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Breaking news, people. The first-ever CrossFit Level-1 cert in the New York metro area will be just a subway ride away in Brooklyn in October. Congrats to CFSBK for landing this cert. They've got a great space at the Brooklyn Lyceum and I'm sure they'll do a bang-up job hosting.
If you're thinking of attending, I would definitely advise signing up now as the Level-1 certs always go fast, and I would imagine even more so in a city of 8 million people (plus all the other East Coasters who've been looking to attend a driving-distance cert and haven't had any in a long, long time).
Some readers of our blog who are not members of the Black Box but are interested in CrossFit might wonder how a Level-1 cert differs from our Elements Workshop. Well, they differ in a lot of ways. Whereas the cert gives you a basic primer to the fundamental CrossFit movements over the course of 2 days, our Elements Workshop (whether in the small-group class setting or one-on-one) is more expansive in what it can and does cover. Furthermore, on a practical note, while a Level-1 cert costs $1000, our Elements Workshop costs only $300.
If you're already a personal trainer or considering becoming one, a Level-1 cert is a must if you'd like to be a CrossFit trainer. If you're excited about CrossFit but have no desire to ever teach it to others, you'll get much more added value for your money by attending one of our Elements Workshops. Perhaps some of our members who've done both a Level-1 cert and our Elements Workshop could speak to that in the comments.
I myself got involved at The Black Box before there was a formalized Elements Workshop training program; nonetheless I can tell you that the day-in, day-out training with our experienced CrossFit-certified trainers made me have a fuller understanding of CrossFit principles, methodology, etc., than any Level-1 cert ever could. Every day I still learn something and my understanding grows deeper, because I get to teach and learn beside our amazing staff.
All that I say is not meant as a critique of the Level-1 cert as a concept; it's only meant to emphasize the fact that it takes much time and effort to fully absorb CrossFit and its many facets (i.e., gymnastics, powerlifting, Olympic lifting, kettlebells, etc.), and anyone who would attend our Elements Workshop and then become a member of our gym would learn (over time) all they could ever need to know about CrossFit.
Still confused? Ask questions in the comments and we the trainers and members of CFNYC will do our best to answer them in the comments.
Let's all wish Elise the best as she returns to law school down in D.C. All summer long I've enjoyed watching the fervor with which she tackles the WODs, like in this pic where she did the pullup/ring dip workout as Rx'd.
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