Frequently Asked Questions

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We are currently introducing most new members directly into our group training classes. The experience level of most people in general with functional exercise has risen over the years and we have a strong group of veteran members who are well trained giving our coaches plenty of attention to spend on those who need it most in bring people up to speed on form, technique, safety and knowledge.

We offer open gym on Saturday mornings from 6-8am.  Members are welcome to show up early for classes and stay late to work on skills.  If you are well-experienced and want to join but do a combination of our program and your own, we work out arrangements on a case by case basis.

Dropping in for a class is the first step.  Out of shape?  No Experience?  Don’t even worry.  We are excited to give everyone a workout that is appropriate for their ability.

We offer Free Community Saturday classes every week! contact us and let us know if you want to attend.  If you cannot make a Saturday we will invite you in for another day and time.

One of the biggest myths about functional fitness or CrossFit-style  programs is that they are only appropriate for already fit individuals.  People often tell us that they want to get in shape before they start.  The longer you try to get yourself in shape to prepare for training, the more time you are wasting.  Your workouts will not be as effective as ours in advancing you toward your goals, and we are ready to accommodate even the most out of shape individuals.  See our testimonials page for proof of what this program can do for you, then sign up instead of spinning your own wheels.

At Aquila Fitness, we train with the sole purpose of increasing physical capacity. Getting “bulky” is based on your genetics. A high intensity strength and conditioning program will bring your physique and your health to your genetic potential. Some people build muscle easier than others based on muscle fiber type and individual hormone levels. Very few people actually have the genetic ability to get “bulky” under drug-free natural conditions. At the highest levels of, let’s say CrossFit… most athletes look like elite track and field athletes or fitness models.  Who wouldn’t want to look more like that?

If you are someone who is self-conscious about gaining muscle mass and you manipulate your fitness regimen to avoid building muscle, you are not going to experience the benefits of true physical fitness. We do lift things and we do make people strong, but we do not train with the goal of bulking up.

Around here the classic idea of doing cardio is a useless concept. For years exercisers have obsessed over burning calories as a means of losing weight. The process of repetitively doing long duration, low to moderate intensity exercise, you will decrease your metabolism and increase negative hormone levels in your body over time.  Cardio as you know is an ineffective method of developing fitness, physique, and/or health.

The key to developing fitness is constantly varied, functional movements performed at high intensity. In other words do a mixture of weightlifting, calisthenics, and conditioning exercises in short anaerobic bursts to achieve your best results. Recreational activity is great as well. Humans are geared for super low intensity such as walking or hiking, and high intensity activities like sprinting, and we respond tremendously to the latter. Think of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle.  Lots of foraging with occasional bouts of life and death intensity. That’s who we are.

Our athletes develop high levels of aerobic fitness without ever performing workings longer than 20 minutes.  Our athletes regularly run 5k and 10k races without training for them and beat all their friends who run daily.

On your days off, do things that help you recover from your last workout and prepare yourself to come back to the gym feeling fresh and ready for more intensity.  Moderate to low intensity activity done for 30 minutes+ ie. cardio is the enemy.  Cardio makes you skinny-fat, and you do not want to be skinny-fat.

For more on this read, What About Cardio?, by Greg Glassman