Found this gym for junior Olympic weightlifting for my daughters who are 8 and 11. We live 45 mins away and sacrifice the drive to come here for the weightlifting lifting team. The sacrifice is similar to most parents I know who do the same sacrificial drive to one of the best gymnastics gyms in the area. This junior weightlifting team is the only one I know of in town when I was looking for one. I think there are many weightlifting clubs or barbell clubs in this area but not for young kids that offer training to someone as young as one of my daughters who are 8 and 11 years old. This place offers an outstanding weightlifting foundation for kids starting 8 years old (probably even younger if one is able to grasp the concept). We discovered this gym March 6th and my girls went to their first weightlifting meet April 15th and have done extremely well. The girls have great form and the junior weightlifting coach/owner ensures they are doing their lifts safely. We want safety first and prevent injuries. This coach also coaches adult weightlifters. The gym has a lot of weights, dumbbells, rowers and air-bikes. Four platforms noted. They have boxes too for box jumps and rings for ring rows, dips and muscle ups. They have a rig for pull-ups and kettlebells. Aesthetically, it is better than some gyms I have been too. The place still smells like fresh paint. Bathrooms are big with showers and are approved for persons with disabilities. Whenever I can, I join their group fitness class. Since the gym is still new, the class times offered are 4:30-5:30 and 5:30-6:30 at this time. The 5:30 class is perfect and matches the kids training session, starting at 5:30. More class times are planned as the gym gets more members who request other class times. The coaching from Coach Robbie is very good. I only expect the best from a CF teams competitor. I really like his programming but he seems so shy though and doesn't talk much. I need a little more encouragement from Robbie because I am not a super athlete like the other guys he coaches. I am not familiar with all kinds of fitness training and other varied exercises. I am someone who you need to teach and explain things to. I can be a challenge. Again, I like his programming with exercises that is suppose help with stabilization. I also experienced great coaching from tall Anthony (Olympic Weightlifter/CF coach). He is very personable and explains each movement well and explains what muscles we should expect to feel the sore or the burn. Provides good modification so that I can still do a workout and feel the burn. Thinks of safety first to prevent injury and will push you throughout your workout. I need this kind of encouragement. He also makes the workout more fun and less intimidating. There's the Owner/Olympic Weightlifting Coach Anthony who is extremely knowledgeable with fitness, core strength and stabilization. When there's no class, I workout on my own. Once in a while the coach/owner can't help and notice my mistakes, so he will chime in from the other end of the gym and tell me to fix my leg or my arms when I'm practicing an Olympic weightlifting movement. I feel bad and do not like asking guidance from him while he is busy coaching the kids, but he will chime in anyway... and my kids tease me about it and my form (lol). But, it's nice getting unsolicited help :) This gym is new and is working on building its community. Come, and be a part of it! This gym offers superb training on junior weightlifting, adult weightlifting and fitness training. If you want to get better at your weightlifting, come here! This is a great place to learn weightlifting no matter your age. The coach/owner will help you. If you are a parent like me who has kids that are interested in weightlifting, have your kids join the team. Start them with a good strong foundation. As the team parent, I look forward to workout with you in this gym while we wait for our weightlifting athlete finish their daily training session. You can also go next door to the brewery and have a beer while waiting. If you have really small kids or other kids not interested in lifting... they have a bouncy house and a swim school next door to keep them entertained for the next 2 hours. I am so excited for the future of this gym and for the future of junior weightlifting athletes that come through here. Keep an eye on this weightlifting team and follow us on Instagram and FaceBook. Follow this gym @crossfitchoptank and discover their athletes. #teamchoptank #choptankathlete #choptankathletes #choptankparents read more

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How can a "Crossfit" box receive a 1 star rating...by having a micro-managing owner, that's how. I will start by saying that the Crossfit Coach, at the time, was exceptional with his programming, encouraging words, and helpful attitude. I would have loved to stay at this box for years to come but the owner, Anthony Hernandez, is none of those to the crossfitters. He micro-managed by saying what music we could listen to, the temperature of the box (it would be so hot that you thought you would puke during the warm up), whether the bay doors could be open, and he's not much of a truth teller. He told us on multiple occasions that equipment and upgrades to the box were coming and none of that happened. He did get bikes and rowers but we were promised more rig and the floor to be finished. I can attest that the bathrooms were not cleaned or if they were it was very infrequent. We had to bring in our own hand soap, had to remind him constantly about paper towels to dry our hands, there is no water fountain/station to fill our bottles so we took it upon ourselves to bring in cases of water for the entire box to use. We brought our own chalk, white board markers, equipment....and none of that was appreciated. Never a thank you. He didn't want anyone else to have a key to the place even though it was a hassle for him to make it during the offered class times (there was a time he didn't make it at all and said it was traffic, we checked and there was none - liar!). He is not one to talk face-to-face about issues, he would give all the bad news to the coach to deliver. When the head coach wasn't there, he would have to "coach" and it was pretty much us warming up on our own and talking about the workout on our own. What's even worst is that, if you ever go against him by say cancelling a membership, he will make sure you can't come to his facility (who wants to go back) and block you on social media. People warned us of this guy before but nobody listened. I'm glad that I moved to Choptank b/c I was able to develop a good friendship with the other athletes and coach. If the owner didn't micro-manage, he could have had a thriving Crossfit facility. read more

