CrossFit 1808

CrossFit 1808 CrossFit 1808 is the first CrossFit gym in Knox County, Ohio.

Where people lose weight, build muscle, get stronger, smile, laugh & change their life!
🏋🏻‍♀️Group Class
🌟Personal Training
🥗Nutrition Coaching

Come in for a free sit down to discuss goals and see if we are a good fit 💪🏻💪🏻

🚨 NEW CLASS ALERT 🚨Starting Sunday August 30 and for the next six weeks after, we’re adding HYROX/Endurance training eve...
08/23/2026

🚨 NEW CLASS ALERT 🚨

Starting Sunday August 30 and for the next six weeks after, we’re adding HYROX/Endurance training every Sunday at noon.

Expect 45–90 minutes of coach-led training—with your coach working right alongside you—designed to build the capacity and confidence to take on HYROX, a 5K, 10K or whatever endurance challenge comes next.

No event on your calendar? No problem. Come sweat, grind, have fun and enjoy a change of pace from your normal workout routine.

Sundays at noon. Let’s get to work.

Not a member? No problem, purchase a single drop in or 5 class pack using the link in our bio.

08/21/2026

This is Hal. He’s 58 years old—and this is a 365lb deadlift.

But the weight on the bar is only part of the story.

Hal started at 1808 17 months ago after knee surgery. Since then, he’s also worked through major shoulder surgery.

He could have stopped. Instead, he kept his membership active, rode the bike while he recovered and continued doing what he could.

Today, Hal is:

Down 27lbs
Down from 28.5% to 18.5% body fat
Stronger than he’s ever been
Coming off a 127-mile Pelotonia weekend

Nutrition coaching helped. Personal training gave him a foundation. But none of it works without the most important piece:

He kept showing up—even when showing up looked different.

Your setbacks don’t have to become stopping points. Start where you are. Work with what you have. Keep moving forward.

We have the road map to help you be the strongest version of yourself. Hal is proof.

Schedule a time to talk about that road map!

Life doesn’t get less busy. And being busy isn’t the problem. Believing your plan can’t change is.The people who stay co...
08/16/2026

Life doesn’t get less busy. And being busy isn’t the problem.

Believing your plan can’t change is.

The people who stay consistent aren’t living obstacle-free lives. They’re willing to adjust, compromise and keep moving—without putting themselves last.

Adapt the plan. Keep the commitment.

That’s what we preach here at 1808. You’d know that, if you started here. We can also fix that too :)

There have been 226 days in 2026. Heidi has 208 check-ins at the gym so far. Today she hit a personal record on her Stri...
08/14/2026

There have been 226 days in 2026. Heidi has 208 check-ins at the gym so far.

Today she hit a personal record on her Strict Press and Deadlift.

There’s something about lifting weights, getting strong and leaving the gym feeling like a bad ass!

She could have slept in today. But she would have missed out on this milestone. Think about that the next time you hit the snooze button or say you don’t feel like it. Opportunities await you on the other side of discomfort.

Great work Heidi!

BridgeOneStrength

“Aren’t you afraid of getting hurt?”Jess hears that question when she tells people she’s been doing CrossFit and nutriti...
08/13/2026

“Aren’t you afraid of getting hurt?”

Jess hears that question when she tells people she’s been doing CrossFit and nutrition coaching for the last year.

It’s a fair question—but it assumes avoiding exercise is the safer choice.

Jess puts it perfectly:

“I was hurting myself by doing nothing.”

Training isn’t risk-free. Neither is slowly losing strength, mobility, balance and confidence because you’re afraid to begin.

The goal isn’t to walk into the gym and destroy yourself.

It’s to start where you are.
Move at an appropriate pace.
Learn from good coaches.
Build your capacity over time.

Doing hard things involves risk.

So does avoiding them.

Choose the risk that has the potential to make you stronger.

Jess has made tremendous progress. But it’s more than just the weight and body fat lost.

It’s muscle and strength gained.
It’s confidence restored.
It’s more time playing with her daughters and less being a spectator because she can’t.

