FOUNDED IN 2010
OPENED IN 2013
learn your bare hands history
Bare Hands CrossFit became a dream in 2010. Becoming a "broken runner" forced Scott (the founder) to find a different path to fitness and happiness
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Luckily for him and Bare Hands Universe, a guy named Steve Frierdich showed Scott CrossFit at the City Park, and the rest...
is ancient history.
In 2013, Bare Hands opened at 223 N. Main St. in Columbia, IL. Luck struck again, and BH moved to our current wonderful space down at 618 N Main St., right in the heart of town, next to Tiny's, Reifs, Too Blue, and the rest of The Old Distillery gang.
Going on eight years, Bare Hands CrossFit has been a home-away-from-home, a place to get away, a place to come vent stress, a place to challenge yourself, a place to support our fellow citizens, get fitter, drop some pounds,
and laugh...always laughing.
Since then, we've been changing lives and sweating together every. single. day.
Yes, Bare Hands is a "gym." But it's become more than that. We commune. We push our boundaries. Some days, we slack (gasp)! Somewhere along the line, people started thinking that regular people like us can't do CrossFit.
We hear all the time "I'd love to try CrossFit, but there's NO WAY I could do it!"
Well, we are here to prove everyone wrong and to help YOU prove everyone wrong.
Anyone can do CrossFit, and you can do it at Bare Hands.
.
Luckily for him and Bare Hands Universe, a guy named Steve Frierdich showed Scott CrossFit at the City Park, and the rest...
is ancient history.
In 2013, Bare Hands opened at 223 N. Main St. in Columbia, IL. Luck struck again, and BH moved to our current wonderful space down at 618 N Main St., right in the heart of town, next to Tiny's, Reifs, Too Blue, and the rest of The Old Distillery gang.
Going on eight years, Bare Hands CrossFit has been a home-away-from-home, a place to get away, a place to come vent stress, a place to challenge yourself, a place to support our fellow citizens, get fitter, drop some pounds,
and laugh...always laughing.
Since then, we've been changing lives and sweating together every. single. day.
Yes, Bare Hands is a "gym." But it's become more than that. We commune. We push our boundaries. Some days, we slack (gasp)! Somewhere along the line, people started thinking that regular people like us can't do CrossFit.
We hear all the time "I'd love to try CrossFit, but there's NO WAY I could do it!"
Well, we are here to prove everyone wrong and to help YOU prove everyone wrong.
Anyone can do CrossFit, and you can do it at Bare Hands.
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