First Impressions of CrossFit Marin

I’ve had several people ask me recently what to say when people have a variety of responses to their first impression of CrossFit Marin. These responses range from fear to awe to intimidation to disgust to mockery. Try to remember the first time you saw one of our workouts. Some people see or hear about our workouts and just can’t wait to get involved. Others look at us like we are completely out of our minds and have no intent of ever getting involved. Most are somewhere in between.

Many are intimidated and simply think that they will never be able to keep up with our regulars. Watching even some of our newer clients can be intimidating to those who do not know how effective this training is. The impression is that most of our clients came in our doors as supreme athletes and are not the norm. This is a hard impression to break since few stay at a low level of performance for very long once they are training with us.

Just tell them your story, or tell the story of any one of our numerous members that has recently acquired these “superhuman” abilities. Understand that your perspectives have changed. What you think of as heavy or a hard workout is a bit skewed now. Send them to our testimonials page to read stories about our members.

I couldn’t be more pleased that the level of your athleticism intimidates new comers. It’s a clear sign that you’re doing things right. It does bring the trouble of gently nudging (or dragging kicking and screaming) people into the program, but your performance is the best indicator we have of efficacy. We just need to let people know where all of our starting points were.