It’s life in her 40s with a new outlook. It hasn’t been easy but for sure worth it!

Great job Jess!

Three teams entered. Three teams were guaranteed a spot on the podium.But nobody showed up hoping for third.Mike and Nic...
08/09/2026

Three teams entered. Three teams were guaranteed a spot on the podium.

But nobody showed up hoping for third.

Mike and Nick came in with one goal: compete as hard as they could and give their best effort.

After the first event, they knew it was possible. Four events later, they found themselves standing on top of the podium.

The first place finish is cool.

But that’s not really what this weekend was about.

It was another reminder that life doesn’t have to get smaller as you get older. You can still train hard. Still compete. Still challenge yourself. Still surprise yourself.

Most importantly…

KEEP PLAYING.

Sign up for the race.
Enter the competition.
Take the trip.
Learn the new skill.
Say yes to the thing that makes you a little nervous.

Stop sitting on the sidelines saying “I used to be able to do that when I was younger.”

Age doesn’t matter. Staying active applies to all.

Life is better when you participate.

12 years.12 years of serving Knox County the way we know best: through health, fitness, connection, and community.Twelve...
08/05/2026

12 years.

12 years of serving Knox County the way we know best: through health, fitness, connection, and community.

Twelve years ago today, we unlocked the doors for the very first time. We were nervous. Excited. Proud. Ambitious. We had no idea exactly what the future would hold, but we knew the kind of impact we wanted to make.

To every member—past and present—our coaches, staff, friends, family, and everyone who has supported us along the way: thank you. This community exists because of you.

Our mission has always been bigger than workouts. It’s been about helping people become stronger, healthier, more resilient, and more connected. We’ve had the privilege of doing that through coaching, relationships, and giving back to causes that matter in our community.

We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve built over the last 12 years—but we’re even more excited about what’s still ahead.

Here’s to the next decade+ of building stronger people and an even stronger community.

We’re running it back from this Spring: The Redux SUNDAY OCTOBER 11. First heat starting at 11am. A chance to retest the...
07/29/2026

We’re running it back from this Spring: The Redux SUNDAY OCTOBER 11. First heat starting at 11am.

A chance to retest the spring simulation. EARLY BIRD PRICING UNTIL September 1st.

T-shirt deadline Wednesday September 23rd.

Teams of 2, 3 separate divisions:
Male/Male
Female/Female
Male/Female

For the Full Workout and Registration in like in bio. NOTE: back up day (if weather doesn’t cooperate) is Sunday October 25.

Use this as a tester for Hyrox Tampa, Denver and/or Dallas.

If running the Columbus Marathon the following week, use this event as a little taper session. 💪🏻💪🏻

Six months down in 2026. How consistent can you say you’ve been? We track it and reward it. Congrats to these folks who ...
07/28/2026

Six months down in 2026. How consistent can you say you’ve been? We track it and reward it.

Congrats to these folks who proved that summer break, different routines and more disruptions still don’t have to put fitness on the back burner.

And Jessica Brennan is our winner for June - collect your North Main Cafe gift card at the gym!

07/25/2026

63% of our membership is women.

That didn’t happen by accident.

It happened because strong women continue to choose hard things. They show up before work. After work. Between school drop-offs and soccer practices. They train when they’re motivated… and especially when they’re not.

They’ve helped build a culture where resilience is the norm, encouragement is genuine, and leading from the front isn’t reserved for the loudest person in the room.

To every woman who’s helped shape what 1808 has become—thank you.

You’ve made (and continue to make) this community stronger.

Resilient Women. Leading from the front.

Address

781 Fairgrounds Road
Mount Vernon, OH
43050

Opening Hours

Monday 5am - 10am
4:30pm - 7:30pm
Tuesday 5am - 10am
4:30pm - 7:30pm
Wednesday 5am - 10am
4:30pm - 7:30pm
Thursday 5am - 10am
4:30pm - 7:30pm
Friday 5am - 10am
4:30pm - 7:30pm
Saturday 7:30am - 12pm

Telephone

+14403823617

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