23/12/2024
How do you sum up 17 years of one extraordinary community in a single post? How do you choose just a few photos to capture the joy, friendships, and connections that have blossomed over the years? The truth is, it’s impossible. This is, without a doubt, the hardest email we’ve ever had to write.
We wish we could tell every story, highlight every member, honour every staff member, and showcase every smiling face. Each of you holds a piece of the puzzle that has created the vibrant picture of Freshstart and CFC—a community unlike any other.
Let’s begin with two photos. One shows the day Tim and I opened the doors to Freshstart as two enthusiastic, slightly clueless, but determined individuals ready to take on the best gym on the beaches. Fast forward 10 years, and you’ll see us again—slightly older, slightly wiser, and immensely grateful—at the end of our journey as leaders of what has become the best gym on the planet.
Over the years, we’ve collected countless memories and stories about what this community means to you. In the past eight weeks, so many of you have come forward to share what Freshstart and CFC have meant to you personally.
For some, this has been a safe space—a place where your name is remembered, your kids grew up in the crèche, and your journey towards health and happiness began. It’s been a place to lose weight, overcome challenges, or simply keep the demons at bay. For others, it’s been where you’ve pushed your limits, competed, and achieved things you never thought possible.
It’s been where lifelong friendships were formed, partners met, and social circles grew. Whether you came to train with a PT, jumped into CrossFit or S&C, joined an 8-week challenge, or simply pedaled away while playing solitaire, know this: you made your mark here. There are those who arrived 10 minutes early and those who arrived 10 minutes late (always). We’ll miss you all—whether you talked through the warm-up, needed scaling for every workout, or just came for a chat and a shower! You were valued, supported, and integral to the incredible community that made Freshstart and CFC what it is today… cont in comments
