 Congratulations Coach Anne!We are so proud of Coach Anne for her dedication to her craft. She just earned her National Academy of Sports Medicine Personal Trainer certification. She passed a robust course of study and earned her certification via a proctored exam. This is a BIG DEAL and we are so excited she is sharing all of her advanced studies with our clients.  Coach Anne also recently attended an advanced continuing education program in modifying barbell movements for rehabilitative efforts. She has specialized knowledge in how to modify what we do in the gym to accommodate any injury, range of motion problem, or any other issue that limits movement. Congratulations Coach Anne on these terrific achievements.  Be sure to take advantage to Coach Anne's expertise and attend her classes at 9am and noon on Wednesdays.
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 Coach Leslie enjoying a glass of champagne on the day she got the keys to the warehouse in July 2014 True Spirit Complete Fitness10 years ago when we decided to open True Spirit CrossFit & Yoga, we wanted to get back to the true spirit of CrossFit. Back then there was an explosion of CrossFit gyms in the Gallatin Valley and we didn't agree with the predominant go hard or go home mentality. We saw people getting hurt, getting burnt out and generally just going too hard too soon.
For us, the true spirit of CrossFit is skill development and progression. This means mechanics (technique) first, consistency (practice) next, intensity (going hard) last. It also means infinite scalability and personal training in a small group setting. We love knowing exactly what you all want to achieve and scaling (sometimes up!), modifying, and tailoring each workout for you. Where you are in your body changes every day, and we get that. That's why we always say, "We'll meet you where you're at today." The CrossFit environment has changed over 10 years and so has our place in it. This year we we forced to downsize into our original space. This shift allowed us to re-evaluate what kind of CrossFit gym we want to be. We talked with our coaches, many of you and each other. We've decided that being an official CrossFit affiliate is no longer important to us. What is important to us is continuing to provide an excellent coached environment so that YOU have the best hour of your day and you achieve the fitness you deserve and desire. We have officially ended relationship with CrossFit as an affiliate. What have we become? The same thing we've always been, a small locally owned business that is committed to providing a safe, welcome and inclusive space where folks can get strong. We are a Bozeman gym filled with a community of folks who love to discover our own true spirit through training hard, playing in the mountains and having fun. Our new name, True Spirit Complete Fitness, TSCF, reflects the broader view of physical and mental fitness that we develop through our training. Coach Leslie has been programming the workouts of the day for the last 10 years and she will continue to program for the gym. She will continue to write a regular blog. From our perspective nothing changes inside the gym. The only change is our name. Please feel free to reach out to Coach Leslie or any of our amazing coaches with questions about our nominal change.  Sled drags are on the menu today True Spirit Complete Fitness10 years ago when we decided to open True Spirit CrossFit & Yoga, we wanted to get back to the true spirit of CrossFit. Back then there was an explosion of CrossFit gyms in the Gallatin Valley and we didn't agree with the predominant go hard or go home mentality. We saw people getting hurt, getting burnt out and generally just going too hard too soon.
For us, the true spirit of CrossFit is skill development and progression. This means mechanics (technique) first, consistency (practice) next, intensity (going hard) last. It also means infinite scalability and personal training in a small group setting. We love knowing exactly what you all want to achieve and scaling (sometimes up!), modifying, and tailoring each workout for you. Where you are in your body changes every day, and we get that. That's why we always say, "We'll meet you where you're at today." The CrossFit environment has changed over 10 years and so has our place in it. This year we we forced to downsize into our original space. This shift allowed us to re-evaluate what kind of CrossFit gym we want to be. We talked with our coaches, many of you and each other. We've decided that being an official CrossFit affiliate is no longer important to us. What is important to us s continuing to provide an excellent coached environment so that YOU have the best hour of your day and you achieve the fitness you deserve and desire. We will transition out of being a CrossFit affiliate by the end of July. What will we become? The same thing we've always been, a small locally owned business that is committed to providing a safe. welcome and inclusive space where folks can get strong. We are a Bozeman gym filled with a community of folks who love to discover our own true spirit through training hard, playing in the mountains and having fun. Our new name, True Spirit Complete Fitness, TSCF, reflects the broader view of physical and mental fitness that we develop through our training. Coach Leslie has been programming the workouts of the day for the last 10 years and she will continue to program for the gym. She will continue to write a regular blog. From our perspective nothing changes inside the gym. The only change is our name. Please feel free to reach out to Coach Leslie or any of our amazing coaches with questions about our nominal change.  Push-ups are on the menu today One of the things I love about how we train is that no matter how long you've been doing it, there's always a higher level skill towards which you can practice. You can finally hold downward facing dog for a minute? Terrific! Now it's time to lean off a box and hold yourself in a supported handstand. You can do that? Awesome, now it's time to develop your kick-up skills. You can kick up and hold against the wall? Fantastic! Now, it's time to develop your free handstand and handstand walking skills.
No matter where you are in your fitness journey, you can find new challenges once you master the basics. If you rush forward into a skill for which you have not progressed through the basics, you will certainly walk out the door frustrated and perhaps injured. I have played many sports in my life gymnastics, soccer, softball, rowing, springboard diving, and now the sport of fitness. Each sport has taught me the importance of progressions and drills for skill development. You wouldn't think a sport like rowing has drills and progressions, but it does! I learned to row in a huge barge that was super stable. My rowing coach could walk down the middle and correct our technique. Once we mastered rowing the barge then we started rowing a heavy wide shell. Once we could row in that, then we moved into a sleek and fast fiberglass shell. But, if we had tried rowing in the racing shell first we certainly would have flipped. Flipping over in the recently thawed Potomac River is not recommended! What skills do you want to develop? Where are you in your progressions to higher level movements? Share with us in the comments. |
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