Enjoy the latest installment of our ongoing series featuring some of our favorite fitness, nutrition and healthy spots around Atlanta. To wrap up the year, we shine the spotlight on one of our neighbors. Located about 6 miles from the Fresh ‘N Fit kitchen, in a small, unassuming plaza, is one of the premiere CrossFit boxes in the area: Cumming Strength & Fitness. We recently talked with co-owner, Jill Thorton, to find out more about what makes CS&F special.
Give us a little background about Cumming Strength & Fitness and what inspired you to start it?
Jill Thorton: CS&F was established back in 2013 with myself and my husband, Hunter. Because of our backgrounds in collegiate sports, we both had a passion for helping people especially when it came to their fitness. When we moved into the area, we saw that there was definitely a need for this type of strength and fitness facility since there really wasn’t anything else close by. Once we set up shop, our mission was simple: to inspire people by connecting them with a coach and a fitness community.
What are some of the services that Cumming Strength & Fitness offers its members?
Jill Thorton: We always try to provide a supportive group class environment to our members. A lot of them bring their kids to our box as well, so in addition to our kids and teen fitness classes, we offer youth performance training classes that help them work on and develop their power, agility, strength and overall performance.
There is onsite childcare, so no one can ever use the excuse that they couldn’t come in because they didn’t have a babysitter. We also have endurance sports coaching, a USAW Weightlifting Club, an onsite Nutrition Coach, as well as personal and group training.
You’ve been a pick up location for Fresh ‘N Fit for years, what insight can you provide about the importance of nutrition and why you feel that CS&F and Fresh ‘N Fit are a good fit for each other.
Jill Thorton: Nutrition is the foundation of health and wellness. Helping people learn how to eat quality foods in addition to quantity is a tremendous needle-mover in someone’s overall health. Knowing and dealing with all of the challenges of our society like schedules, jobs, kids, obligations can be extremely stressful so having a service like Fresh ‘N Fit Cuisine that takes out the guess work and stress of cooking healthy meals is a game changer!
Fitness and nutrition do go hand in hand so give one of Fresh ‘N Fit’s 7 healthy menus a try today and if you’re in the Cumming area, make sure to select Cumming Strength & Fitness as a pickup location (or find the one nearest you).
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