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I've tried a handful of CrossFit affiliates around the Peninsula, as well as a few alternatives like Equinox; based on this search, I'm confident that Mad Dawg offers the most efficient and effective coaching/programming in the area. There are four basic reasons for this:
1. Subject-matter expertise: Saul (head coach) knows the exercise-science literature more deeply than almost any strength/conditioning coach I've ever met (and I've met a lot), and he's got the curiosity of a true expert: He'll pull out the anatomy books to help diagnose a tweak in your shoulder, and he'll follow up by sending you a report on how to treat the problem.
2. Training expertise: It's one thing to know how to do something well; it's quite another to know how to teach that thing well. (In education this is called "pedagogical content knowledge.") The main weakness I've seen with most CF affiliates in the area is here: There are coaches out there who can write programs and demonstrate movements but cannot figure out how to get athletes to perform correctly. By contrast, Saul and his team focus on getting each athlete from a baseline (which might be college sports, or it might be a sedentary lifetime) onto a healthy and optimal path *for that athlete*.
3. Holistic mindset: Mad Dawg has seminars on Olympic weightlifting, seminars on mobility, seminars on nutrition, seminars on gymastics, and seminars on goal-setting. Their mission is to get folks living a healthier lifestyle--that goes *WAY* beyond simply getting folks stronger, or even getting folks to move better.
4. Community: This last one is the consequence of the first three. People who train at Mad Dawg are upbeat, supportive, eager to learn, and happy to welcome new athletes. We are all in it for the long haul: We aren't here to increase our max bench press, we're here to make sure that when we're in our sixties and seventies we're still moving with grace, strength, and joy. (That's not to say there are no hardcore athletes at the gym: We've got several who can post impressive scores in most CrossFit benchmark workouts, run 1:45 half-marathons, etc. They're just "sustainably hardcore" athletes. :))
I've tried a handful of CrossFit affiliates around the Peninsula, as well as a few alternatives like Equinox; based on this search, I'm confident that Mad Dawg offers the most efficient and effective coaching/programming in the area. There are four basic reasons for this:
1. Subject-matter expertise: Saul (head coach) knows the exercise-science literature more deeply than almost any strength/conditioning coach I've ever met (and I've met a lot), and he's got the curiosity of a true expert: He'll pull out the anatomy books to help diagnose a tweak in your shoulder, and he'll follow up by sending you a report on how to treat the problem.
2. Training expertise: It's one thing to know how to do something well; it's quite another to know how to teach that thing well. (In education this is called "pedagogical content knowledge.") The main weakness I've seen with most CF affiliates in the area is here: There are coaches out there who can write programs and demonstrate movements but cannot figure out how to get athletes to perform correctly. By contrast, Saul and his team focus on getting each athlete from a baseline (which might be college sports, or it might be a sedentary lifetime) onto a healthy and optimal path *for that athlete*.
3. Holistic mindset: Mad Dawg has seminars on Olympic weightlifting, seminars on mobility, seminars on nutrition, seminars on gymastics, and seminars on goal-setting. Their mission is to get folks living a healthier lifestyle--that goes *WAY* beyond simply getting folks stronger, or even getting folks to move better.
4. Community: This last one is the consequence of the first three. People who train at Mad Dawg are upbeat, supportive, eager to learn, and happy to welcome new athletes. We are all in it for the long haul: We aren't here to increase our max bench press, we're here to make sure that when we're in our sixties and seventies we're still moving with grace, strength, and joy. (That's not to say there are no hardcore athletes at the gym: We've got several who can post impressive scores in most CrossFit benchmark workouts, run 1:45 half-marathons, etc. They're just "sustainably hardcore" athletes. :))
I've tried a handful of CrossFit affiliates around the Peninsula, as well as a few alternatives like Equinox; based on this search, I'm confident that Mad Dawg offers the most efficient and effective coaching/programming in the area. There are four basic reasons for this:
1. Subject-matter expertise: Saul (head coach) knows the exercise-science literature more deeply than almost any strength/conditioning coach I've ever met (and I've met a lot), and he's got the curiosity of a true expert: He'll pull out the anatomy books to help diagnose a tweak in your shoulder, and he'll follow up by sending you a report on how to treat the problem.
2. Training expertise: It's one thing to know how to do something well; it's quite another to know how to teach that thing well. (In education this is called "pedagogical content knowledge.") The main weakness I've seen with most CF affiliates in the area is here: There are coaches out there who can write programs and demonstrate movements but cannot figure out how to get athletes to perform correctly. By contrast, Saul and his team focus on getting each athlete from a baseline (which might be college sports, or it might be a sedentary lifetime) onto a healthy and optimal path *for that athlete*.
3. Holistic mindset: Mad Dawg has seminars on Olympic weightlifting, seminars on mobility, seminars on nutrition, seminars on gymastics, and seminars on goal-setting. Their mission is to get folks living a healthier lifestyle--that goes *WAY* beyond simply getting folks stronger, or even getting folks to move better.
4. Community: This last one is the consequence of the first three. People who train at Mad Dawg are upbeat, supportive, eager to learn, and happy to welcome new athletes. We are all in it for the long haul: We aren't here to increase our max bench press, we're here to make sure that when we're in our sixties and seventies we're still moving with grace, strength, and joy. (That's not to say there are no hardcore athletes at the gym: We've got several who can post impressive scores in most CrossFit benchmark workouts, run 1:45 half-marathons, etc. They're just "sustainably hardcore" athletes. :))
