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Mandy H. Milwaukee, WI

I have been very athletic all my life - a soccer player, a runner, and a snowboarder. Yet, after trying several attempts to get in shape for firefighting, I knew something was missing from my workout routine. I needed to pass the Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT). Seeing as though firefighting is highly physically demanding, I realized I needed and wanted to make a change, and fast. I looked to CrossFit Milwaukee with Ryan Atkins which now became my new found way of strength and conditioning.

The training I was doing with CrossFit was very different than anything I had ever experienced before. I learned very early on that if I wanted to really make a difference that this wasn’t going to be just about a nutritional diet or have forced workout routines, but a lifestyle change. I learned fitness can be fun and exciting. The results came quickly for me.

Training with CrossFit was the best decision I have ever made. I remember my first day of CrossFit - I thought I was going to die after 10 minutes. I said to myself, these warm-ups at CrossFit are most people’s “entire” workout. I was nervous just thinking that there was more to come after the warm-up. But that is when I knew that CrossFit was what I needed for conditioning my body. This was the best thing for me and my firefighting. My energy level has increased tremendously and I successfully passed the CPAT test for firefighting. I feel the best that I have ever felt in my life because CrossFit works!

Mandy H. (Milw, WI)

Jeff C Milwaukee, WI

I just want to say thanks to Ryan and his staff of instructors for all they have done for me through CrossFit. When I started in October, I was in decrepit shape due to years of laziness and a broken leg that derailed my only other from of excercise, cycling. I saw a freind who recently started your program and he loked great! After 3 months of training with Ryan and his staff. I am proud to say that I feel great! Gone is the winded feeling after going up 2 flights of stairs and in its place I have lots more energy and a new outlook on fitness! I look forward to the coming months of training and the improvements to my physique!

Dan LaSavage Milwaukee, WI

"Ryan Atkins knows his trade, period. He is very outgoing and very into what he does. I would recommend him to any and everyone interested in becoming the best they can be."

Paul O Milwaukee, WI

I started CrossFit in November. In the first class I realized not only was I not up to scratch in a cardiovascular sense, but my muscular strength was also not where it should be. After just one or two weeks I began to see results and was beginning to complete the sessions at the prescribed level. At the end of November I had not been running for over a month since the end of the football season. To my amazement, when running in California over the Thanksgiving weekend I found that I had cut over 5 minutes off my 4.5 mile run. Simply by working out at CrossFit, without hitting the pavement once, and in less than 1 month. I was a believer. Since then I have continued to make rapid strength and fitness gains. I now attend classes 4 times per week, complete sessions doing all unassisted pull ups and dips, and compete for times and scores with my fellow CrossFit'ers . All feats that would have been impossible just two months ago. The environment is fantastic. It's essentially personal training for the cost of a group class and its free on Tuesdays for the Bombers. Get down there for your pre-season. There is a lot to gain in just two or three months of CrossFit!

Lisa B, 46 Milwaukee, WI

“If a 46 year old mom of five can do it, so can you”

I’m a mom of five; five c-sections in 8 1/2 years and told I would never be able to do a sit up again…This is what I told Ryan when I first started CrossFit, after he informed us we were to do “umpteen” sit-ups. He looked at me and smiled, threw down an ab mat, told me to do a few (not “try”) and then walked away. I thought, “I’m paying the man. He must know what he’s doing.” I did maybe 3 sit-ups. Six months later I was doing 150 sit-ups in 6 minutes…I started pull ups with a band, and again, six months later I was doing them unassisted…Rope climb? What mom would willingly climb a rope? I’m up and down that thing like a monkey. I could go on and on…
Bottom line is I am in better shape now at 46 than I have ever been in my life and I’ve been working out for 28 years. And it only took 6 months at CrossFit.

Andy V Milwaukee, WI

As we celebrate our 2009 season, we wish to thank you for your off-field support. It is without a doubt that CrossFit contributed to our on-field success.

Dave C Milwaukee, WI

“Ryan is a fantastic trainer with an incredible amount of knowlege and the patience to work with people of all fitness levels. He showed me why everything I thought I knew about the fitness industry was fundamentally flawed and showed me through science and results that there was a better way, the Crossfit way.”

Kyle B Milwaukee, WI

“I started training at Crossfit Milwaukee in March of 2009 and thought it would be a good way to supplement my workout routine. I figured after playing college football and six years in the Marine Corps, there was not too much that Ryan could teach me. Boy, was I wrong! Within months I dropped my membership at my traditional gym and started training solely at Crossfit. Ever since I have watched my physical fitness continue to get better and better. As a small business hour I have very little time and exercise is generally my last priority. However, with Ryan's flexibility and Crossfit's quick but effective workouts, I am always able to fit in time to work out. Thank you Ryan!”

Graham W Milwaukee, WI

“Ryan is informative, dedicated and attentive. He approach to fitness and instruction has both built my knowledge base and challenged me to achieve more.”

Eric N Milwaukee, WI

"I've been powerlifting for years. Since starting CrossFit two months ago, all of my lifts (deadlift, squat, etc.) have increased."