Fundamentals Personal Training
Prior to graduating to group classes, you will work closely with your coach to properly prepare you for the demands of group classes. Everyone has different backgrounds, strengths and weaknesses. Prober individual assessment and skill development are critical to long term training success.
Learning movements that are required for improved fitness – movements like squats, snatches and pull-ups – take time, as does improving your mobility, your endurance, your speed and your power.
We used to throw people into group classes right away, but we found this to be a recipe for failure. Students weren’t prepared, they didn’t move well, they didn’t understand their capabilities, and they would get themselves over-trained or injured. The worst thing for them would be to simply not show up to a class because they were to intimidated.
Improving your fitness is a slow process. Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses when they show up at our doors. Some students struggle with mobility, others with stability, and others come to us post-operative, and need special attention during their recovery. We also encounter the other end of the spectrum, some athletes arrive at our door well conditioned with an extensive athletic background.
The point is that we all have different needs when we start a new strength and conditioning program. It doesn’t make sense to throw you right into classes before you have properly learned the movements. So……….at our school, by the time you graduate to classes, you’ll have a good understanding of 30-40 movements, and you will know exactly how to scale each movement if you’re not yet able to master everything. By the time you get to classes, you will feel confident and comfortable showing up to hit the workout with the group.
Most training facilities focus on making it quick and easy to join the group classes so they can activate their membership and make money – get members, not train athletes. This is the mentality we have always been against. At CFB we believe in introducing the community to a higher, more holistic level of training. We properly train you and prepare you for your fitness growth. We introduce you to small group classes encouraging camaraderie and a team like atmosphere. We make you accountable for your efforts and focus on this as a lifestyle habit, not a one time experience. You are part of a team, but always an individual, and never a number.
