We believe that training the mind is the most important piece.  All training done here is with the goal of transforming the mind.  We believe that “a human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, sail a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly, specialization is for insects”.  Robert Heinlein, as quoted in Starting Strength 2nd ed by Mark Rippetoe and Long Kilgore, Assagaard Company 2007

We believe a whole person is a person that has developed their being.  We believe that through training the physical we can train or re-train the mind.  “The mind drags the body – struggling behind it – rarely the opposite.  When spirit “increases” improved physical performance is a consequence, and as performance improves spirit soars, confidence evolves, and character develops.”  – Mark Twight

There is a pivotal moment in every workout that no one can escape.  The moment when that voice in your head is telling you that you can’t do anymore, your too tired, you’ve done enough, and it’s this moment that we train for.  That moment is the building block of greatness, that single instance will be carried with you for the rest of your life as the moment you thought you couldn’t do something, yet you did.  Every day we get a chance to practice that.  That power and resolve to never quite will grow, and the mind will become powerful, and you will be truly capable of anything.

At the end of this path is a complete person who is physically fit, mentally strong and capable of anything they choose to do.

What is CrossFit Costa Mesa?

We are a group of people who band together to encourage and build each other up.  We tried to do this at other places and decided to do something different.

We wanted a place to experience transformation in a safe place.  That place where all you have is the power of your mind, fighting to overcome the lies we’ve been told about ourselves.   Where the doors to the depth of your true power are opened, and for once, you are allowed to look into your unlimited potential and truly know that nothing in this world can stop you.  That’s the kind of place we wanted to create.

There is nothing better than putting everything you have into a workout and to experience that place where all that’s left is your ragged gasps for air, the deep ache of exhaustion, the victory of another breakthrough, and the realization that there are others next to you experiencing the same thing.

We have found CrossFit to be starting place for truly opening up the potential inside.  We use a lot of their methodologies, their teachings, and their basic philosophy primarily because it provides the right environment to transform our minds.