Crossfit Full Strength

I just finished my second week here and I’m so impressed. Gayle is super fun, funny and a great coach. Showing up on the first day was pretty intimidating but I was made to feel comfortable so quickly. I actually look forward to my workouts now.

After much apprehension, I just started going to this gym. I have to say that I absolutely love it. I’m upset it took me so long to try it out. The coaches and owner/​coach Gayle, make all of us beginners feel super comfortable and the people in my class are really great. I look forward to my morning workouts, for the first time in my entire life.

Cross fit full strength is amazing! I am doing a 6 week challenge there now. I have dropped almost 5 pounds in the first week. The classes are always challenging in a fun way so you can’t get bored. The coaches have been awesome with making any adjustments and modifications for my level. The staff and members are always ready to give encouragement. It is a great environment to work out in. This really is something any one at any level can do. …and if you’re going to do it, do it with the best at Full Strength.
Katie

I just dropped in to the Oly class, and this place is awesome! Luz is a great coach, and has a very good eye (of course, she’s a former Olympian). I can’t wait to join!

I travel a lot with my job and I found myself in Phoenix area this week. I definitely found my local box when I dropped in at Crossfit Full Strength. Emily and fellow athletes made me feel right at home. Great instruction and push to get me through a grueling 30min Amrap. I strongly recommend this Box!

So I am older, never really been a fitness junkie. Tried running after doing an obstacle course 5k (which was awesome fun by the way) but the running part not so much fun. Had a frozen shoulder for 2 years and lost a LOT of upper body strength having no movement in one arm. Wanted to find something that would not be boring and talked to Gayle about cross fit. I was a little concerned being that my fitness level is pretty low and my age. I went and tried a class for free. It was awesome! Every class is different and fun! Paul has been awesome about showing me how to scale down things that I just can’t do and makes me feel like one of these days I will actually be able to do some of these things! I’m having fun and working on getting to be that fit hot grandma!!! I definitely will be continuing Cross Fit at Full Strength.

I’m doing the 6-​week fitness challenge and I’m enjoying the class. We have two instructors who are motivating and encouraging during those times you’d rather be elsewhere. Of course after every class I’m rejuvenated and happy that I joined the challenge.

Crossfit Full Strength is awesome. The coaches are great and make the gym feel like home. I am doing the 6-​week challenge with Luz and Cheyet and in week 2 I am totally addicted. Definitely recommend Gayle and her team.

Great gym with experienced staff. I had not worked out in a decade and was a little intimidated but the coaches here scale things to get you through your workouts and encourage you to keep going. I highly recommend.

I’ve been a member of crossfit full strength for 8 months and have enjoyed every single moment of it. Gayle and all the other coaches are friendly and very knowledgeable. They are also very patient to new people who want to check out crossfit.
Check it out for yourself.

I’ve been passionate about strength training since I was a teen (am 37 now). As a long time passionate health nut, personal trainer. and health coach, I never EVER thought I would veer off from going to the typical commercial gym. Boy was I damn wrong.
I am a research junkie, and love knowing the best ways to help the human body whether it be from a physical, mental/​emotional, or nutritional focus. My Osteopath, (an avid and ranked man of CrossFit) began introducing CrossFit movement into my programming, and after getting my body healed and strong again we both felt it was quite ok to try something new. I did my research on local CrossFit «boxes» and decided to try out CrossFit FullStrength, as I read specific positive things regarding the owner’s passion for programming and training people.
The members I began to meet were amiable and the coaches I started learning from were extremely passionate about teaching specific movements from the ground up. I love exercise programming, as I have do this for my own clients, and this whole new ball game of CrossFit programming made me feel like a kid in a candy shop.
After my first week or so at FullStrength I was on cloud nine! I couldn’t believe the challenge of the new types of workouts I was experiencing, alongside the feeling of how much fun it was. I’ve always worked out solo for twenty years, maybe with a buddy once in a while. It was a whole new feeling to workout with a group, and a friendly and supportive group to say the least. For me it feels so damn good to cheer on other people, other people cheering you on, high living, and simply being supportive in ways that I never experienced in a commercial gym.
Gayle Shalloo is the owner, and she moved into a new location just about one month ago. It’s twice the size of the last location, has more goodies, and more smiling members are walking through the door.
I’ve been a member for about seven months now, and it’s been fantastic. Did I mention that her programming is awesome??? ha. (challenging but just right), the coaches want you to do perform movements correctly, members are supportive (which I feel is essential for a business like this), and I CONSISTENTLY have a shitload of fun. I have build strength, endurance, and power beyond how I have trained myself in the past, and that ain’t no bull.
Don’t let CrossFit intimidate you. Practically every exercise can be modified and scaled down for each individual. Everyone can start somewhere by building a foundation and processing from there.
You can go to most «boxes» for a first class for free, and I highly suggest checking out FullStrength for one. If you are looking for a challenging, supportive, and family feel, then you need to consider sprinting over to FullStrength’s ASAP.

Thanks to my friend Damian Motlo who introduced me to this wonderful cross fit strength family. The staff and the owner Gayle personally take care of member to member interaction and not let newbie like me get intimidated by cross fit workout. All the coaches are wonderful and patient with beginners and focus more on technique and posture which is very helpful for beginners. I am just two week old and looking forward to be full time member and part of this wonderful fitness family !!

