Reviews
Started at this crossfit location due to the Groupon I found online. $49 dollars for the first month seemed too good to be true, and it was. The get you in the door being at least a hundred dollars less than every other crossfit box in the area, which frankly is a good marketing campaign (too bad they cant keep their members, but thats a different subject). The probelm is you get what you pay for.
At Active Performance you get a head coach (Scott) who designs all the workouts that has had no previous experience coaching. Yes he is certified by Crossfit to be a level 1 coach, but anyone with half a brain, a thousand dollars and a weekend to spare can have the same certification. The "programming" (workouts each day) is done by Scott and held as a trade secret, he will not post them online and will almost banish you from the gym if he finds you posting them on a social media site or sharing them with friends (but he wont banish you becasue he wants you to keep paying each month). Look at every other crossfit location, they share their wod's with the community. The fact is, the wod's at Active are suspect and he does not want them found out. Even to the point that their progression tiered programming is not recognized as a true Crossfit program.
Next up is their lack of experience. Not a single coach in the box has coached prior to opening their own location. If that does not sound crazy I dont know what to say. Scott (the head coach) even recruitted his girlfriend to become a coach so that he could coach less since he has a full time job as well as running the box.
So that touches on the programming and the coaching, now for the bigger issue, injuries. Now with any athletic persuit there will be injuries. However to have a high turn over due to injuries and not being able to workout is a problem. The biggest problem is who do you turn to in a case like this? You can't sue them since you sign a waiver, you can't go to OSHA, it's not workers comp, CrossFit Headquarters does not police injuries. So I guess you are left to word of mouth and social media.
Your body can be fixed but it is the only one you get. If you are going to start Crossfit, which I think everyone should, invest in a location that has a reputation one that has been around for longer than the current bandwagon.
Don't be ripped off by a start up company like this that is just trying to exploit the new crossfit craze and make a quick buck.
I signed up for the on ramp coarse for 1 month. The first thing they do not tell you is that there are several restrictions from what they are advertising. That is how they hook you. After the 7 classes of on ramp you join in with the regular classes but are limited as to what times until you join for $175.00 per month. The owner and Coach Scott Pfeifer is one of the head coaches there. Unfortunately he is highly uneducated and unfortunately has no people skills. When you proceed to ask for help because there is an exercise you have NOT been instructed on before, Scott tells you and I quote "don't worry you will figure it out!" He is not willing to help you at all. He tears you down tells you you don't have what it takes when you are still in training. He actually told a woman and I quote "you are not capable of doing this." The main thing when working out and training is you do not want to get injured...that is not a concern at all of CrossFit Active Performance. Scott does not hesitate to tear you down and tell you can't! He makes you feel inadequate because you need assistance on knowing how to do an exercise. Correct me if I am mistaken, but we are there to learn and get stronger and better, not become injured and weaker. I don't know about you, but he should be building you up helping you obtain the confidence to believe YOU CAN not can't. I wanted to make it known to all before joining CrossFit Active Performance buyer beware. There are several crossfit gyms out there that will give you proper instructions and lift you up not tear you down. In addition have NO restrictions as well.