Personal training sessions can encompass any of our offered disciplines, and/or additional sport specific training you may require.
Individual Personal Training Block Rates: Workout performance logging and nutrition tracking are included options with all Personal Training packages.
* 6 session block = $600
* 12 session block = $900
* 24 session block = $1,600
50 percent payment is required up front for personal training packages, and the balance must be paid in full prior to 30 percent completion of the training block. I.E. $450 balance must be paid(assuming 50 percent down) by the 4th session in a 12 session block.
Private Fitness Coaching rates: Just you, a coach, and a workout.
Fast, Furious and Not For the Faint of Heart - LA Times
A workout that's fast, furious and not for the faint of heart; CrossFit promises -- and delivers -- an intense blend of aerobic and strength training
Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles, Calif.
Author: Roy M. Wallack
Date: Apr 10, 2006]
Eighty-four official trainers (double that of a year ago) teach [CrossFit] in major cities around the country. People who need to learn proper form -- or who simply need to be pushed -- can find a list of trainers on the website, http://www.crossfit.com. The guy who put me through my paces, Santa Monica CrossFit affiliate Andy Petranek charges $25 for the initial session and $15 for repeat visits.
Ultimate Fighting world champion Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell has been undefeated since he added CrossFit to his training regimen two years ago. "Chuck dreads CrossFit because it's the hardest part of his workout," says his trainer John Hackelman, who forced it on him, "but it has raised his all-body fitness levels so high that no one can stay with him."
He's prouder of the pat on the back he got last summer from the Canadian Infantry School in Gagetown, New Brunswick, which conducted a seven-week trial of CrossFit versus its own rigorous Canadian Fitness Manual training plan. The results: CrossFit scored higher in every fitness category and was ranked more enjoyable by most of the 110 officer candidates tested. Full Article in PDF Format Here!
Old-school gym moves and a stopwatch combine for some of the fastest results ever.... Okay, go!
Lots of exercise programs this time of year claim to get you in the best shape of your life. But how many can claim to get some of the top trainers in L.A., thousands of badass cops, and a large number of Navy SEALs in the best shape of their lives?
The NavySEALs.com CrossFit program
In every category of training, SEALs operate at the razor sharp tip of the spear. This is why only the best training methods are used to develop and equip America’s elite.
In the last few years, a growing insurgency of the program CrossFit® has emerged as the preeminent strength and conditioning program for many SEALs, to the extent that it is utilized in every phase of BUD/S and SQT, and within the SEAL Teams as an integral component of the PT program.
CrossFit is the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide.
Our program delivers a fitness that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive. Our specialty is not specializing. Combat, survival, many sports, and life reward this kind of fitness and, on average, punish the specialist.
The CrossFit program is designed for universal scalability making it the perfect application for any committed individual regardless of experience. We’ve used our same routines for elderly individuals with heart disease and cage fighters one month out from televised bouts. We scale load and intensity; we don’t change programs.
The needs of Olympic athletes and our grandparents differ by degree not kind. Our terrorist hunters, skiers, mountain bike riders and housewives have found their best fitness from the same regimen.
Brian Anderson does the horizontal iron cross while Eugene Allen performs a handstand push-up from the rings behind him in Tacoma, Wash.
By STEPHANIE COOPERMAN
Published: December 22, 2005 - NY Times
WHILE many gymgoers complain that they might not survive a tough workout, Brian Anderson can speak from experience. For his first CrossFit session, he swung a 44-pound steel ball with a handle over his head and between his legs. The aim was to do 50 quick repetitions, rest and repeat. After 30 minutes, Mr. Anderson, a 38-year-old member of the special weapons and tactics team in the sheriff's office in Tacoma, Wash., left the gym with his muscles sapped and back pain so excruciating that he had to lie in the driveway to collect himself.
CrossFit has taken the nation by storm, and the West coast in particular. Read this article talking about the CrossFit craze in the Jan/Feb edition of LA Sports and Fitness in PDF format here.
Here at CrossFit Alpha we train under Girevoy Sport kettlbell lifting principles as coached by Valery Fedorenko. Every world record set in the sport of kettlbell lifting has been set using this protocol.
Efficiency in lifts takes precedence, with the athlete trying to achieve a level of kettlebell professionalism... a stoic discipline resonating from the lifter. Allowing them to focus on form and pace. Why is this so important?
Learning to completely relax under load allows you to react far more explosively, generating much greater force with far less effort, wear and tear. This is necessary when lifting for a long time frame, and the exact opposite approach to more traditional powerlifting techniques.
We chose CrossFit as our primary vehicle to deliver elite fitness due to it's potent endocrinic response and ability to deliver results. It takes your level of fitness far beyond what traditional weightlifting (bodybuilding) and "cardio" programs can.
Workouts are short and results are dramatic!
CrossFit is a strength and conditioning fitness methodology. Its stated goal is to create "the quintessential athlete, equal parts gymnast, Olympic weightlifter and sprinter. Crossfit promotes broad and general overall physical fitness. It is not sport-specific but a general physical preparedness program that features varied workouts based on functional movement performed at high intensity. Workouts are brief (often 20 minutes or less) and do not use weight machines.
It is unorthodox training that specializes in not specializing. This keeps the body from adapting to the stress of exercise and forces a more rapid physical evolution in the trainee.
Our personal training is customizable, backed by a performance based (CrossFit) model, with highly progressive and scalable workouts. We are well versed in all traditional fitness techniques and also offer coaching and instruction in many specialties.
We have a very straightforward approach to personal training:
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Enrich our clients with a diverse skill set, from which to provide them with the tools to not only garner their own athletic progression, but also enhance their ability to perform everyday functions. Thereby increasing not only their level of fitness, but also self-reliance, discipline and confidence in their own kinesthetic abilities resulting in the consistent completion of physical feats previously thought unattainable.
Sounds fancy! But its not. We want to provide you with the mentality and skills to overcome daily physical challenges. To do this we teach you real world, functional fitness and apply this newfound prowess to challenges built into every workout.
Personal Training with Purpose: We teach you real world, functional fitness and apply this newfound prowess to challenges built into every workout.
We do not obsess over bodyweight or measurements. These factors take second chair to performance and skill. Chasing performance has a unique ability to increase enjoyment in the workouts, and provide you with a wonderful sense of accomplishment. There is no feeling greater than shattering your own personal best in any number of fitness challenges, and watching your progression numbers grow. This same approach is taken with fitness newbies and seasoned athletes alike as we feel this method of personal training is unparalleled.
Ironically, as performance increases, body fat will decrease, bone density and lean body mass will go up, and you start feeling better about yourself and the way you look.
Please see the pyramid chart below for more information on athletic progression.
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Old-school gym moves and a stopwatch combine for some of the fastest results ever.... Okay, go! 
Here at CrossFit Alpha we train under Girevoy Sport kettlbell lifting principles as coached by Valery Fedorenko. Every world record set in the sport of kettlbell lifting has been set using this protocol.
We chose CrossFit as our primary vehicle to deliver elite fitness due to it's potent endocrinic response and ability to deliver results. It takes your level of fitness far beyond what traditional weightlifting (bodybuilding) and "cardio" programs can.