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July 2021 by Richard Gomez
Excellent place for indoor sports.
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July 2021 by Ryan Holmes
great workout!! Erik is top notch
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November 2020 by MrsJackie NGeorge Wood
Best coach over 22 years Kinesiology Masters Education . All skill levels welcome he can provide scaling (modified exercises to your level) You will level up with his coaching and experience. HIIT, Crossfit & Bootcamp classes. My personal goal is to show up & trust his expert skills. I try hard because he believes in your ability . The classmates have contagious positive energy . I am in my 8th week experience is priceless ...you expect the physical strength and body evolutio
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April 2020 by Captain Johann
Wonderful times and instruction for my first time doing cross fit. I never felt pressure to push myself too far. Also, I was able to get private Kettlebell lessons which were terrific! After several lessons I feel confident in my ability to handle a kettlebell safely and improve my strength with them. I can also now spot many mistakes and misinformation on the internet and even some books, which was an eye opener to say the least. Very good teaching and good, strong times!
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March 2020 by Johann S.
What a wonderful experience it has been trying out CrossFit and getting training in the Kettlebells at this gym (The kettlebell training was so good that my wife is going to be doing it as well!). Erik is a real licensed professional and caters to a variety of people. Because I was learning some of the techniques in CrossFit for the first time, the emphasis was on form over weight and there was no pressure to push myself too far, and yet there were also people in the same class who were very competitive and able to have extremely challenging workouts for them. He understands body mechanics and has a lot of experience in helping people work around injuries and limitations. Also, his private kettlebell lessons were VERY helpful! There is no way I could ever have gotten the same instruction from a book or the internet (In fact, now I can spot when things are clearly wrong or amateurish). I am now confident that I have a solid base of understanding and experience with which to safely incorporate kettlebells into my workouts, and Erik even offered to have me occasional check in with him if I desired just to make sure my form was still good and answer any further questions I might have. I am very grateful for this gym, it's staff and clientele and the workouts I am having in it!
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February 2019 by Huy H.
Great facility, very nice people. Eric is very accommodating and was extremely helpful and friendly when I dropped in for training. I highly recommend this gym.
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September 2016 by B W.
I was recently in Fresno for a week for training. I had looked up a groupon for crossfit earlier and saw the deal for Combat Fitness and I joined without knowing anything about it. I had read their website a little, the main guy is a strength coach so what the hell? The box itself was exactly what I expected from crossfit, they have everything you would need. Erik, the owner was leading the groups and some of his trainers filled in on some classes. Everyone was very friendly, showed me proper form and I got an amazing workout that week I was there. Very happy with my money spent. I know I will go back every time I have to go to Fresno.
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June 2016 by Troy Anglin
Great coaching and an extremely positive atmosphere.
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June 2016 by Brendan Duffy
Amazing. Always a great workout with great trainers.
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April 2016 by Shindi Grewal
I absolutely love combat crossfit! The staff is awesome! I have been going for about 9 months, three hours a week and have seen a huge change in my body! The staff is really good about pushing when needed and altering the work out if your not ready to push yourself just yet! I highly recommend it!
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April 2016 by Cherylyn Crill-Hornsby
Great staff, terrific training space, and excellent team environment.
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April 2016 by Brian McCurry
The whole crew at Combat have been fantastic. The coaches of the time I have been there have provided consistently the structure needed to make sure I'm learning proper form and technique. And, the community of athletes is incredibly supportive. A great box for the beginner and those who want to be more competitive.
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October 2015 by Jaquie Lopez-Wood
I have a die-hard respect for Erik Traeger. His professionalism & dedication to bring together elite coaches with the tenacity to participate in ongoing, training, education, and the quest for their own personal athletic triumphs. Its that passion that transcends, engages, empowers, and propels participants at all fitness levels towards surpassing personal goals. The only thing stopping you from success, is you... "Start today, stronger tomorrow." (thank you to all the amazing coaches, this is by far the best group of athletes... training athletes, God bless you all) Follow my journey...Instagram:DIVABEAR81
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June 2011 by James Orr
My wife and I went to CrossFit Combat Fitness for a free introductory workout in February of '09 after one of the kinesiology faculty from Fresno Pacific University recommended it to me one night after class. The workout that night was to work on our squats, and the skill lesson had to do with something called a snatch (one of the olympic weightlifting lifts). I remember the details for two reasons. 1) I'd initiated the conversation with the kinesiology professor by asking if there was anywhere in town to learn the olympic lifts. 2) Because I'll never forget what it was like to see Erik, the owner, take my wife aside and work with her individually, teaching her how to squat, and the look of, "awesome!" all over her face. Unfortunately it wasn't until October that we actually decided to join. Erik had been working out a fitness program to help keep me in condition specifically for martial arts, and my wife was looking for something more than she'd been getting from the classes at GB3. We finally decided to go all the way and become full fledged members of CrossFit Combat Fitness. We couldn't be happier that we did. I'm a bit of a n**** so I looked up all the background and certifications of all the staff. Most were certified by USA Weightlifting, coach Erik was one of two in the valley to have RKC's level 2 qualification in kettlebell training (a likewise small group nationally), each and every coach had a degree in Kinesiology from Fresno State, coach Ericlee was actually one of Fresno Pacific's Kinesiology instructors, and Coach Erik had been one of the strength coaches for Fresno State. These are things that kind of set them apart. I mean, lets be honest. It's good to know you're not just throwing your money at some swishy pants wearing guy randomly shouting, "One more! One more!" We've been greeted with open arms and expertly taught ever since. The first workout (4 rounds for time of a 500 meter row) sticks out painfully in my mind (can you say, "wheeze"), and I remember Coach Ericlee watching me row that night and giving me tips. I can't count how many times Coach Andrew invited me to come workout with him on Saturdays to get extra help with some of the more technical aspects of the olympic lifts, or Coach Alan setting up a special slow motion video system to break down my form as if I were Tiger Woods. When my wife had a non-CrossFit related knee injury, Coach Erik didn't even blink before figuring out how to make the workouts and classes accessible. Many of the members have become close friends, too, coming over for Easter dinner or going on trips to Yosemite. You walk into the place and it's quality quality quality. I could go on about the comfortable facilities themselves (compared to other CrossFit affiliates we've seen), the warmup before every class, whatever, but you get the idea. CrossFit Combat Fitness really has become part of our lives, and I can't imagine ever signing up anywhere else.
