Crossfit Breakout

There’s a good chance you’re reading this, having no idea who I am, or what my backstory is. You don’t know how deep into the realm of fitness, I have traveled, nor how I’ve fallen off my hard-​body-​healthy-​lifestyle wagon at the hands of injury, or life’s circumstances. What you need to know, is that being fit, being healthy, is a true passion of mine. As of recently, that flame, which normally burned brighter than two Suns, high on oxygen, had been relinquished to a dwindling ember.
I’m not going to cite the exact set of reasons why, or how, I found myself losing at life, (that’s really what it felt like) instead, I want to share how one month at Crossfit Breakout, with their remarkable and affluent coaches, and the overwhelmingly welcoming community turned my life around and reignited that passion in me again.
I started June 29^th at 6:30am. I was invited in for a free class, and coming from a Crossfit background, I was able to jump into their current program. Day one, it was immediately evident that the programming was designed to test, push, and ultimately, make a better athlete out of every participant. There was an overwhelming sense of excitement flowing though my veins, despite how difficult the workout seemed, I knew, this was the place that would help me achieve my full potential. I signed up.
In the past 4 weeks, I have had the opportunity to get to know, get to train, to push past what I thought I could, surrounded and supported by the members and staff of CFB. My attitude across all facets of my life has been restored to full «I can» and «I will» mentality. It’s really difficult for me to accept that I had lost that over the last 6 months. I know I still have work to do, and am confident that I have found a home in a community that will hold me accountable, keep me smiling, and laughing through the challenges that will present themselves. I feel like an adopted child, saved from the desolate bleakness of my orphaned passion.
So here I am, working on the best me I can be. With the support and friendship of a family of likeminded, incredible athletes and people, how can you lose? Everyday I get to train with these absolutely awesome people, a community of go-​getters, who relentlessly pursue greatness, and encourage, and inspire the same in me.
Cindi, Josh, Jordyn and Mike, thank you for changing my life in this brief period of time, and for bringing me back to full flame. For loving Crossfit and living it. For guiding me with form correction, technique, and sometimes just plain old yelling at me to push harder. (You’d be amazed at what that can do for you!) For programming that challenges me, and changes my idea of ‘hard’, ‘brutal’ and ‘OMG I’m going to die” (I haven’t died) But mostly, for not giving up on me, even when I don’t believe I can. For investing your knowledge, along with some laughter, singing, dance moves and hilarity. You make me feel lucky to be at Crossfit Breakout, every single day.
If they can do this for me, (I’m one stubborn cookie) just imagine what they can do for YOU!
If you’re looking for a way to be ‘more human’ (in the words of Reebok) this is the perfect environment. You’ll make friends with genuine great people, you’ll have accountability, and you’ll get more out of every day you’re there.
The first class is free, and it’ll be all you’ll need to understand how Crossfit Breakout can change your life for the better.
–Fitness Meg

Honestly one of my favorite Crossfit gyms in the North Shore! Not only were the members super friendly and outgoing, but the coaching is superb and second to none! Jordyn and Josh really know how to break down each exercise so that form is priority. From the warm up to the strength portion and WOD, everything is explained in such a way that everyone understands how to correctly do a movement! I would sign up for this gym if I was still living in the North Shore area! Everyone should sign up for this gym ASAP!