Love this place it completes my day. Coaches staff and members are so friendly and helpful. Been a member for about 6 months now and have made great strides in flexibility, strength, and technique. It is truly a family feeling while working out. And the new facility and location is awesome!!!

Great box and tribe. They are in a new location. Nice set up and everything can be handled on line. I highly recommend this box. Go check it out!

This place is great! I’m not typically one to write reviews but this place is so good i had to spend time recommending it. The instructors are extremely supportive and knowledgeable. The members span from beginners to more advanced and all are really nice people. There was a really nice sense of community. I’m a transplant from out of town and wanted a workout plan for a month while I was in Phoenix and this was perfect. I’ve seen great results and had a blast working out. This place demonstrates all the good things about crossfit. AND they are moving to a bigger space soon!

I bought the $ 65 for $ 125 Unilocal deal for Crossfit Full Strength back in September and have been a member ever since!
The coaches at Crossfit Full Strength are friendly, knowledgeable, and really supportive. You can tell that they care about their members and want to see everyone progress. If you have questions about form, technique, how to scale a workout to your level, how much weight you should start with, etc. they’ll have an answer. If you are worried you won’t be able to do one of the workouts, don’t be — there are always scalable options and ways to work your way up! (But don’t think scaling means it will make it easy… your guaranteed to always get your ass kicked).
The other great thing about Crossfit Full Strength is that the other members are welcoming and encouraging as well. It’s not uncommon to hear members offering each other an encouraging, «good job» as they pass each other during a run or finish up a tough work out.
I highly recommend Crossfit Full Strength to anyone who is interested in trying Crossfit for the first time or anyone looking for a great CrossFit gym, in general. All the coaches are awesome, but I’d have to give a special shout out to Emily, Paul, and Gayle for coaching us early risers at 5:15am each morning! Thanks guys :)

I just completed week one and loving it!
My usual treadmill workout was no longer giving me results and I knew I had to find something that would shake up my workout routine and I found it at Crossfit Full Strength. I can’t wait to show off my new sexy body ;-)

As a preface:
1. I have been avidly Crossfitting since 2007 when I was introduced to the program at Crossfit NYC: The Black Box.
2. I have trained at boxes in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Connecticut, New York City, Utah and Colorado.
3. I have visited countless boxes while traveling.
With that said, Crossfit Full Strength is the best box I’ve ever trained at. Hands down. The programming is on point if you are looking for a balance of strength training and conditioning. The trainers are competitive Crossfitters and, as such, have insight into what works for progressive strength gains. In addition, there is a focused approach to developing and practicing olympic lifting on a 3x per week basis.
Beyond the programming, one of the aspects that I find so impressive about this gym is that the owners are not afraid to expand. Since 2009, I’ve seen the gym invest in high quality equipment including Pendlay olympic lifting bars and plates, C2 rowers, expanded pull up bars, jerk blocks, etc… Steps in this direction not only attract new members but also work to provide more value to existing members. Crossfit teaches its members that routine breeds stagnation and the owners of CFFS have taken this adage a step further by applying it to their business model.
With that said, if you are looking for performance gains, aesthetic improvement, and community, CFFS is the best bang for your buck in the Phoenix area.

I am a CrossFit newbie and am fully impressed with CrossFit Full Strength. Gayle, Emily, and Joy have done and amazing job of coaching and teaching me the movements and helping me feel right at home with them and the other members.
Being new to Phoenix and never having done CrossFit before, I felt a little bit intimidated on day #1, not knowing what I was getting myself into and whether or not I had what it takes to get comfortable with CrossFit. They did an amazing job of helping me get comfortable right away and I am getting stronger by the day.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND CrossFit Full Strength to anybody in the Phoenix area looking for a great CrossFit gym!
Thank you to the morning staff (Gayle, Emily, and Joy), you guys are doing a GREAT JOB! Keep it up!

I bought a Groupon for 3 different Crossfit trial memberships. I am two weeks into my first month long trial here are Crossfit Full Strength.
Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly (just a fun way of saying I’m telling the truth here):
1) Is the workout good? Darned right it is. I started here out of shape. The members are a smattering of newbies and long time crossfitters I was able to fit right in without slowing the class down. The coaches made adjustments to my workout so that I could receive the benefits of the Crossfit routine. I love the variety of exercise and leave every workout totally spent.
2) The staff are already aware of where I am at (only after 2 weeks) and they constantly come by and provide coaching on the movements for each excercise.
3) Motivation. The other members are friendly, fun, encouraging, and helpful. It’s kind of like a big family; everyone wants to see all the members succeed.
The owner is there a-​lot. She stays in constant contact with us via email and does a great job running her gym.
4) The place. Ok, it’s not The Village and it’s not 24 hour Fitness. It ain’t pretty. It’s all about the workout, the end result, and helping the members stay on track. If you want to buy a cheap one year membership where they don’t care about you (actually most gyms hope you buy the membership and never come back) you can find that kind of thing all across the valley. This place is the real deal.
5) More about the place: Rumor has it that the owner is on the hunt for a new location with a much bigger space.
Bottom line: If you are looking for a place that will get you fit and challenge your limits this is a great choice. I will be «testing» out two other crossfit gyms within the next three months and will update my opinion once I have experienced the other two places. If you are looking for a great place to get it done near 40^th & Thomas you have to give this box a try.