HomeGrown AthletX

The gym is fully stocked and amazing. On Sundays, the wonderful staff holds a great fitness class for people who are differently abled. My son loves it.

Hands down the best CrossFit gym I have ever been to besides my home gym here in Chicago. I visited as a walk-in last week and loved HGX so much that I came back for a second class... while on vacation, no less. I had Jazmin and Julie as my coaches during my two visits - they were welcoming and gave me excellent feedback on form. The broader HGX community is also incredibly friendly and diverse in profession, age, race, culture, and CrossFit levels. Thank you HGX for being a highlight of my Bay Area trip.

Advice for travelers: Eat all the good food the Bay Area has to offer, and work it off at HGX :)

- Matthew, Chicago

Coaches are incredibly knowledgeable and welcoming to all ages and skill levels. Amazing culture. The workouts scale to whatever level you are at. There are multiple time slots every day so you always have the opportunity to train. Every day is a new exercise so it never gets redundant.

Great gym. Clean and well equipped, and the best trainer, Phong!

By far the best crossfit box I've been to. Breanne and Kent (owners) make sure all members have a great experience, irrespective of the level you are at. Gym is spacious with good quality equipment. All coaches are knowledgable and vested in pushing you for incremental improvements rather than ask you to go all out.

I've met such awesome people here in past 1 year, people who I hang out with outside the gym. Every now and then, there are family friendly events hosted at the gym that has helped HGX to build such a strong community.

I started coming to HomeGrown Crossfit nearly 3 years ago, when it was San Carlos CrossFit. I started on my first week in town, and right from the beginning, it felt like a home away from home. The coaches are very well educated and take proper form and technique very seriously. You don't want to get injured doing CrossFit, and they want to help you avoid injury. Also, the community of members is amazing. There really are all skill levels represented and you will be supported and challenged to learn and improve. The community really makes it for me. On top of that, the facility has expanded and has a great space with a lot of equipment. There is more than enough for everyone, even in a large class. They also just added 2 showers, so you can clean up and go on with your day after class.

I highly recommend this gym. Come try it out and have some fun with us!

The team of coaches here are excellent, and they have recently installed a new rig. They have a solid schedule and (as of this writing) offer a free introductory class that gets people oriented to what crossfit is. If you are on the fence, I would recommend you reach out and try the free class.

HomeGrown CrossFit is home. The community is incredibly supportive, encouraging, and like family. The coaches are vested, well-trained, intelligent, and have your health and safety at the forefront of training. I was a garage CrossFitter for five years, visited this box, and haven't left 2.5 years later! Amazing leadership and group of members.

I joined homegrown about eight months ago. The owner is very open about letting you try it out to see if it is a good fit. Another owner regularly attends the 6am class which is nice. The athletes are incredible and there are people there at all levels. It is amazing to wake up and be surrounded with like minded people striving to reach their fitness goals.

Can’t rate this gym high enough. The owners Breanne and Kent are some of the top coaches in the bay.

I’ve been to dozens of boxes around the world and this is by far one of the best ones I’ve been to. So happy I found it and became a member!

Love HGX!!! Great group of people, awesome coaches.... my first (but not only) CrossFit experience. We are spoiled with a lot of workout times, big rig and great team. Can't recommend them enough!!

Visiting some friends for the week and dropped in for the noon class and had an awesome experience. Very friendly approachable coach and members. Facility is clean and organized and very spacious. I was definitely impressed and plan on going back while I'm in town! I would recommend this gym to anyone.

Amazing Trainers! That really take their time to get to know you and personalize the workouts for you ! Great place to become part of a CrossFit family that'll motivate you to work out and stay healthy . Definitely give this place a try you will love it !

Family atmosphere, great results.

My evidence for the family atmosphere? I go here. My wife goes here. My son goes here, and we all love it. The owners' families work out here. Many couples, several young adults and their families go here. Brothers, sisters, friends. It's really a kind, accepting place, which tends to mean you want to go the gym because you're a part of a team.