WOD, OHS, AMRAP, PR, 5−5 – 5−5 – 5−5+, Bear Crawl, Thrusters, Wall Balls, the list goes on… but seeing that drawn on a dry erase board my first day walking into the «Box» I thought I would never get it all straight! In November of 2014 Crossfit Breakout offered free Wednesdays. In addition, my Chiropractor told me about a free Saturday class and that for every one of his patients that went to try it out, he would do 5 burpees. So I went; every Wednesday and that Saturday which sealed my fate forever. I was hooked, or as my friends tell me, «I drank the kool-​aid». I recently had lost a great deal of weight and was working with a personal trainer who was amazing, but I really wanted more of a challenge and something that was going to keep me motivated. So after the free classes, in order to actually «join» as reviewer Joe pointed out, you have to go through «Foundations». They worked with me so I could schedule around my crazy work schedule and was able to complete it in 3 sessions. It was one-​on-​one, and I did have to pay a little more, but they were flexible enough to be able to accomodate me and get me through the basics. That was in December. Now I’m going 4 – 6 times per week and loving every minute of it. I welcome the challenge, love my new «family» but mostly, love the new me. I still have work to do, but I’m healthier, have more stamina and strength and am a little more «tighter», everywhere. :-)
Pay no attention to the naysayers of Crossfit that you may have heard about in general. This box does everything right. The coaches are as good as they come. Every movement from the complicated olympic lifting, to the basic box jumps, burpees and even jump ropes are covered every workout, everytime. They leave nothing for you to «figure out» on your own. I can’t stress enough how important this is. Even when you ask for the 4^th time…5^th time… everytime, they explain it until you’ve got it. They want you to succeed, they want you to challenge yourself and they take pride in their clients and what they’ve accomplished. When they see you improve, not quit, keep trying, doing the best you can do, they know they have done their job. Jordyn and Josh are the coaches/​trainers and are at the absolute top of their game. They know when they can push you to new limits, but won’t embarass you either if you fail-​but you never really fail… there’s always next time. There is never any reason anyone feels inferior, egos are checked at the door. You’re never «competing» against anyone except yourself. Everyone encourages you, cheers you on and introduces themselves if you’ve not met before. No one leaves until everyone is done and often times linger a bit to chat. The owner, Cindi, is there full-​time and works out alongside her «family». She cares about her members and takes pride in her facility. They all work hard to keep it in tip-​top shape. If you’re thinking about trying Crossfit, this should be your first stop as it defines the very heart of what Crossfit should be.

Knowledgeable coaches that care about your success and safety!
I started CrossFit at Breakout in January 2014 with their foundations program. I had been active my entire life, but never placed much of an emphasis on strength training or lifting heavy weights. Coaches Josh & Jordan place the utmost importance on form during all movements, they are very skilled in catching any compensations that might be going on in the body and cuing adjustments that should be made.
In the time since I started at breakout, I consistently attend class between 3 – 5 times per week and have seen immense changes in my strength as well as my body. The programming is designed to challenge your strength during part of the session, and cardiovascular and mental ability during the workout of the day. The workout periods are short, but effective and I have noticed that my workouts outside of Breakout have become easier as a result. I’m constantly amazed at how far my fitness has come in the last 14 months!
Breakout has become a second home, a place for friends and community. I look forward to my workouts every day, because I get to spend time with amazing coaches and a fantastic group of members. Everyone is invested in the success of each individual member.

Crossfit Breakout was my first experience with Crossfit and it was amazing. Coaches Josh and Jordyn are very knowledgable and willing to help newbies figure out all of the different Crossfit movements.
They offer a month long foundations class (3x/​week) that is kind of a crash course into Crossfit. The first two weeks are one on one or very small classes with one of the coaches and they show you each of the movements that will be used in Crossfit. After those two weeks are up, you are able to go an unlimited amount of times until your month is up. Pretty good deal. The members are also very helpful and motivating. They have built up a nice Crossfit community at their gym and they even have outings for their members every now and then.
They keep their gym pretty immaculate considering how much sweat is probably been dropped in there. They make sure every member is accountable for their own gear (weights, ropes, etc) and you are always greeted with many smiles regardless how long it has been since the last time you took a step in there.
Hour long classes are broken up into three sections: warm-​up, strength/​skill, and WOD (workout of the day). The one you have to worry about the most is the WOD. They setup a workout with various exercises that you may have to as many as you can in a set time, or a certain amount of reps on every minute, and other variations. It is constantly changing so you never really know what to expect. That is what makes it so different.
Great community, great staff, great workouts… pretty much all you can ask in a gym.