Like most pre-cross fit people my workouts consisted of the treadmill, free weights, machines and the like. For me cross fit seemed kind of intimidating so I spent a few weeks speaking with and visiting other facilities in the area. I joined CrossFit Reviver roughly a year ago (approx. I could go on for pages, but really if anyone is looking to pursue fitness at any level, they would find a wonderful home here. It is filled with incredible people of all different ages at all different stages in life. Needless to say, the community this gym inspires is remarkable. They care deeply about safety and proper form, rather than lifting as much weight as possible, which is not something I saw at other boxes. They are highly concerned and consider each members lifestyle, goals, past/current injuries, nutrition and overall wellbeing. Not only that, but they pursue excellence in their own lives by continuing education and obtaining certifications in nutrition, programming and more. The coaches are dedicated on elevated level to each members well being as a whole person in and outside of the gym. While Im not here to bash boxes, I will say that Reviver has been, by far, the best match for me. After my first year there, I had to move away for a few years and joined a different Crossfit box in the metro Detroit area as well as dropping into a few others. She said people are so excited to talk about CrossFit because of that progress, and the other people in the class are just as proud of others as they are of themselves.ĬrossFit Good Fortune, located at 34C Industrial Park Road in Niantic, offers free trial sessions on Sunday mornings for people new to CrossFit, and a four-day On Ramp program for new members to scale up to the regular classes.Back in 2012 I orginally start doing Crossfit at Reviver and I am overjoyed to be back here now. Bethany said each coach is trained to adjust workouts to gradually build people up, but people are often amazed by their own progress because they improve so quickly and break personal records even within the first week. While CrossFit has the reputation of being geared toward top athletes, all of the workouts can be tailored to a person’s needs. She felt the idea of good fortune fit in with where she was in her life and what she was meant to do, and she was able to change the paperwork to reflect the new name. The name Good Fortune came to Bethany in a dream after she had already submitted the paperwork to the parent organization to register as CrossFit Revive. 7, they were able to convert the space from storage to a gym. Between mid-September and their grand opening Nov. Steve said they had been keeping an eye out for real estate and jumped on the opportunity to purchase a space in Niantic. They switched to CrossFit Inguz in Groton, where Bethany served as head coach for two years. The two, who were married in May 2015, started talking about opening a gym shortly after they started dating because CrossFit had become such a large part of their lives. “I wanted to be able to teach anyone that I could get my hands on,” she said. He came to coach in Westerly shortly after Bethany started attending, they started dating, and Bethany got her certification six months later. Steve said he joined CrossFit in Groton because he was interested in doing the “new thing” in fitness, and he enjoyed the variety of workouts that CrossFit does so much that he couldn’t go back to another gym. She said she liked the intimidation factor and wanted to be held accountable for her progress, which was something she didn’t see in other gyms. She moved to Westerly to work as a nanny after graduating from Central Connecticut State University, and she joined CrossFit to make friends in the area and challenge herself. “The idea is to ‘do the common, uncommonly well.’” When you get a large package delivered and you have to pick it up and bring it inside, that’s a dead lift,” Bethany said. “When you sit down and get up out of a chair, that’s a squat. The technical definition of CrossFit is “constantly varied, high intensity functional movement,” but the main idea is that people can use a variety of workouts to become more functional in their everyday lives. Both Steve and Bethany Landry, owners of CrossFit Good Fortune in Niantic, got so hooked they opened their gym in November to share the program with others. The desire for people who do CrossFit to tell everyone about their workouts is a testament to the addictive qualities of the program. When it comes to sharing workout programs, “the first rule of CrossFit is that you always talk about CrossFit.” Steve and Bethany Landry, owners of CrossFit Good Fortune in East Lyme, do a pull up at their gym Jan.
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