460 Fitness — Attraction in Blacksburg

460 Fitness sets the standard for high quality fitness training. The facilities are the highest quality I’ve seen in dozens of crossfit facilities. The only place I’ve seen more equipment is in a military facility with a nearly unlimited budget.

The coaches care about their clients. They are all knowledgeable and experienced. Many have backgrounds in college or professional sports. They bring good attitudes and wealth of knowledge.

Velvet is dedicated to the health of her clients. When local regulations enabled her to reopen during the pandemic, she went above and beyond to ensure the safety of her clients without sacrificing their training. She consulted air flow experts and integrated electronic sensors to ensure clients were safe. The gym was separated into work stations with most equipment located within each station.

Bottom-line, this is the best facility...

I have been doing CrossFit for almost 5yrs, if you include the 3months off because of lockdown back in 2020, and came to 460Fitness in 2021. A few things I can say is that 460 is a really awesome gym and have some really great coaches. They work really hard to make sure everyone knows exactly what they’re doing and have the mechanics correct before adding weight to heavy workouts. All the other athletes at the gym help out a ton too. CrossFit is its own fun competition with yourself and pushing yourself to be better. At the end of the day, CrossFit can be intimidating for newer people, especially if all you know about it is what you see on YouTube…but the coaches here make it easy and make each movement and workout make sense, even if you can do thing as prescribed (RX)for the workout, the coaches help you find what’s appropriate...

$20 dollars for a drop in was not worth it. The first drop in was not free and it was the same rate for open gym and a class, which isn't uncommon but still very high. Most of the lighter bumper plates were falling apart, some being completely unusable. No communal chalk, which is very shocking for a CrossFit gym. None of this would be a huge deal if it wasn't so expensive, but even so I've been to gyms with a tiny fraction of the membership cost with much better equipment.

Most of the staff seemed nice and the facility was big and clean. I was impressed they had jerk blocks as most CrossFit gyms don't. The guy giving me a tour (manager?) was very nice and kept...