10 Reasons "NOT" to train at CrossFit Maui/Kihei*

10. We make you try out – Just having a credit card and pulse does not get you a membership. You have to demonstrate your willingness and ability to train intensely enough to get results. Who wants to have to meet objective standards of performance?

9. We train too hard – You sweat and breathe hard in every workout. You train at the edge of the redline which makes it too hard to read a magazine while “working out.” We won’t let you be a part of the program if you just want to go through the motions.

8. We coach you – You can’t just sit and peddle on the bike, we make you learn and develop skills. We video workouts so people can see what they are doing and coach you on how to improve. You have to learn how to move better, so you can lift more weight faster – which means you get stronger, faster and lift properly. Who wants to be coached to be stronger or faster?

7. We don’t like whining or excuses – Complainers and criers are shunned, ridiculed, run off and are generally treated like lepers. We don’t consider the woe is me attitude to be a good thing or a badge of courage. It is the right of every human to paint himself or herself as a victim in everything so they can increase their popularity with their everything-is–wrong peer group. Who wants to go to a place where you can’t complain about everything under the sun?

6. We teach you new things – We make people learn new lifts, workouts and training methods – And expect you to master them. We teach and re-teach the fundamentals so you are good at them. Who wants to learn and perfect movements in constantly changing workouts?

5. We don’t have mirrors, treadmills, machines, TV’s Etc. – We don’t have a place to adjust your make up or to flex while you stand around figuring out your next bicep exercise. You can’t check how your new outfit looks when you work out. There is no TV with Jerry or Montel or any other car crash program to distract you from your workout. We actually make you run to do your “cardio.” Who really wants to actually focus on training?

4. We tell you the truth – We tell you when you are not moving right, or babying yourself or going through the motions. We do not praise you when you look like a space monkey having a seizure. If you do something stupid in a workout we will have probably videoed it and put it on YouTube. Who wants to be held accountable to actually do things right?

3. We expect you to get better and actually expect you to train – We expect you to add weight, go faster and maintain excellent form as a regular part of the training. We expect you to try harder to overcome the weakest links in your performance. We expect everyone who has a membership to actually come to the gym to workout. Who wants that kind of stress to constantly improve or show up?

2. We measure performance – We keep score and track your results. We won’t let you just go through the motions – We keep score on the results of your training. If your scores, weights or times are not improving, we want to know why. Who wants their performance to improve all the time?

1. We charge too much – We charge enough where you may actually feel compelled to show up and train. We think that if we provide a top level, fully equipped training space and expert coaches to coach you, it is of value to our members. Who wants to pay for a fully equipped and professionally run training center that expects people to workout and requires people to get results?

*Originally posted by and borrowed from Hyperfit USA, a CrossFit affiliate in Ann Arbor, MI.

"US vs THEM"

THEY have CNN or Britney Spears playing in the background.
WE have other members cheering you on to finish your last rep.

THEY have cardio machines that tell you, you’re  going too fast.
WE have coaches telling you, you’re not going fast enough.

THEY have mirrors.
WE have coaches that tell you how to correct your form.

THEY have bicep curls and cable crossover machines.
WE have squats and deadlifts that transfer into real life.

THEY sell you a membership and hope you only come for one month.
WE want you to come as often as possible to help change your life.

THEY have a 20-minute workout that takes 2 hours.
WE have a 2-hour workout that takes 20 minutes.

THEY have a machine at the front desk where you swipe your card.
WE have coaches ready to give you all the fitness information you need.

THEY train for looks.
WE train for life.

*Borrowed from OAKLAND COUNTY CROSSFIT, a CrossFit affiliate in Lake Orion, MI.