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As Columbia’s original CrossFit gym, we believe fitness and nutrition begins wherever you are. CrossFit Fringe is a proud "First 500" CrossFit Affiliate and a phenomenal community of supportive athletes and highly-trained coaches from all backgrounds. Our Coaching Team and 6,000+ sq. facility host CrossFit group classes, Fringe Vitality for athletes 50+, CrossFit Kids, Personal Training, and Indiv

idual/Remote Programming for athletes all over the world. We are committed to meeting every athlete where they are with a solid foundation of highly effective (probably magic) in-house programming that makes for the best CrossFit experience around. Start your journey today by contacting us for a free Intro.

This is what a good hour looks like.Bars on the floor.People everywhere.Someone moving fast.Someone taking a second.Some...
09/04/2026

This is what a good hour looks like.

Bars on the floor.
People everywhere.

Someone moving fast.
Someone taking a second.
Someone finishing a rep while someone else is already onto the next one.

It’s not especially polished.
It’s not supposed to be.
It’s just a room full of people choosing to spend an hour doing something good for themselves — together.

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.

𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲-𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.Jump a little higher.Keep your h...
09/02/2026

𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲-𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

Jump a little higher.

Keep your hands down.

Turn the rope from your wrists.

Relax your shoulders and your grip.

And if you’re still building them, stop treating 50 unbroken like the starting point.

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗻.

The goal is to leave class a little better at the skill than you walked in.

Save this before your next double-under day — and if they’re still giving you trouble, grab a Fringe coach and let us watch a few reps.

One room. One clock. A bunch of different versions of the same workout.Someone’s going heavier.Someone’s moving faster.S...
08/31/2026

One room. One clock. A bunch of different versions of the same workout.

Someone’s going heavier.

Someone’s moving faster.

Someone’s scaling.

Someone’s just trying to keep the dumbbell overhead and remember how breathing works.

That’s what a good class should look like.

Not everyone doing the exact same thing.

Everyone getting the right version of the work for where they are that day.

𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀. 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀. 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.

Not everything we train has handles.That’s kind of the point.Sandbags are awkward.They shift.They don’t sit perfectly.An...
08/30/2026

Not everything we train has handles.
That’s kind of the point.
Sandbags are awkward.

They shift.
They don’t sit perfectly.
And they force you to figure out how to move something that doesn’t cooperate.

Sounds a lot more like real life than a perfectly balanced barbell.
Training should make you better at lifting more than just gym equipment.

𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴

Some workouts look hard.Some photos explain why.There’s not much hiding on a rope climb.Grip. Pulling strength. Coordina...
08/28/2026

Some workouts look hard.

Some photos explain why.

There’s not much hiding on a rope climb.

Grip. Pulling strength. Coordination. Body control. And the willingness to keep moving when gravity has a pretty convincing argument for going the other direction.

It’s one of those movements that can feel completely impossible… until it doesn’t.

Then one day you’re halfway to the ceiling wondering when exactly you became someone who climbs ropes for fun.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 “𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄” 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲?

Some reps are pretty.Some reps are just honest.A little strain.A little fight.A little “this bar is definitely heavier t...
08/26/2026

Some reps are pretty.

Some reps are just honest.

A little strain.
A little fight.
A little “this bar is definitely heavier than it was five seconds ago.”

That’s training.

Not every rep needs to look effortless to be valuable.

Sometimes the win is staying with it, keeping your positions together, and finishing the job.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲?

Apparently, the dress code was camo bottoms and synchronized dumbbell work.Same dumbbell.Same position.Same timing.Very ...
08/25/2026

Apparently, the dress code was camo bottoms and synchronized dumbbell work.

Same dumbbell.
Same position.
Same timing.
Very similar wardrobe choices.

Zero planning involved.

Sometimes the best gym moments are the ones nobody set up.

You look over mid-workout and realize the person next to you is moving in perfect sync — and somehow dressed for the same assignment too.

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆.

Strong doesn’t happen by accident.It’s built in moments exactly like this.A barbell in your hands.A coach watching the d...
08/24/2026

Strong doesn’t happen by accident.

It’s built in moments exactly like this.

A barbell in your hands.
A coach watching the details.
A little more confidence than you had last month.
And the decision to keep going when the rep starts to get real.

That’s what makes strength training so valuable.

You don’t just learn how to move weight.

You learn how to stay composed, trust what you’ve built, and finish the rep.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘆𝗺 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿.

What’s a lift that used to intimidate you that feels completely different now?

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲.Meet the newest addition to Fringe: our new self-powered curved runner.Yes, it's sh...
08/23/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲.

Meet the newest addition to Fringe: our new self-powered curved runner.

Yes, it's shiny. Yes, it's expensive. And no, we didn't bring it in just because we needed another creative way to make your legs hurt.

This gives us another tool to work on 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 without needing a perfect stretch of pavement—or perfect Missouri weather—to do it.

Rain? Run inside.
Snow? Run inside.
August humidity trying to cook you alive? You get the idea.

More importantly, equipment like this gives our coaches another option to match training to the athlete in front of them.

𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀. 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

It's already on the floor.

Come give it a spin.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘺 “s𝘱𝘪𝘯,” 𝘸𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.

Strong girls are cool.But so are girls who laugh, mess around, try weird things on the rig, and turn a normal day at the...
08/22/2026

Strong girls are cool.

But so are girls who laugh, mess around, try weird things on the rig, and turn a normal day at the gym into something they’ll actually remember.

That’s a big part of what we want for our kids and teens.

Yes, we want them to get stronger.

Yes, we want them to move well.

But we also want them to build confidence, make friends, and feel like the gym is a place they belong.

These three nailed that assignment.

If you’ve got a daughter who needs a place to move, grow, and be around other strong girls, we’d love to have her join us.

𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀.

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901 Old 63 N
Columbia, MO
65201

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Tuesday 5am - 8:30pm
Wednesday 5am - 8:30pm
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