KIDS
Our mission statement at CrossFit Pacific Coast is: to provide the highest level of coaching, wellness support and education to our clients, empowering them to live the healthiest, most dynamic lives possible.
One of the only complaints that we hear from our clients, and it’s one that we share with them ourselves is that we all wish that we’d had CrossFit available to us as children! How much more fun would high-school sports have been with our current levels of fitness. How much healthier would we have been had we known what CrossFit has taught us about nutrition, proper training and overall wellness. How many more days would we have had to enjoy outside playing?
We started CrossFit Kids here at CPC for this exact reason. Our goal is provide your children with the highest level of fitness, education, empowerment and most of all fun! The coaches here at CPC subscribe to the belief that if fitness is play then it will become a lifelong adventure. If learning about fruits and vegetables takes the form of a game – the education will stay with the kids forever.
Our Commitment
* We teach children to become active leaders who are able to do the “impossible”.
* We will provide a safe and positive learning environment for kids to gain knowledge, skills and awareness.
* We promote the importance of health and fitness for a lifetime.
* We build a foundation that gives children an increased ability to succeed in other sports.
CrossFit Kids has proven successful across the country at not only raising the fitness and wellness level of the children, but carries over into other areas of the children’s lives. Test scores are higher, health and overall attitude improve and most importantly – the kids have fun!
“CrossFit Kids is not simply a scaled down version of CrossFit, it is entirely absolutely CrossFit geared and designed for a special population and the specific developmental needs of that population.”- CrossFit Kids Headquarters
Our Program
* Weekly Classes of 30 or 45 minutes depending on age group
* Class will include games designed to build strength and conditioning while teaching children that fitness is FUN!
* Classes will focus on movements and activities intended to develop our kids’ vestibular systems (gymnastics), increase bone density (jumping movements), build strength (strength training), and increase stamina (body weight movements, running, rowing, and more).
* Our program will teach the 10 General Physical Skills that are the base for any sport or athletic discipline – flexibility, strength, stamina, endurance, speed, power, balance, coordination, agility and accuracy.
* Our program will contain nutrition education and “Skill Development” designed to teach students more about their bodies and taking care of them.
Ages 6-12
Our 6-12 year olds will learn not only basic movements, but also gain confidence and body awareness. They learn the foundation movements like the squat, push ups, and pull ups. Classes are 30 minutes in length and follow this format:
Skill/ Focus
Warm Up
Workout
Game
Ages 13-17
Our Teen (13-17 year olds) are the athletes on their way to becoming the future superstars of CrossFit. They will master the foundational movements and be challenged with more detailed elements and weight. Classes are 45 minutes in length and follow this format:
Warm Up
Skill/Focus
Workout
Skill
Stretch
Study (10-15-at home)
Coach Christina Luciano is an experienced CrossFitter with 5 years teaching kindergarten through 6th Grade at the Kellogg Elementary School in Goleta. Christina holds both a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential as well as a Mild to Moderate Educational Specialist Credential. She earned her B.A in Pre – Law from UCSB and her Credentials from Antioch University here in Santa Barbara. She has worked extensively with children of all ages and ability levels.
To read more about Coach Luciano – click HERE.
To read CrossFit Kids Pacific Coast Blog – click HERE.
