Introducing the CrossFit Kantok team

As a youngster I put sport and outdoor activities at the centre of everything. But when I got older, I forgot how important my health and fitness was to me. I eventually ran into some serious health issues that forced me to take a longer, harder look at things. It was a gradual thing, but the day eventually came when I couldn’t ignore the problems any longer. I was only 35. I got educated about health and fitness and I made lots of changes. My health issues went away. It started with me. Then my wife and my boys. And then the ripple effect continued and we were able to net the other friends and family members who were a part of our circle. Health and fitness is the hub of our lives these days. We run, we jump, and we throw things (heavy things) up over our heads. We also enjoy sitting down and being still just to let the endorphins flow. And yes – we talk about this stuff all the time! And then we do it some more! Felecia and I get to help people do truly great things inside and outside of the gym, day in and day out! We get so much out of this that we often wonder why more people aren’t queued up to get some of this good stuff for themselves? Yeah, we’ve heard the … “CrossFit is too expensive” complaints a gazillion times. I usually respond by asking people to put a dollar figure on the opportunity to live their best life. Sounds kinda hokey? It’s true though. We can offer that to people. It’s been proven. Sticking to a program like ours has undeniable, measurable benefits for each person on a number of fronts. Imagine you could pretty much guarantee that your future health would always be optimal, and that you could express your fitness any way you wanted, for as long as you wanted. How much would that be worth right now? We’ve seen some really tragic results, of less than optimal lifestyles, up close many times in the trajectories of people who were near and dear to us. We don’t want that kind of future for ourselves or anyone in our circle if we can help it. And if you become a part of our circle, we’re gonna always do our best to help you avoid that outcome too. Helping others bring about permanent and beneficial changes to their health through fitness, is truly satisfying. Achieving goals and getting results is addictive. Our vision is actually about growing a health and fitness community that anyone can be a part of. It’s the ideal world where the pursuit of fitness is the norm. If we can play a part in making it happen, then there’s a good chance we can help to reduce the impact of some of the other health issues currently affecting our community. Our mission is about leading others to that outcome through results. We will be a leading provider of personal fitness coaching for people no-matter what their age, gender or exercise history or experience might be. To achieve this, we focus on the needs of each individual in our program. Our smallness is one of our best attributes. It allows us to provide a ‘wrap-around’ service that has a laser-like focus on results. My background in sport, martial arts, personal training and CrossFit provides me with the tools to back this up. The key to the success of our facility, and of our member clients is not our new equipment, the programming, or the online platforms we use to track and measure results. At CrossFit Kantok we have a set of values that we refer to for guidance every day. We’re all about inclusion. Everyone is welcome and no-one gets left behind. We think that the ability to do this work is a genuine privilege. The opportunity to see people for the best hour of their day, every day is a massive gift for which I/we am/are grateful. We don’t take that for granted. So we’ll always do our best to make the effort worthwhile for every single member and client. Finally, we understand that life happens outside of the gym. Even for our members and clients. So there will be days when motivation is low, or the workout feels much harder than normal. That’s when we help our members and clients to lean into the discomfort. Progress and gains come when we step outside the comfort zone. When you do this, the results aren’t just measured in numbers. This is what we call our recipe for winning at life!