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Opportunities.

Operating a productive and efficient business allows us to focus on what we do best, educating our athletes and empowering fitness in their lives. Our core focus is to give our members the best experience possible, by providing an educational, inspiring, and fun training environment.

At Foundation CrossFit, we are constantly striving to improve the team with talented and motivated individuals. Every team member plays integral role in developing an enriched environment for our athletes. We aim to provide long term careers in the field of fitness education to people who desire to help us promote better health and fitness.

Join Our Team.

Foundation CrossFit aims to be the leader of the fitness industry with a strong focus on helping people reach their fitness goals. We are looking for compassionate and knowledgable individuals to empower our peers to do better for themselves and the people around them.

Our mission is to inspire our fitness community through quality of instruction and engaging experiences.

Coaching Staff

We are always looking to add talented coaches to enhance our training programs. Our coaches must be a good fit for our community, and we have developed many of our long-time athletes into coaches to contribute back to our athlete community. We have full-time, part-time, and occasional part-time positions available.

  1. A love for CrossFit and a passion for helping people
  2. Successful completion and holder of a CrossFit L1 Trainer Certificate
    1. Prior CrossFit coaching or athletic training experience is a plus
    2. 1-2 years of CrossFit experience as an athlete is preferred but not necessary
  3. A positive attitude with an ability to receive in incorporate feedback

This will primarily involve shadowing group classes, 1-on-1s, and Foundations Classes. Interns are required to keep detailed records of their hours (which classes and which coaches they shadowed) and balance their time between the different coaches.

  • Provide a positive and energetic reception at the front desk as athletes arrive and leave the gym
  • Process all retail sales – apparel, products, memberships, etc.
  • Sign all athletes into class in Zenplanner
  • Answer current and potential athletes’ membership questions, etc.
  • Perform opening and closing procedures at the gym – counting/closing the cash register, etc.
  • Collect waivers and appropriate paperwork for athletes at their first visit
  • Answer questions in person and over the phone in a polite, upbeat, informative manner
  • Assist with or take on any additional projects or tasks that may come up
  • Assist with cleaning responsibilities to help ensure the gym is clean and organized for our athletes at all times.

At CrossFit, our interactive program introduces prospective coaches to the theory and practice in strength, conditioning, and CrossFit. Prospective coaches will get first-hand experience in the preparation and administration of training individuals of all fitness levels. Each intern will attain and improve coaching knowledge in the following areas:

  • Mechanics of power and olympic weightlifting
  • Foundations and implementation of metabolic conditioning
  • Mechanics of basic gymnastics skills
  • Mobility and flexibility
  • Correctional cue efficiency
  • Optimal nutrition for performance
  • Enhancing team cohesiveness and improving self esteem
  • Administrative issues with coaching
  • Program Design
Coach Development Program

At Foundation CrossFit, we identify a qualified coach as someone who can demonstrate adequate knowledge to teach the fundamental movements of CrossFit and the CrossFit methodology.  A CrossFit coach should be able to teach, see and correct movements with a positive attitude, while understanding the athletes’ needs.

The focus of this program is to give the potential coach the tools and knowledge necessary to excel as a CrossFit Level-1 Trainer, and will allow us to evaluate the potential coach’s performance and knowledge in CrossFit, and understanding of the CrossFit culture. Upon completion of the program, a position as a Foundation CrossFit coach may be offered to the participant.

PHASE ONE: Be an athlete, but understand the difference between both sides of the fence. Watch, learn, and study. You’ll also be introduced to the administrative side of coaching, spending time with the owners and senior trainers.

PHASE TWO: Get out on the floor, first as an observer, then as an assistant. See and learn the lesson plans, find and learn the preferred knowledge bases in regards to training philosophies (How do we teach the snatch? Do we prefer the high-bar back squat or low-bar? What is the standard

PHASE THREE: Build your confidence and knowledge base, then use it to lead sections of different classes. Eventually leading classes with assistance from a senior coach.

The Coach Development Program has the following requirements:

  1. Assist/Shadow and participate in one full cycle of a Private Training on-ramp or group Foundations Program with a Full-time Coach. Demonstrate understanding of movements by acting as a teaching model.
  2. Teach 1-3 skill segments per class, through two separate and full Private Training on-ramp or group Foundations Program.
  3. 10 hours of shadowing CrossFit classes.
  4. 15 hours of assistant coaching CrossFit classes.
  5. 10 hours of coaching classes under direct supervision of the Head Coach.

At CrossFit, our interactive program introduces prospective coaches to the theory and practice in strength, conditioning, and CrossFit. Prospective coaches will get first-hand experience in the preparation and administration of training individuals of all fitness levels. Each intern will attain and improve coaching knowledge in the following areas:

  • Mechanics of power and olympic weightlifting
  • Foundations and implementation of metabolic conditioning
  • Mechanics of basic gymnastics skills
  • Mobility and flexibility
  • Correctional cue efficiency
  • Optimal nutrition for performance
  • Enhancing team cohesiveness and improving self esteem
  • Administrative issues with coaching
  • Program Design

Our Hiring Goals

  1. To integrate a core group of instructors that is both knowledgeable and proficient in the instruction of CrossFit, gymnastics, Olympic Weightlifting, and general fitness classes, in order bring additional value to the overall member population of Foundation CrossFit.
  2. To provide our members with the opportunity to further their growth as an athlete and leader by offering the potential opportunity to be a coach at Foundation CrossFit.

Hiring decisions will be based off of performance, compatibility with the current staff, compatibility with athletes in the gym, and current needs of the business.