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CrossFit 'Outbreak' to Open $235-a-Month Gym in Bed-Stuy

 Athletes do box jumps at a Crossfit Outbreak gym in Brooklyn.
Athletes do box jumps at a Crossfit Outbreak gym in Brooklyn.
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Sean Cleary

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — A Brooklyn CrossFit gym charging $235 for monthly memberships is slated to open a new location on Throop Avenue, the gym's co-founder said.

CrossFit Outbreak, which already has locations in Clinton Hill, East Williamsburg, and Williamsburg, signed a lease at 492 Throop Ave. between Gates Avenue and Monroe Street, with the new location set to open this fall, according to co-founder Adam Sturm.

The new location is currently offering “founding memberships” to the first 100 people to sign up, with the discount rates set at $185 per month. Standard memberships, which grant unlimited access to the gym and all its classes, will go for $235 per month once the discounted memberships have been snapped up, Sturm said. The cost is on par with most CrossFit programs.

The new gym — or "box," in CrossFit parlance — will have about 3,500 square feet, including bathrooms, showers and a cafe, according to Sturm, who said he hopes to partner with Brooklyn Roasting Company to give future patrons a pick-me-up before and after their workouts, he said.

“CrossFit is all about community, so anything we can do to foster that, like having a cafe, is a benefit,” Sturm said.

Sturm, who lives in Bed-Stuy, said he wanted to open a new studio in the neighborhood to combat what he described as a dearth of places to pump iron.

“I live in Bed-Stuy, and in terms of fitness you can go to the Y, but that’s about it,” he said. “There’s a few yoga studios, but not much in the way of martial arts or strength gyms, no place to do a barbell program.”

”Crossfit

The gym is based around its CrossFit program, the high-intensity regime that mixes Olympic lifting, cardio, and interval training that in the past decade has attracted a huge, dedicated following and spawned events like the CrossFit Games.

The intense workouts and insular culture can be a turnoff to newcomers, Sturm said, adding his gym has grown quickly based on a welcoming attitude. 

“Our philosophy has always been that we’re not arrogant about how we teach CrossFit,” said Strurm, who sold his house in order to open the first location in Clinton Hill in 2014.

“It can be really intimidating and challenging to join, but our success has been built on our no-barriers-to-entry philosophy.”

In addition to CrossFit, Sturm’s gym offers Muay Thai, interval training and movement classes that combine gymnastics and cardio, he said.