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So you’ve checked out the website, Googled ‘CrossFit’ and are keen to give it a go yourself – Where to from here?

• 1. Come and try a session for free - If you’ve been thinking about coming to a session it’s time to take that next step and give us a buzz or send us an SMS,: Ben: 0407900795 | Sean: 0431323960 | Rebecca: 0424945512 Do that or fill out the Contact Form and/or hit us up on twitter
• 2. Start coming to group sessions and book in for your CF Fundamentals / Beginner classes (complete within your first month of training) - If you’ve tried a session, had some fun and are ready for more then you’re going to need to learn some of our fundamental movements. We run our CF Fundamentals / Beginner class a once a week, fully explained here.
• 3. Fill in a direct debit form and start training – and that’s about it: Just show up, commit to the process and get results…

OK then, what else can I do?

The Adapt website has over 300 posts and if you’re new to CrossFit it can be hard to know where to start. We post up workouts on a daily basis, but every now and then we’ll share some absolute gems of wisdom in regards to you getting the most out of training at Adapt and life in general. We’ve rounded up a selection of highly recommended articles, and useful resources to make sure you get the most out of the website and understand how we roll at Adapt…

1. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Go to our homepage, subscribe to our weekly newsletter and get the latest news and updates and training tips from the coaches.
2. Make sure you’re chatting to the people you’re training with: Don’t make excuses. Come to as many sessions as can. Come, introduce yourself and meet everyone else!
3. Immerse yourself in the community (any way you can): Post your results to comments, Ask questions in the Forum, Join our circle on Google+, Like us on Facebook, watch our videos on Vimeo. Checkout our photos on Flickr and most importantly, Follow us on twitter: @adaptcrossfit

Testimonials

Adapt started as a small group of guys training on Tuesday nights in a garage in Palmerston. Over the years We’ve seen some of our clients achieve absolutely incredible results and while we like to focus on increased physical capacity the aesthetic changes are too significant to ignore. Beyond looking good and feeling fantastic all our guys and girls sport increased personal confidence and metal toughness – they are walking, talking advertisements that what we do really does work – Here a some of their stories…

• Mighty Matt Posted by: Coach B
  Matt started back with us in August of this year. I've seen this guy go from strength to strength. If you're wondering whether or not this CrossFit stuff works then you probably need to have a chat with Matt. He's lost over 20kg since he started by dialing in his nutrition and amping up his [...]
• Our very own K-star! Posted by: Coach B
  No not Kelly Starrett but very own Karina West. It's great to have her and Mikey finally come over to a northside session (now that we're running 6pm sessions on Mondays). She's a serious bad-ass and kick-ass adventure racer to boot – check out her story… I started training with Adapt back in June 2009 [...]
• Jase's story Posted by: Coach B
  

  Hi – my name is Jason Lyons and I’m a proud member of the Adapt Health and Fitness crew. Let me start by telling you a bit about myself. I’m 38 years old and the proud father of 4 beautiful children….

Understanding our community: it’s how we roll yeah?

While everyone can do CrossFit, CrossFit isn’t for everyone. Some people get what we do and some people don’t and we’re way cool with that. If you’re keen to hang out with a bunch of guys and girls that train hard and keep each other accountable than you’ll love it! If you’re looking for next level fitness and you’re current gym doesn’t ‘get it’ then Adapt might be what you’re looking for… Be awesome!

• It's the community stupid... Posted by: Coach B
  

  It’s the camraderie. It’s the “Yeah, I’m standing right there by your side, battling it out with you mate’ mentality that makes what we do so special. and you better believe that what we do/have is special. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been lucky enough to witness a number of occasions where our guys and girls stepped up to embrace this ethos.

• Circles Posted by: Coach B
  I spoke to a mate recently and said: “Every session you miss (which you could have made) makes it harder to come back to the next. I’ve mentioned in a previous post that the hardest part of going for a run is putting your shoes on. The hardest part of coming to a CF session [...]

Our take on Nutrition: It’s pretty hard to beat Paleo

If you want to get the most out of your training in the shortest possible time then you’re really going to have to look at what you eat. We eat and recommend the Paleo diet and if you haven’t done it already, we think the Whole30′s worth a look. Check out the posts below for some useful resources on the Paleo diet…

• How do you stick to a Paleo diet? Posted by: Coach B
  

  Guest post by Stubbsy… So you’ve made it to Crossfit and you’ve been to the nutrition seminar. Heard all about ‘paleo’, the SAD, how grains are pure evil and all that. It makes sense (or maybe it doesn’t?), but you’re finding it tough sticking to a clean diet….

• Strategy is everything... Posted by: Coach B
  Monday 16.1.12 The Adaptcrew mobilizing for last week’s snatch balance fun… 3 rounds for total reps of: 2 minutes ME (max effort) Double-Unders (no singles for this one guys – if you don’t have em’ well I guess you’ll have 6 mins of whipping yourself w/ a rope) -rest 1 minute 1 minute ME Pushups [...]
• ME 5x3 back squat & push jerks Posted by: Coach B
  Tuesday 10.1.12 A: 5×3 Back Squats @ 80-85% – rest 90 sec. B: 4 rounds for total time: Run 200m 12 Push Jerks 50/35kg 15 Box Jumps 20″ – Rest 1:1 Post loads and times to comments What? Another Whole30 in January? If you didn’t already know there a number of Adapt peeps (Candice, Glenn, [...]
• Front Squat Therapy Posted by: sean
  

  How to make Sweet Potato Rosti (Video) If Ben can cook it than anyone can. Follow this simple recipe for sweet potato goodness to add to the rest of your Whole30 approved breaky!

• Nancy Posted by: Coach B
  

  There a number of us that are hitting the Whole30 this month. I trawled back over the site looking for some previous post and links to resources and came up with the following: The Whole30 – Why we do it, servings sizes and meal planning, video recipes and other recommended Paleo resources

Got excuses: We’ve even got some thoughts on that too…

• There are no excuses... Posted by: Coach B
  DISCLAIMER: Here’s something I wrote for yesterday’s newsletter. Originally I thought it might come across a bit strong but then I read back over it and thought it wasn’t that strong at all. However if you’re feeling extra sensitive it might be? If you’re doing the right thing when it comes to training, nutrition and [...]
• Too busy to train? Really? Posted by: Coach B
  Hands down the most common excuse we get for people bailing on training is that “life is just too busy at the moment” The funny thing is, people who make excuses like that tend to have no kids, very little responsiblity beyond a single job and are either sharing a group house or still living [...]
• seriously, we hear it all the time... Posted by: Coach B
  Prospective client: Hey Ben, I've been thinking about getting back into this CrossFit thing… I mean I have been going to the gym but I'm finding it kind of boring?… and well, I don't really feel like I'm getting anywhere… Ben: Sure thing. We run like 10 sessions a week. We run them in the [...]