I started CF here because I knew the coach from other CF boxes where he was their dedicated weight training coach. I was happy to see he had his own box so I started. I was hoping it focused more on weight training than the gymnastics stuff. I've been to multiple CF boxes and this one is just as nice as any of them. It has a small community but that is because it's just starting. When I started going, I noticed he had a dedicated Olympic weightlifting section. My daughter has tried many different sports/dancing/cheer leading and never really stuck with any of them. I asked about classes and decided to let her try it. She is up to 3 days a week now and her form is better than mine! They have a team that travels to events and the parent association that runs it is full of great people. All the kids get along really well and it's a breath of fresh air in the kids sporting world. Most other sports are full of parents who act like they are the ones competing. We all have wine and cheese together. LOL. Anthony is a top notch coach and very well known in the area. One of the girls is setting records with her lifts and there's no doubt it's because of Anthony, who was a national champion at one time. This is a great place for both parents and kids to work out and receive top notch coaching at a relatively low price. It would cost $$$ to get this amount of personal training at any local gym without taking into consideration who is the coach. I'm really happy this place exists and hope to be there for the foreseeable future. read more

Fairly small. limited class times and no open gym times to just work on skills/lift. basic equipment. Only recently bought his own set of KBs, because prior to this members of the gym contributed by bringing their own equipment. classes that have more than 6 people always need to stagger, as there is insufficient rig space and only 6 rowers/bikes. has potential. best part is coach Robbie and his programming. definitely worth checking out his programming! It's incredible and varies. Won't get bored. If you're the type of person that needs music to get amped for a WOD, avoid this place. Rap music is absolutely not allowed, per the owner, no matter the popular vote. North Korea much? Total dictator. In fact, best to avoid the owner. Doesn't quite know how to treat people with respect. He has tried to coach CF a couple times when Robbie isn't there and doesn't have a clue what to do. Apparently, he's a level 1 coach, but you wouldn't think so. There are Olympic lifting "classes." He only coaches one way- wider stance and wider hand placement. Surely it works as the two main people he coaches are pulling an incredible amount of weight. (But if you ask me, I'm not sure how much he helped the only guy he coaches as he's built like a machine and would do well like under any coach.) If you're new, he's not the best coach for that. No program written anywhere, like other gyms, so if you think you'll lift some days and CrossFit others, think again! HA! If you're looking for better hours & equipment there are other CF boxes in the area like Revamped, 12 Labors, Blue Crab, and Top Tier. If you're a beginner, try the aforementioned options, as there is no fundamentals class, but if you're up for a challenge come on in! The CF people are helpful, knowledgeable, and push you to work harder. Gender neutral bathrooms available. Showers available, but haven't used. Bathrooms are cleaned about once every couple weeks. Not sure why they don't hire someone to clean. Can get gross, like a gas station stop where you line the seat with TP prior to use. No water fountain. He doesn't provide water, so you have to bring your own or buy bottles and leave then there; be prepared to share because he will help himself to one without asking. In fact, if you love chalk, be prepared to spend money on it for yourself and the crew, as I don't think the owner has supplied any of the chalk. Members continue to fork over cash to get blocks of chalk, because we all know how expensive that can be.... (insert eye roll) All in all, why would anyone come here? For the program, small class sizes......and that's it! **Update- terrible hours drove me to purchase a supplement gym membership** ***2nd update- if you stick up for yourself and appear in any way confrontational even if it's strongly suggestion something, you could be kicked out. Has anyone ever been kicked out a gym!? I mean even planet pizza, I mean, fitness has a lenient policy! The owner intends to stick with oly lifting only instead of CrossFit from what I understand. Beware of the owner and his Napoleon complex.*** ***3rd update- don't let below 4/5- star reviews fool you. Try out the other established boxes and you'll know this place is a joke. As for the junior weightlifting, the owner is creepy and weird, why would you want a man like that near your underaged kids..?! Different strokes, I guess...*** read more

Great addition to the area. Large area to train and the coaching is great.

Gym has ample room and lots of open space. It has a large number of air bikes and rowers. The owner is a level 2 CF coach. More than enough equipment for any group. Outstanding youth weightlifting program. The bathrooms are average but better than many other gyms, also have showers. read more

Decent gym for weightlifting, not a good gym for CrossFit. Lots of promises with failed deliveries by the owner. Very limited hours and no morning classes. Gym looks half finished, and basic necessities like soap in bathrooms, water and chalk weren't provided by owner until well after most of the members were fed up with the owners antics and left. (After 5 months of being at the gym). Owner is anti social and in classes he was coaching for CrossFit was very hands off and basically had to be ran ourselves. Bathrooms are rarely cleaned however the main floor was swept /mopped weekly. Head coach Robbie was great as was his programming but it seems he left shortly after I did. Overall if your looking for a CrossFit gym try any of others before looking here. read more