This gym has been under new ownership for a few months. Dan and Bobby are as good as it gets for…read morecrossfit trainers. They care a lot, they participate in their own programming, and did I mention the programming is great? Overall, one of the best crossfit environments I've taken part in and I've been to quite a few crossfit gyms.

Coaches are AMAZING. The people you become friends with, the community they form, the exercise, the…read morefeeling of FITNESS and STRENGTH surpass everything. I can't say enough about this place. I don't think people are YELPING enough! Either way, I had to put my 2cents in here. I have had injuries, I'm typically pretty lazy,m.....I discovered that all I really needed was Crossfit. I get coaches to push me, friends to text and make me workout, accountability, and fun. I feel 100 times better, more like myself, more awake, more productive.....What more can you ask for? They are miracle workers!

What an amazing dedicated team of fitness professionals who are focused on helping you achieve your…read morepersonal goals. They will work with you to determine the best approach to meet your ultimate results. Their facility is approachable and non-intimidating. I highly recommend a stop in visit just to say hi....you won't be dissapointed. Tell them Carboni sent you!

I have been a member here for over a year and I love the place. There is plenty of equipment for…read moreyour choice of workout. The staff is knowledgable and experienced in personal training if you need advice. I would recommend this gym to anyone

Lauzon mma is a top notch facility. I walked in there with zero mixed martial arts experience and…read morethe experience has been great. Everyone from top to bottom is extremely helpful and wants to see you succeed.

Learn from the best, get fit and confident. Amazing staff and trainers with high quality training…read morefrom expert trainers.

Very welcoming and friendly. Clean gym with friendly members and the owners are very helpful and…read moreengaging. Plenty of equipment and platforms for your weightlifting needs!

I was visiting Massachusetts over Christmas and was looking for a weightlifting gym where I could…read moretrain. Mary answered the phone when I called and invited me to come by. Im super glad I was able to find this place! When I got there, she warmly greeted me and made sure I had everything I needed, even asking me if the music was to my liking (it was!). This is an extremely well-equipped weightlifting gym with 8 full size platforms, Olympic bars, bumper plates, power racks, blocks, and chalk stands. Thinhs were super well organized, even down to the order to the plates. Throw in a few Hookgrip / ATG / USA Weightlifting banners and I was good to go! The first thing Mary had me do were some overhead squats on a vibrating plate to loosen up my muscles. Afterwards, I got on the platform and did a few snatches with just the bar. She mentioned there would be a class soon and, not wanting to miss out on coaching, I gladly agreed to take the class. Mary was super attentive and gave her full attention to watching each lifter perform the complexes she programmed. Each lift was videotaped on an iPad, and between lifts, Mary reviewed the footage with me 1 on 1 to identify issues with my form. I could see exactly what she was talking about, and fixing these problems really helped me extend and catch more confidently. Needless to say, I absolutely love this visual approach to coaching, and her advice was very easy to understand. I only wish that I had more time to spend at this gym. Their drop-in rate is $20, or $30 to drop-in and take a class, which I think is very reasonable given the quality of the coaching and how nice the facility is. I'll definitely be back to visit when I am in the area again!

I love Muscle & Flow!…read more I have been coming here since last July and It's a great gym with just about anything you need. They have 4 floors with boxing downstairs in the basement, bathrooms, lockers, and lobby area on their main floor, gym equipment with machines, cables, treadmills, etc on their 3rd floor, and on the top floor they offer yoga classes & pilates reformers sectioned off for C2 Body (sign up is separate). The music playing throughout the gym varies, depending on who is working but generally the music is great. Usually rap or upbeat music. When there is no class in session, you're able to utilize the boxing bags downstairs and also the top floor where yoga classes are usually held. I enjoy stretching and doing core on the top floor when the space is free & connect to aux to play music through the speakers! Parking: There's plenty of 2 hour street parking on Eliot St & parking spots right in front of the gym. In the girls' locker room, they have two bathrooms, each with a shower, and have mints, tampons, body lotion, & deodorant. Great gym to get workouts in and the staff are super kind, as well as helpful. Only thing I wish was that they could be open an extra hour later.

I strongly recommend finding a different gym to learn the Olympic lifts. While these guys do…read moreattract some attention from networking, running seminars and knowing technique, they are more concerned with making money and traveling than coaching their athletes. They also conduct business in a shady manner - offering no dispute resolution whatsoever - cash in, cash out. For example: Last month, Norwood Weightlifting accepted pre-payments from several members (myself included) for a full eight-week training cycle and then promptly vanished a month later to travel around the country and post videos on YouTube. I was never given a refund. Bottom line: the fact that the coaches don't care enough to even show up to meets when a handful of their athletes are competing speaks volumes about this place.

