CrossFit Sand & Steel: Personal Training Gym & Kinstretch Classes

If you want a high quality gym where the trainers invest in their clients then I highly recommend Sand and Steel Fitness. I used to go to another CrossFit gym (I won’t mention their name) where they had a beginner CrossFit class but after you are done learning the foundations they stopped caring about your progress. This is not case with Sand and Steel! My first few weeks of getting back into CrossFit I was considering quitting because I felt I wasn’t good at it, but then one day Paul called me and offered personal training to help me with the movements because he could see I was having a hard time. I have been a member for four months now and I feel going to Sand and Steel was the best decision I ever made! I couldn’t even do a push-up in the beginning but now I can do several in a row!!! I feel like I’m getting stronger every day! Thank you Sand and Steel Fitness!

Sand and Steel Fitness is the best gym to train in small groups or private sessions in the area. It is refreshing to experience a gym that is constantly updating their training equipment/technology to be leaders in the industry. This gym is so clean you can actually train barefoot without any concern. The owner/training staff could not be any friendlier and knowledgeable. Paul has done an amazing job cultivating and curating the best training environment. 5 stars without question.

I’ve been in northern Virginia for a bit over a year now, and started researching personal trainers ironically about a month before COVID-19 shut everything down. I wasn’t new to working out, gyms, and figured I had decent fundamentals after years of push-ups being drilled into me. But, after a couple years of persistent pain that even a couple months of rest couldn’t solve, I decided to get serious. I never really considered a personal trainer before, even at the big box gyms with several thousand square feet of equipment and space. I also tried Crossfit a couple times at a place near me in my former state and was honestly not very impressed. That Box gave about a 30min intro on techniques, and never really monitored closely for proper form – it was all about the time!nnI was considering two main gyms in the Alexandria area for personal training, to address my lingering pain issues. Fast forward to when gyms started to re-open as COVID-19 restrictions started to relax. Sand and Steel was one, and another which I won’t name. When I first set up my intro appointment with Paul, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I assumed it was mostly a Crossfit gym that did some other stuff. But the main reason I wanted to go check them out was because the website mentioned core strength and mobility, which is what I felt I needed. After talking with Paul, he was very confident that they were very capable of addressing my fitness needs. We looked over the list of services, and I committed to Personal Training and Open Gym to start out with. Though Open Gym was something I cancelled fairly early, after realizing it didn’t mesh with my schedule too well right now (the cancellation process was a breeze).nnI’m now entering my third month and am very satisfied with selecting Sand and Steel. I am steadily making progress on my goals and have noticed improvements and reduction in pain. I’ve made a point to have a session with each of the trainers, to get a feel for each person’s way of instruction. Everyone has a different style, so I wanted to compare and contrast. Fortunately, all the trainers are really great – there are some slight differences in how they break down movements. But consistent across every trainer was their focus on proper form, and then providing any variety of variations if one movement was too difficult, or you already hit fatigue. Even the pushup, which I assumed would have been perfect after years of doing them, needed to be tweaked so I could better protect my shoulders. That was honestly a little humbling ud83dude0a I even did a training session with Paul, who seems to know any number of ways to get you to muscle fatigue! And the private yoga sessions with Ira were definitely helpful for someone with very limited yoga experience. My wife has done yoga much more than I, and absolutely loves Ira’s yoga classes!nnThis is all a very verbose way of saying you need to go to Sand and Steel! Whether it is for personal training, classes, or yoga, they have a great program that is tailored to YOU.

This gym is incredible! Trust the reviews you read because they are 100% correct. Not only are the personal trainers top notch but due to the current pandemic the steps this gym has taken to ensure our safety is beyond any gym in the area. I may have only taken a few sessions with them but I enjoyed my short time with this gym! Check them out on Instagram!

I owned a gym in Dallas for 3 years and I have a high standard for strength training facilities. Sand and Steel is premier. I squat, bench, deadlift, overhead press, and power clean, as workout staples and this place had every bell and whistle to intensify my workouts. I used open gym and scheduling and getting in were app based and easy. The owner outfitted me with a branded coffee mug, towel, beer bottle opener, and tote bag on sign up. This place is affordable and honestly I think the price point is low for everything I received.nSerious facility for folks serious about their strength and conditioning.