Assessments - CrossFit 9

Assess for success

Great news: If you are looking for the right place to stop your nagging injuries, build a bulletproof athletic foundation, and lay the groundwork for years of healthy functional fitness, you are in the right spot.

Scroll for details, or get started with our easy two-step process:

Step 1: ROM Assessment

A FREE, super-easy appointment that takes less than 15 minutes. (We prefer to assess you before you work out.)

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Step 2: strength Assessment

Whether you want to do your Strength Assessment with the watchful eye of a CrossFit9 personal trainer, or the convenience of remote coaching, we've got you covered!

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The Assessments

We have two assessments we use with our athletes to create a functional diagnosis. Like a doctor uses a medical diagnosis, your functional diagnosis will help your coaches make customizations to your warmups, workouts, and recovery with new layers of helpful information about your body.

Step 1: The Range of Motion (ROM) Assessment

The Range of Motion (shortened to ROM) Assessment tells us about the flexibility and mobility across the major joints of your body. We'll also note any painful spots. This lays the groundwork for your coaches to craft your workouts in a way that is customized to your needs.

This takes less than 15 minutes, and it's super easy. We do ask that you schedule it when you have not yet worked out. We need to know how you feel when you're not warmed up.

Did we mention the ROM Assessment is FREE? Schedule here!

Coach Dane completes a ROM Assessment with Larkin.

Step 2: The Strength Assessment

Do you know your max Single Arm Farmer Carry? How about your Front Rack Step Up?

And how the heck do the answers help you get out of pain and bust through plateaus, anyways?!

In short, our Strength Assessment uses familiar movements as tests. The results help your coach identify strength imbalances in your body and determine where your biggest opportunities for improvement lie. That means we can turn your programming into a custom-made plan that perfectly fits your needs.

The best part: You have options on how to complete your tests, including:

• One-on-one or small group training
• On your own as homework
• As part of an individual programming plan

You may have heard us call this assessment by different names: Strength Balance, Strength Ratio, etc. They all refer to the tests in our Strength Assessment.

Sound good? Let's get started!

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do I really need an assessment?

Do any of these sound like you?

My ______ hurts when I ______.
The doctor says I have tendonitis.
I have the feeling I'm not performing as well as I could be, but I can't quite put my finger on why.
I want to make sure I'm getting the most out of my class time, and I don't have time to add more programming to my day.
I love the idea of CrossFit, but I'm afraid my body can't do this sort of thing long-term.
I'm a lifelong athlete and the years of wear and tear are catching up to me.
I had surgery and just got done with all of my physical therapy, but I'm not sure where to go from here.
Ten years ago a doctor told me to never pick up anything heavier than 25 lbs.
I keep getting injured, and I'm so frustrated I might just give up and go back to the elliptical.

If you recognized yourself in any of the above scenarios, the answer is likely yes.

However, we are not here to sell you assessments you do not need, or programming that will not meet your expectations. We promise not to take you on unless we know we can help.

If you have any questions about whether or not this is a good fit for you, please reach out using the form below.

Can I do this if I'm injured?

I'm not injured. How can this help me?

That's wonderful! We're glad you're moving pain-free.

This is a great time for you to get assessed. Using the results of your ROM and Strength Assessments, we're going to get a great picture of how to keep it that way for the long haul. When we say we want you to be able to do this when you're 80, we mean it.

The best-case scenario of a strength imbalance is that at some point, you might plateau or just not improve as quickly (bummer). The worst-case scenario is that it might contribute to an eventual injury or pain (huge, possibly expensive bummer).

If you're unsure, please use the form below to reach out. If you are not a good candidate, we will let you know.

Can I just wait for a Strength Balance workshop?

We want athletes to have the convenience of accessing these assessments as you need them, instead of needing to wait for a Strength Balance Workshop.

We've put a good deal of work into moving the assessments (along with tutorials) to TrueCoach, an app that will allow you to do the tests as your strength homework over the course of a few days. The results will go directly to your coach for interpretation.

We also find the results are more accurate when we're not completing many tests in the same session.

It's possible we may schedule some Strength Balance Workshops in the future, but at the moment we do not have specific dates on the calendar.

Click over the Strength Assessment page to order yours!

Where do the assessments come from? Are my coaches certified?

Our ROM and Strength Assessments are adopted from Active Life Rx, a company created by chiropractors and physical therapists. Active Life Rx educates coaches like ours how to help athletes get out of pain without missing the gym. Their proven methods have helped thousands of everyday athletes around the world, right up to CrossFit Games athletes like Rich Froning, Brook Wells, and Lindy Barber. (All that to say they're legit!)

Our Active Life Rx certified coaches will complete your assessments.

Reach out to us

Whether you're unsure if this is a good fit for your needs or you have additional questions, let us know!

Disclaimer

You knew it was coming. So here's the fine print.

We're not doctors, and we'll never pretend to be, even on TV.

Assessments and programs issued by our coaches are for athletic performance use. They are not intended to diagnose or treat any specific injuries or conditions. They are not a replacement for the advice and care of a trusted medical practitioner.