New CrossFit Gym Opens in Centereach

The increasingly popular fitness movement, CrossFit, has made its way to Centereach.

CrossFit, a fitness program that employs an approach of constantly varied functional movements at high-intensity, is now offered in the Centereach area, located at 69 Horseblock Road, Suite A.

The gym is owned by Anthony Escandon, a longtime Centereach resident and certified CrossFit trainer with well over a year of coaching experience. Prior to the opening of his own gym, Anthony had coaching stints at two other local CrossFit affiliates. 

"Health and Fitness wasn’t always something that intrigued me, but CrossFit changed all of that," Escandon said. "After finding CrossFit a few years ago, I knew opening my own place was something I would eventually love to do. I realized I found my passion once I started coaching and I had trouble finding anything comparable to the feeling of seeing others make progress."

Having lived a majority of his life in the hamlet of Centereach, Anthony found the area more attractive to him to open his gym; wanting to provide CrossFit to the community he has been a part of for so long.

Since opening roughly two weeks ago, the gym has already managed to catch the attention and commitment of roughly 20 members.

CrossFit's popularity is rapidly growing across Long Island, with gyms open in Yaphank, Center Moriches, West Babylon, Smithtown, Huntington and more. 

For Escandon, the definition of success as well as his own vision for the gym is simple.

"[We want to] deliver a fun, highly motivating atmosphere coupled with a high level of coaching," Escandon said. "That's our goal; to provide the community with a successful path to fitness they haven't had the chance to experience yet."

Click here for the CrossFit Centereach class schedule. For more information CrossFit Centereach could be reached at 631-285-3467 or www.CrossFitCentereach.com