Starting a CrossFit Box? Get Help From These 10 Kickass Tips How to Open a Crossfit Gym?
- Sign up for a workshop to become certified as a Level 1 trainer (costs $1,000)
- Pay the annual licensing fee to CrossFit (costs $3,000)
- Find a convenient location to open your gym
- Determine what to charge members (standard membership is $100 to $200 per month)
- Set up specialty classes to set you apart from the competition
- When you’re ready to hire, make sure you find good employees and coaches
- Use social media to involve members and market your gym
- Keep track of all of your expenses
- Grow your network with other box owners
- Remember that there will be challenges
CrossFit is no longer a box you go to after work to get fit, but a lifestyle that is so deeply embedded in your everyday life. Maybe you’ll open up your own box, like many before you, because you want to share this new lifestyle you’ve adopted with others. That desire to share a passion is exactly how CrossFit has made its money and how a workout session becomes a fitness obsession.