About Us

CrossFit MSP - Unparalled Coaching, Programming, and Community.

CrossFit MSP is the Twin Cities' premier strength and conditioning facility located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. The “MSP” in our name represents “Minneapolis-St.Paul”, and also has a personal meaning representing the initials of one of CrossFit MSP founders (Michael S. Pilhofer)

(Michael is pictured here on the left with CFMSP Co-Founder and wife Van Nguyen, along side the legendary "COACH" Mike Burgener at CrossFit's Olympic Weightlifting Certification)

At CrossFitMSP, we offer group and individual training, utilizing the CrossFit methodology. Our focus is overall functional fitness and health.  This means our workouts are comprised of functional movements like (pushing, pulling, squatting, lifting, running) executed at high intensity in a variety of ways.

Mission:

To provide the highest quality, comprehensive fitness training to our clients.

Vision:

To cultivate a fit community by proving an atmosphere of support and camaraderie in which to share and transfer our knowledge of, and passion for fitness so that you become the fittest athlete you can be.

You may think these are just words we crafted for the website.  Not true.  Before we made the decision to open our doors, one of the questions we asked ourselves was: “why are we doing this?” The answer that came back again and again was, we want to help people of all ages, and backgrounds lead a fit, healthy life. All of us at CrossFit MSP have first hand experience with the benefits of CrossFit, and are firm believers in its effectiveness to change lives.  We are so passionate about CrossFit that you could say it has become a calling for us.  We want a community that is supportive of one another in the pursuit of fitness excellence. We want CrossFit to be a key enabler to improving your overall health and fitness.

It is our hope that after spending time with us at CrossFit MSP, you will experience improvements to your fitness, health, and overall quality of life that you never thought attainable.

So what does this all mean? It means that at CrossFit MSP you will not find rows of stationary bikes and weight machines. Instead you will find pull-up bars, kettlebells, barbells, and plenty of space for squatting, running, jumping, climbing, lifting, and throwing. The muscles in our bodies are designed to work as systems, and to yield the most effective results, we will train that way. Your workouts will be comprised of exercises that mimic movements performed in day-to-day life, or sport.

Each day’s workout is scalable to suit your fitness level, and because our workouts rarely take longer than 25-35 minutes, they can fit into even the busiest of schedules.

Our workouts focus our clients on optimizing physical competencies in the following ten fitness domains for a general fitness level unmatched by any other fitness program:

1. Endurance – the ability of body systems to gather, process, and deliver oxygen (cardiovascular/respiratory endurance).
2. Stamina – the ability of body systems to gather, store, deliver, and utilize energy (capacity to maintain muscular movements).
3. Strength – the ability of muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply force.
4. Flexibility- The ability to maximize the range of motion at a given joint.
5. Power – The ability of muscular unit, or combination of muscular units, to apply maximum force in minimum time.
6. Speed – The ability to minimize time cycle of a repeated movement.
7. Coordination – The ability to combine several distinct movements into a single distinct movement.
8. Agility – The ability to minimize transition time from one movement pattern to another.
9. Balance – The ability to control the placement of one’s body center of gravity in relation to its support base.
10. Accuracy – The ability to control movement in a given direction or at a given intensity.

With our constantly varied programming, you will rarely do the same workout twice in any given month. Simply put, you will never get bored. We do the programming so sit back and enjoy the ride.

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