It’s really hard to believe that it has been already two full years since I started Team CrossFit here in Woodland Hills. In one aspect, I feel like I have been working my butt off for a long, long time but on the other hand, the last two years have really flown by. During this time I have experienced so many new things that this has really changed my life forever in a very positive way. Not all experiences were good but even those times were an important pieces of the building block of our success. Most of you might not know this but when I signed the lease on our current location, I had two paying members that followed me from another gym! This was a bit worrisome which was compounded by the fact that the headlines in the news during this time was “The next great depression is here”! Nevertheless, we opened our doors to our new gym with our 2 members and had a ball teaching what I believe and know to be the best fitness program – CrossFit and the best self defense program – Krav Maga and slowly built this community one person at a time.
During the next two years, we’ve had ups and downs, we’ve had members come and go, staff come and go, but one thing that stayed the same was the sense of a true community. I have been rewarded with many things through this journey both emotionally and professionally but the most important reward or the most proud achievement of this venture was and still is the many wonderful and life long friendships that have developed between the members of Team CrossFit. I can honestly say and I am sure that the members of our community will agree that they have met and developed some real deep friendships at Team CrossFit where otherwise would have never taken place. Every time we go out to a party or a gathering outside of the gym with the community, I am so honored and amazed that I had a hand in creating such a wonderful community. I can’t take all the credit though since as my friends know very well that I am not the most sociable or outgoing person in the world (at least to the general public), I have my wonderful and dedicated staff to thank for. With their help and support, they cultivated the family like community and the environment where it was possible for total strangers to feel welcome and comfortable enough to want to become part of this community. I also want to thank all the members and the community them selves. Without you guys, this gym would be just another space with bunch of you know whats pumping iron looking in the mirror! It’s your sweat and your tears that drives this gym and the community and I am so lucky to have all of you as part of my family. Even though I may some times be too sarcastic at some of you (I am working on this), that is just my way of showing you that I like you!
Lastly I want to thank my wonderful wife Erica. She is the most supportive and loving partner anyone can ever possibly deserve. God knows I am not the easiest person to deal with(ask the many staff members that have quit!) but yet she understands me and accepts me for who and what I am. This is a true definition of a partner, soul mate, and a wife and I love you more than anything.
NOW COME TRAIN AT MY GYM 
James