CrossFit Boston — Attraction in Boston

A typical gym experience can be a heartless affair; rows of machines facing TVs, members doing their best to avoid eye contact, coaches parked behind the front counter offering no instruction or coaching to the member athlete; the occasional musclebound gym rat who 'owns' certain pieces of equipment and exudes arrogance and aggression. Contrast this with the experience at Crossfit Boston; great music, athletes of all stripes and calibres, greeting each other by name, coaches roaming the gym welcoming athletes, athletes chatting and talking while they warm up for class. Once class begins, expect laughter, repartee, concise instruction to the athlete during every stage of warm up and work out, loud encouragement during the WOD or metcon, recognition of hard effort and finally, the loudest and most positive encouragement delivered to the newest/slowest/emerging athlete who is working the hardest to accomplish the metcon. Its a simple and easy choice - join a community and have furn while you get fit, or watch TV by yourself while wearing exercise gear. Kudos to the owner Neal and all the coaches, past, present and future, who aspire to excellence, virtuosity of movement and the success of each and...

Awesome place. One of the original (if not THE original) crossfit gyms. Neal's the owner and main guy, ex-football player that's super nice, nurturing, and is amazing at remembering people, their goals, their struggles. Classically amazing service provider. I went regularly for a little bit a while back, and Neal knew exactly which stretches I needed and which pressure points to work out when I was haivng trouble with knee and hip pain. I hadn't been in over a year (busy phase in life), Neal somehow remembered I had trouble with some inflammation and asked about it. Thanks to Neal when I was getting lesson from him, he taught me how to get rid of the inflammation, and I've been pretty clear since.

Another guy there, Pat, is also really good--he's a crew coach at BC (or BU?) and a crossfit instructor. I went to Pat to get some private rowing lessons on a C2, loved the super technical instruction on rowing PLUS various cross-training and stretching exercises important to rowing. After the first lesson, my tight joints already felt looser, and the pains I was experiencing rowing by myself were...

Was in the area and needed a place to drop in and get a work out in. Emailed the gym and was immediately responded to. Signed up for a drop in and paid my fee. Signed up for the 9:30 class but wasn’t able to make it, but JC told me just to come into the noon class.

Showed up and was greeted by Coach Gianni, super nice and very helpful. Once class started and we talked about the workout. We did some warmups to get ready for the WOD. Gianni, went over different movement options for everyone in case you needed, so you get the same effect as the full workout movement. And also talked about scaling back reps if you was doing the full moment but didn’t want todo the full amount of volume.

CrossFit Boston is good for anyone who has never done crossfit before and is wanting to try it, or someone who is on the competitive side of things. The atmosphere is great. Will definitely be going back there when I’m in the area.

Staff is top notch! JC is super cool and down to Earth as well. Was able to chat with him after class, as well as Gianni. Felt like I’d know...