Widespread Fitness
2025-08-12T17:30:49.964Z
Long story inbound! If you want a thorough analysis of Widespread Fitness and have 10 minutes to read about my experience, this review can be pretty helpful. If you don't, I apologize- I get excited talking about people, places, and things I love!Here we go! Starting at a new gym or fitness program can be a daunting experience. There are gyms on every corner offering a multitude of different workout options. I found myself sorting through this endless list a few months ago, overwhelmed by the number of choices. How do I narrow it down a bit!? I knew a few things that I wanted to find: new and varying exercises outside my normal routine, small class sizes, and coaches who could help me with form, motivation, and workout planning. Widespread Fitness checked all these boxes.Now personally, I have always wanted to try crossfit- not because of the hype around it but because of the types of exercises I heard were involved! Sandbag carries, sled pulls, tire flipping! I love that stuff! (And I think I'm in the minority on that! 🤣) While Widespread Fitness does rarely do these activities in their workouts, it's not very often. Their training program is much more diverse than that, which is exactly what I needed. There are many days of Olympic lifts, barbell and dumbbell work, rowing, running, pullups, bodyweight exercises, and so much more. Numerous exercises I had never done before, which is usually a point of feeling overwhelmed and stressed. However, Widespread Fitness tackles this in their onboarding classes. Their onboarding is 6 one-on-one classes with a coach who teaches you form, functionality, and how to do the exercises before you get into the classes. This helps you feel at least familiar and not lost with an exercise while in a group class. Even further, while in classes the coach will demo each exercise to refresh your memory and help you hone in on your form or things you may still be missing. It's great!Because the classes are varied in exercises, sometimes I find them in my wheelhouse and not too bad, while other days I get absolutely whooped (in a great way!) But I love how I can scale the workouts to my abilities. Even if you think Crossfit isn't for you because you aren't strong enough or can't do some exercises due to physical limitations, trust me- Widespread fitness has ways of scaling down or having alternates for just about any exercise. It's so accessible, so don't let the concept of Crossfit scare you away without even trying it. It's accessible no matter your skill level.Besides the types of exercises, I narrowed down my gym choices by knowing that I excel in small workout classes. Seeing the same wonderful people and feeling part of a team helps keep me motivated. I enjoy knowing I have some new friends there to see pretty consistently, and that there are people working just as hard as I am during the workout. The struggle is shared, and everyone is really nice! Typical hour-long class sizes are limited to 8 people, which I think is perfect. This is enough people for me not to feel singled out or like all eyes are on me, but small enough that I know the coach is watching my form, there to help if I need it, and able to assist me in selecting good weight amounts for new exercises. It's the perfect balance I think!The two drawbacks I see to prevent you from wholeheartedly committing to Widespread Fitness is the cost of crossfit (even though you get so much value out of it!), and that the class times can fill up quickly, so you must constantly on top of signing up for them. But for me, this place is 5 stars and I absolutely love going. From the moment I wake up, I'm excited to get to my favorite 5pm class!I really hope you found value in this honest review, and that you check out Widespread Fitness if it seems to fit what you want in a fitness program, too!
Long story inbound! If you want a thorough analysis of Widespread Fitness and have 10 minutes to read about my experience, this review can be pretty ... More