Wichita Falls Athletic Club a full service training facility that emphasizes the improvement of strength and conditioning through the application of exercise science and the use of traditional barbell exercise. The largest commercial barbell gym in the 5-state area, WFAC has both the equipment and the experienced staff necessary to enable its members to obtain unmatched training results quickly and efficiently. It has been called the best place to train in the southwestern United States.
WFAC members benefit from the experience and expertise of professionals that have coached Olympic-level and collegiate athletes, as well as non-athletes of all levels of experience and ability, and special populations with specific needs due to injury and disease. Our staff consists only of strength and conditioning professionals holding the highest-level credentials obtainable in the field of applied resistance training. All exercise programs provided by WFAC are designed and supervised by our staff. Most importantly, all members of WFAC are provided with an individualized program as a part of membership, a service unique in the fitness industry and unavailable anywhere else in the area.
Mark Rippetoe, owner of Wichita Falls Athletic Club, is the author of Starting Strength: A Simple and Practical Guide for Coaching Beginners. www.startingstrength.com
WFAC focuses on:
Strength and conditioning for all sports
General health and physical conditioning for non-athletes
Weight gain for underweight men and women
Bodyfat reduction
Post-therapy injury rehabilitation
Our staff draws from competitive experience in the sports of Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, bodybuilding, Highland games, strongman competition, track and field, wrestling, martial arts, and fencing. They are skilled at translating this wealth of experience into effective coaching for a wide variety of people and their individual needs and goals. It is the experience of our staff that makes your experience at WFAC one of the most productive and result-producing available in the fitness industry.
WFAC is also home to CrossFit Wichita Falls. The newest, largest, best-equipped CrossFit facility in Texas, we have a complete selection of the tools necessary to do your CrossFit WOD at any level of fitness. Our equipment includes:
Kettlebells from 4kg to 32kg.
Still rings, for chins and dips
Climbing rope and peg board
Assisted chin/dip, for all levels of ability
Medicine balls to 20 lbs.
Plyo boxes for jumps, from 12" to 42"
Padded conditioning floor, for jump training
2 Glute/Ham benches, 2 reverse hypers
50 meter rubber-topped track
Bands and chains, for Westside method
Dumbbells to 164 lbs
The most extensive collection of bumper plates and barbell equipment in the area
And most importantly, the staff at CrossFit Wichita Falls has the experience and expertise necessary to make your WOD effective -- whether it's your first or your 1000th. We can teach all CrossFit exercises to trainees of any skill and conditioning level, to ensure the amazing results you expect from CrossFit training.
Ask about personal training, done the CrossFit Way. Contact Mark Rippetoe at 696-0829.
