The taxing nature of a lot of competitive sport can result in injury, and Queanbeyan CrossFit owner and operator Kane Cawse has tapped into this, and had to continuously expand his operations as demand has increased.

“This is our fourth premises,” Cawse said.

“We have gone from 90 squares, to 180 squares, to 320 squares, to 400 squares, which is what we’re in now.

“We have had to keep growing as we have expanded and we haven’t grown intentionally, it’s just that people want to do it.”

Cawse himself was a keen footballer before the constant injuries associated with the game cut his tenure on the pitch short. Being a personal trainer and a long-term player of Australian Rules, the transition was tough but CrossFit provided a reprieve.

“I used to play football and I loved it,” he said.

“I loved competing but I just got injured too much, and I wanted to do something that allowed me to compete again and that’s where CrossFit came in.”      

Cawse and the team at Queanbeyan CrossFit enter a variety of local and regional competitions, including Smash Clash this Saturday at CrossFit Smash in the Canberra City. A number of teams from the local box will then continue on, competing in competitions in Albury and Batemans Bay over the following weekends.

“This is kind of the CrossFit competition season at the moment,” Cawse said.

“Not everyone competes and not everyone has to compete but people who have been doing it for a year want to test themselves, and want to see how they go against others and the natural progression after that is to get into a competition and see how you go.”