First, I would like to thank you for all the support you have shown regarding the Pure Strength Blog. The emails I have been receiving are inspiring. I want to apologize for not updating as often as I was. I have been feverishly working on finishing the gym and the new website.
The Gym Update:
I have been at my current location for approximately one and a half years. When I first moved in I took on a Crossfit affiliate as a tenant. The idea was to share the space. They would have their Crossfit classes and I would work with my athletes and everybody would be happy. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite work out that way for me. The space is not huge (1500 ft total with about 1000 ft of usable space) but big enough to train a small group of athletes. As my tenants business grew it affected my ability to coach my athletes. There was no space for both of us to operate at the same time.
At that point I had to make a decision, do I ask them to leave, or do I adapt? Because I asked the affiliate to join me, I felt the honorable thing to do was to adapt my business to accommodate their needs. I essentially got out of the coaching business, stared an equipment company, and became a landlord. This allowed the Crossfit affiliate to have free run of the gym space and I used the office to run the equipment company. It wasn’t a perfect situation by any means. I wasn’t able to use my gym for coaching athletes and the Crossfit affiliate no longer had an office to work out of.
As time went on I began to realize that I didn’t like the equipment business and I really missed coaching athletes full time. But specifically what I missed was having a gym full of big, strong and powerful athletes. At 40 years old I shouldn’t be the strongest person in the gym. I began to feel like a child with his face pressed up against the toy store window, wishing he could have what was on the other side, but Christmas was months away.
Well, Christmas came in late November for me. The Crossfit affiliate moved out and I got my gym back! Its taken some time but I am just about ready to roll.
Its a private gym and I am going to be selective about membership. Up to this point in my coaching career, I’ve worked with whomever could afford to pay me. I’M DONE WITH THAT! In fact I would rather stick a red hot poker in my ass then coach another unmotivated athlete. If your prepared to bleed for every extra kilo, second, inch, yard or whatever you need to get better, then I help you. If need to be stroked in order to get results, hire a f$%#ing hooker! . I will NEVER coach a pussy or have a shit show in my gym EVER AGAIN! I will create an environment like my coach, Bob Takano of Takanoathletics.com did when he was coaching at Van Nuys. Everybody had a single focus; push yourself until you fall down. Then get, keep pushing and go win medals! It took a different type of person to want to go through that experience on a daily basis. Those of us that endured over the long haul, became better for it. Not only as athletes but coaches and human beings as well. Now I want to pass that experience on to other serious athletes.
Here is the Waxman’s Pure Strength Gym Credo:
Desire to be the absolute best you can be
Dedication to achieve your goals, no matter what obstacles might arise
Determination to push through the difficult times and finish what you’ve started
If you possess these three traits, then you have the raw materials for success. It doesn’t matter if you are battling in sport or in life; the tools needed for success are the same.
These are the type of people I enjoy coaching. These are the type of people you will see at my gym. There are plenty of places in the South Bay and the rest of Southern California to go and get sunshine blown up your ass; this is not one of those places.
The Gym Has:
- Daily group and individual Olympic Weightlifting training for people interested in competing in the sport as well as learning how to do and/or coach the lifts.
- Daily group and individual Strength and Conditioning training for athletes, military, law enforcement or people interested in training like athletes.
- Morning Boot Camp style conditioning/work capacity classes using Strongman/odd object lifting.
- Monthly seminars and workshops geared towards the Crossfit/Strength and Conditioning/Weightlifting communities.
The new website will have all the details. It should be up in a few weeks. In the meantime if you want any info email me at Sean@purestrength.com.
The gym is located 10 minutes from LAX Airport at 15711 Condon Av. #A3. Lawndale, CA. 90260. Map
Stop by if your around. There is no other place like it in Southern California!
Fight until your very last breath!
-Wax-
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