OWNERSHIP
Breanne Feudale is the owner - she's an accomplished CrossFit athlete, and her first lieutenant, Kent Kitigawa competed far into the masters category this year for the CrossFit Games. They both care *a lot* about the experience we all have at the gym. ...and it shows.

They treat us all like customers first and athletes second.

My best evidence for this? The owner, Bre, is 30+ weeks pregnant (with twins!). The gym threw her a baby shower, which I wouldn't normally get to witness because I'm a dude. BUT my son left his baseball bag in my wife's car, and I had to go to the shower to get it. I rolled up and was blown away at the number of our members who came out to throw Bre a baby shower. It just felt like we were all rallying around her, so excited for this next chapter in her (and her husband Mark's) life. I'm not sure that this kind of community exists in many places.

Not sure how many places a group of paying customers are so willing to extend themselves for the person to whom they are paying for a service. I think that says a lot about how we feel like we're treated as customers, sure, but as PEOPLE more than anything. We love our owners!

COACHES
They employ a stable of really strong coaches with diverse backgrounds. Examples:

- Phong is a mobility expert (ie yoga)
- Sara is a former Marine and super strong weightlifter
- Jazmine is an energetic FORCE in the gym, a thorough teacher, whose programming leaves us all exhausted and ready for more. She's the embodiment of encouragement.
- Tom is also a strength coach at Berkeley and keeps us all laughing with his pointed aphorisms
- Rob makes it super clear that he cares deeply about your performance and experience. I asked my son, a member, "if you could talk about one coach, who would it be and what would you say" and he said "Rob - because he's a chill-ass mate."

I haven't worked with a coach that I haven't liked... a lot.

The coaches are highly skilled at "scaling" workouts - changing variables such as weight, repetitions, and movement aspects to make sure everyone can get a great workout no matter their ability level. Can't do a pushup? They know how to give you something similar that you can do. GREAT at pushups? They know how to give you something more challenging so you can keep progressing.

They prioritize safety and work hard to make sure we all have a great experience.

OTHER MEMBERS
Finally, I thoroughly enjoy my fellow members.

We range from former college athletes such Nia, Colton, and Justin to old bastards like me (and one or two others ;-), pregnant women, people with physical disabilities, new moms, former gymnasts like Katie, high tech workers like Eric and Kara (power couple :), blue collar studs, entrepreneurs, software developers, podcast hosts, financial analysts, cops, consultants, firefighters, and Marines. We treat each other with respect and many of us have become friends.

It's a truly special environment, but don't take my word for it - come on out on Saturdays where there are free classes to get to know CrossFit, the gym, and its people.

I spent a month here while visiting the Silicon Valley for work and everybody was welcoming the coaches were top-notch I got in some of the best workouts I've ever had. Couldn't recommend it enough.

HGX is a great box that has a good mix of family and young professionals. They have a wide range of class times. Plus they offer what I like to call crossfit lite (kind of a cross between HIIT and crossfit.) They throw gym parties once in a while do fun stuff for the open. Plus the coaching staff if great, friendly and welcoming. You can't go wrong with HGX.

HGX has great youth / teen crossfit training programs. The classes are 3x a week and provide a good balance of cardio and youth appropriate strength exercises that make a great supplement to youth sports programs.

I've been to a few different Crossfit Gyms and all are not created equal.

San Carlos Crossfit is graced with a supportive staff who know what they're doing and will get you into shape. I consider myself an intermediate Crossfitter and they always know how to make my workout challenging so I won't get bored. On the other hand, they know how to ease people into Crossfit so they don't get injured or run away due to too much strain and pain.

If you're looking to get into shape but don't want to waste your time at Curves or a 24 Hour Fitness, then I highly recommend doing a workout at San Carlos Crossfit.

Awesome gym with a great crowd!
If you’re ready to break a sweat and meets some good people than this is your place!

Did a few drop in classes here and had a really great time. The coaches and everyone else made me feel right at home. I would definitely recommend!