CrossFit Coeur d'Alene

Best gym in town, walk into smiling faces and the coaches always remember your name. Equipment/floors/bathrooms are cleaned daily for a fresh work out every time. Neat rustic building, well deigned for a gym with lots of space for lifts and movement.

BIG PICTURE - CrossFit C'dA is managed with pure efficiency: from getting the right coach to setting up an account, to classes starting on time and RX meals you can order, pay for and pick up right there, all seamless . The staff meets every other week in the gym to talk about: you, the client and them, the coaches, and how to keep everyone safe and challenged and growing together.nnCOACHES - Given the range of people who train there (regional placers and national weightlifting team members, moms, grandmothers, older men, brand new athletes), it's clear the coaching is high-end. After a call with one of the CrossFit C'dA managers who recommended her, I happily work with Alanna Stewart. I cannot recommend her clearly, highly or enthusiastically enough. Alanna's programming is tied to exactly who I am at my age, background and current ability. She already has a keen knowledge of my injury profile, mechanical limitations and idiosyncrasies as well as my goals. Her programming reflects all of these dynamics. One of my benchmark workouts she created is three movements, two of which are my weak points (great challenge for a person who likes to be challenged!). In about three months of working together twice per week, my fitness-level on that benchmark is up 33%. Alanna is a patient, fun, creative, clear teacher and her obsession with detail in assessing movement is at a level I haven't seen since getting to train with some of the nation's top wrestling coaches and watching my daughter train with Olympic coaches. No doubt, Alanna's work is supported by a culture of team accountability, evident in how the staff shares ideas and best practices and runs the shop like a team.nnGEAR - The owners of CrossFit C'dA fit an enormous amount of well maintained equipment in their moderately sized Box. Everything you would expect at a facility training regional athletes and us normal humans: ropes, huge array of kettlebells, weights, AirAssault bikes, Concept 2s, two Ski Ergs, multiple boxes, a huge stash of sand bags, med balls, stationary and portable lifting racks, multiple wall ball targets and wall balls, a massive choice of bars, bumpers, a GHD and lifting blocks and the attendant foam rollers are all there. This is all meticulously organized which speaks again to the culture of the Box; I have never seen so much as a bar collar left out after people train, which is easy because the owners have a place for everything.nnCLASSES - They start on time, the coaches are prepared well ahead of class. During the workouts, the coaches are all-eyes-on-their-athletes with tips and encouragement flowing. In the advanced classes there is clearly a spirit of competition and drive and in the beginner classes there is appropriate and creative scaling. One of the classed is for parents with toddlers that is just as well planned as any other. After classes, participants enjoy one another's achievements and friendship.nnFACILITY - Always clean, always ready to go. Two bathrooms, always stocked.nnDOWNSIDES? - I will have to reach for this: sometimes it gets cold in there, so be mindful to bring layers. There is a two hour parking limit on the street, but it's been easy to find parking right next to the gym and I have never been ticketed. It's possible that some people might be intimidated by elite athletes doing their thing, but, I think people will chill when they see these are just people who have really found their joy center in training hard, there's no class system at play there at-all!nnCOSTS - It's CrossFit with Grade-A coaches and gear, not a Clubby-McClub-Face so you will pay for the expertise. If costs are a hardship but you need to train, I suggest you try it for a bit and balance the return on investment compared to other CF boxes and gyms in the area.

Felt like an afterthought for the three visits I paid for. It kinda seemed like we (wife and I) were quickly placed in a corner so the trainer could get back to work.. a little bit like a daycare for adults lol.nn4 stars though because everyone else seemed to be really engaged and working closely with the instructors and I could see how, with the proper trainer receiving you through the door, you could have a really uplifting experience.

Great place to workout coaches are awesome

Great people, great Instructors!