CrossFit Coming to Kirby

A rendering of what Crossfit Enhance KMC will look like on the Kirby Medical Center campus in Monticello.

Tue, 11/03/2015 | Steve Hoffman – The push for wellness continues at Kirby Medical Center. Fresh off the opening of its 1-mile long Wellness Trail, the Monticello hospital has announced plans to open a CrossFit gym (known as a “box” within the CrossFit community).

Kirby has received approval from CrossFit, Inc., and plans to construct a 3,200-square-foot building that will house CrossFit Enhance KMC. It will be located in a separate building next to the current ambulance garage.

Site work could begin soon, but the hospital will need a conditional use permit from the City of Monticello since the CrossFit qualifies as an accessory structure.

CrossFit Enhance KMC will be open to the public as an extension of health and wellness services developed by Kirby Medical Center and feature programming developed by Decatur Memorial Hospital’s “CrossFit Enhance”.

“CrossFit is universally scalable for all people and the culture of CrossFit is accepting and accessible to everyone, regardless of experience and ability,” said Steve Tenhouse, Chief Executive Officer of Kirby Medical Center and a CrossFit Level I Trainer. “CrossFit offers high intensity, ever-changing workouts that build endurance, stamina and strength while also building a tight community of support and camaraderie among the members.”

CrossFit, Inc. has pledged $21,000 to outfit the gym with equipment traditionally used in CrossFit workouts, including weights, bars, rowers, pull-up rigs, medicine balls, dumbbells and kettle balls.

“We are increasingly grateful for CrossFit’s generosity and Greg Glassman’s (the founder of CrossFit) promise to me a year ago to outfit our gym if we could make it a reality,” added Tenhouse. “He has a passion for integrating CrossFit into medical and healthcare settings. With this box, we can join Decatur Memorial Hospital and CrossFit Enhance in quantifying the health improvements in our members and with our community.”

Information on classes and pricing at CrossFit Enhance KMC is still being determined. Additional details on CrossFit, Inc. are available at www.crossfit.com and www.crossfitenhance.com.