I find the other comment bashing this gym as a poor place to learn the olympic lifts maybe…read moremisguided. I trained here on a dedicated schedule for several months and dropped in many times over the years. This is a weightlifting training center, mainly to learn the olympic lifts (snatch and clean and jerk). This is not really a "gym" to go workout haphazardly, or do bodybuilding or some other style of exercise. Olympic weightlifting is a pressing focused sport that highly utilizes speed strength, acceleration and power. The main movements trained are the snatch and the clean and jerk. There is also a great deal of barbell training including squats, deadlifts and pressing movements along with general physical preparedness training. If you are serious about learning the discipline of Olympic Weightlifting, Norwood maybe a place for you to learn. They host a variety of Eleiko bars and bumpers. The rich history of Olympic lifting harbored within the walls of Norwood Training Center is tough to beat throughout the nearby gyms. There are several good gyms that offer great coaching in the Olympic lifts in New England and this is undoubtedly one of them. Most people who come here for training probably do not venture to the gym based on yelp reviews. It is more likely that they have seen the team lifting at local weightlifting meets, or heard of the gym through many of the successful national and international weightlifters who have trained at this facility (simply youtube video search the hookgrip media group to find a video featuring a few National Level athletes including Norwood's very own coach and New England Snatch record holder, Yasha Kahn, also training in the video are Olympic and World Champions Ilya Ilyin and Vasily Polovnikov who coached here for a time). The gym's owner Don Venterosa may be one of the original members of USAW, I think his member number might be in the low hundreds (they now have millions of registered members) and is deeply entrenched in weightlifting knowledge and experience. He really wants the athletes who train here to succeed. You may also find the legendary Denis Reno coaching or training at the facility, best known for his famous decades long and highly respected weightlifting newsletter. Dave Lussier, one of the strongest youth weightlifters with a multitude of records also brings his team of lifters here from time to time. I almost gave them a four star review because the parking situation can sometimes be a bit jumbled. Also, it gets busy some nights and you may need to share a platform with 3-4 other lifters and it can get a bit tricky. It is what might be considered an "old-school" weightlifting gym, as it is located in a garage bay next to an auto body shop. As inferred by one of the other reviews, you may not always have a coach present some days but always have access to one for any questions or concerns and remote coaching. The majority of athletes who I have trained with here are looking to be competitive on the local, regional or national level and take weightlifting very seriously. It maybe an intimidating place to learn, but if you can get past the difficulty surrounding the initial learning curve inherently experienced in weightlifting and have the discipline required to work at the techniques and principles consistently, Norwood is a great gym. This review is only to clarify the previous one star review and offer a contrasting perspective. You will certainly need a good deal of independence, confidence and socializing /people skills and a healthy dose of common sense since the weights being lifted here are usually in the higher calibers. If you feel like you need a more beginner/intro class to weightlifting I would suggest inquiring with Norwood Training center about setting up private sessions with a coach (they do offer that based on availability) until you feel ready enough to join the group training sessions or to continue with their remote coaching program. Don't be surprised if the first several weeks to months involve training with just the barbell or light weights, they take technique incredibly serious, and look to have you understanding the movements and performing them safely for quite some time before adding wrights and developing strength. It takes years to get good at Olympic weightlifting, no surprise many of the athletes here have been training for years at this facility and have found success in their efforts. Hope that helps.

So I found this place on Groupon because of a great deal they were having. I went for it but…read morebecause of a busy schedule I couldn't fully commit. I told myself once I had the time to commit, I'd go back. When I went back , I found out of their prices. The website says it's only $29 to start and $49 two months after membership start date for the annual fee. That didn't sound to bad. In actuality, the fees are $150 a month and $49 two months later for the annual fee. I'd written basically the same review and was messaged by one of their employees asking me to take down the review because it was " hurtful and inaccurate". So I did remove it because maybe my info was wrong and I'm not out here trying to hurt anyone's hustle. My bad, But then I called just to be clear and asked some questions. Nathan, who was very helpful confirmed my original remarks about the fees. IT IS $150/monthly, and $49 /annually. A lil too rich for my blood. If that's your cup of tea then sip on, but I'll pass. Thanks you Keith C.

Welcoming, great coaches. They will work with your level of fitness, and scale down the workouts as…read moreneeded, but they will also push you. You will never get bored, and will always leave feeling accomplished. The place is ample and clean and everyone is friendly and helpful. They also have baby sitting and a smoothie bar.

CrossFit 781, is incredible! I am new to CrossFit and I was feeling a bit intimidated, prior to…read morejoining. Boy, was I wrong! The staff and members are so welcoming and supportive and the trainers are incredibly knowledgeable and patient! The workouts are fun and challenging but, you can scale them, if you desire to do so. The space, camaraderie and vibe, are wonderful. Joining CrossFit 781, was one of the best decisions that I have ever made. I highly recommend, CrossFit 781! Check it out. You will NOT be disappointed.

I am new to CrossFit and well, taking working out seriously haha. And Crossfit 781 has been so much…read morefun so far. The biggest thing I've noticed is how friendly and supportive everyone is. Which is a HUGE motivator and gets me to keep going. The workouts are great and I'm learning so much.