At CrossFit BFG, we pride ourselves on creating a community feel with a togetherness across members and trainers that results in a truly unique atmosphere. We believe that exercise should be an enjoyable experience from the moment you walk through the door for your session to the time you head home. Whilst you’ll no doubt work hard and feel the effects, we guarantee you’ll love the family feel we have created in our gym, with everyone spurring each other on to be the best they can be.
About
We truly feel we offer the best classes in the area, run by some of the finest and most passionate trainers you’re ever likely to meet. When you combine this with our large open area, ideal for exercise and creativity, you’ll be having fun and getting fit at the same time. If you still want to continue with your original Be Fitter classes too, that’s not a problem as you get to benefit from these alongside the additional features that come with the affiliation to CrossFit.
You also have access to our Personal Trainers who certainly practice what they preach. Working with you to understand your fitness goals and objectives, you’ll benefit from bespoke sessions which are tailored to suit you, and you only. With their attentive nature and enthusiasm, you’ll be looking forward to your next PT session from the moment the last one ends. If you want to join a gym with a real community and family feel, CrossFit BFG is the one for you. We’ll help you reach your fitness goals in a fun and energising manner, so why not join today? Click here!
Coaches
Zack George
Why do you love coaching – Love to see and help people improve in exercises and movements that they’d never thought they’d be able to.
Goals/Aspirations – Qualify for the CrossFit games.
Favourite exercise in CrossFit to teach and you most enjoy doing yourself – Love teaching ring muscle ups and my favourite exercise are Thrusters.
Exercise that you have had most trouble learning – Pistols
Interesting Fact – I used to be massively overweight.
Favourite Cheat Meal – Donuts
How long you’ve been involved in Crossfit – 5 years
What would you recommend to someone who’s looking to start CrossFit – Find a good box and enjoy the classes and being part of a community.
Harmeet Singh
Why do you love coaching – I love coaching as my goal isn’t just to impact there lives through fitness but on a level where they can adapt to their everyday lives. I hope to reach out to people and our community using the skills we teach to help them mould into great athletes.
Goals/Aspirations – I hope to learn and gain as much experience as possible. ‘A closed mind is a dying mind’.
Favourite exercise in CrossFit to teach and you most enjoy doing yourself – Push ups, pull ups and air squat. I love doing Rope climbs.
Exercise that you have had most trouble learning – Muscle Ups.
Favourite Cheat Meal – Ferrero Rocher
How long you’ve been involved in Crossfit – 7 years
What would you recommend to someone who’s looking to start CrossFit – Don’t be scared to start with CrossFit right away. The one thing people don’t realise about this sport is it’s all scalable. Everybody starts somewhere.
Josh Burniston
Why do you love coaching – I love helping people to learn new skills, or to try to help them progress and improve skills they already have further! Also I love helping like minded people who all have a common goal of becoming better through fitness! All whilst making sure they’re enjoying themselves.
Goals/Aspirations – Each and everyday I want to get better as a CrossFit athlete, as a CrossFit coach and a all round person! Always looking to improve!
Favourite exercise in CrossFit to teach and you most enjoy doing yourself – The gymnastics side of CrossFit as I enjoyed learning them myself the most! Love seeing people achieve things they never thought were possible. For me that was Handstand Walks.
Exercise that you have had most trouble learning – It took me a while to learn all the Olympic lifts, as there are very technical! Also pistols as my mobility when I started wasn’t great.
Favourite Cheat Meal – Nando’s
How long you’ve been involved in Crossfit – 2 years
What would you recommend to someone who’s looking to start CrossFit – Everyday variety, learning new skills, learning in welcoming environment, Make so many new friendships through doing CrossFit!
Matt Deacon
Why do you love coaching – I love to help people and to see them achieve things that they never imagined possible.
Goals/Aspirations – I want to continue to develop both as a coach and a person.
Favourite exercise in CrossFit to teach and you most enjoy doing yourself – I love teaching the Snatch. It’s a complex exercise and I’m such a geek for technical lifts. I also really like doing strict movements; they are great feats of true strength… Oh and Olympic Lifting
Exercise that you have had most trouble learning – Double Unders! When I first started CrossFit I couldn’t even skip. The feeling I got when I did my first series of Double Unders was incredible and I hope to allow other people to feel the same by achieving their goals too.
Interesting Fact – I was a singer-songwriter and made it to the live auditions on X Factor!
How long you’ve been involved in Crossfit – 5 years
What would you recommend to someone who’s looking to start CrossFit – CrossFit is such a welcoming and supportive community. This sport will also allow you to achieve feats with your body you cannot begin to think is possible.
Laura Landon
Why do you love coaching – I love watching people achieve things they never thought were possible.
Goals/Aspirations – To become competent in all aspects of CrossFit.
Favourite exercise in CrossFit to teach and you most enjoy doing yourself – I enjoy all movements, but favourite would be the clean.
Exercise that you have had most trouble learning – Kipping.
Cheat Meal: Turkish Food!
How long you’ve been involved in Crossfit – 4 years
What would you recommend to someone who’s looking to start CrossFit – Do it and stop thinking about it! You will love the people and the environment and the sense of achievement.
Adam Leeson
Why do you love coaching – Helping others to achieve their goals/aspirations and see that they are capable of more than that.
Goals/Aspirations – To further enhance my knowledge of CrossFit and consistently perform all movements.
Favourite exercise in CrossFit to teach and you most enjoy doing yourself – Love teaching Olympic lifting and functional movements. I enjoy Rowing.
Exercise that you have had most trouble learning – Handstand walking( it takes time!).
Interesting Fact: I can talk all day about the Avengers and have a huge Lego collection.
Cheat Meal: Burgers.
How long you’ve been involved in Crossfit – 4 years
What would you recommend to someone who’s looking to start CrossFit – Give it a go. It’s the best thing for beating tedium and achieving your goals! You also make some great friends along the way.