FAQ

Yes, absolutely! In addition to our coached group classes, CrossFit KeKo offers its members Open Gym sessions.

While our core lies in a strong community and coached group training, we understand that sometimes you need time for individual development. Open Gym is the perfect time to:

• Train on your own schedule: Catch up on a missed WOD (Workout of the Day) or follow your personal training program.

• Refine technique: Take time to practice specific skills that need extra attention (such as double-unders, handstands, pull-ups, or weightlifting technique).

• Focus on recovery and accessory work: Do more in-depth mobility exercises, stretching, or focus purely on increasing your strength metrics.

During Open Gym hours, all of our top-tier training equipment is at your disposal.

Yes, absolutely! In addition to our coached group classes, CrossFit KeKo offers its members Open Gym sessions.

While our core lies in a strong community and coached group training, we understand that sometimes you need time for individual development. Open Gym is the perfect time to:

• Train on your own schedule: Catch up on a missed WOD (Workout of the Day) or follow your personal training program.

• Refine technique: Take time to practice specific skills that need extra attention (such as double-unders, handstands, pull-ups, or weightlifting technique).

• Focus on recovery and accessory work: Do more in-depth mobility exercises, stretching, or focus purely on increasing your strength metrics.

During Open Gym hours, all of our top-tier training equipment is at your disposal.

Yes, absolutely! That is exactly why we created the CrossFit KeKo ABC course. It is a program specifically designed for beginners, taking place in a small group and at a calm pace. No prior physical preparation is necessary – our coaches will help adapt every exercise according to your abilities.

Read more and register on the ABC Course page.

CrossFit KeKo offers a versatile schedule where every training style supports your development. If your main goal is to maximize your endurance (stamina), the following sessions from our selection are your best options:

• Hybrid workouts: These are excellent specifically for developing long-term endurance. The focus is on steady effort, where we combine intensive cardio (rowing, running, biking) with movements using lighter weights.

• Partner WOD: Workouts performed in pairs or teams. Pushing yourself alongside a partner helps maintain a higher tempo and builds endurance exceptionally effectively.

• Classic CrossFit (WOD): Our daily workouts combine high-intensity cardio and strength exercises, improving both your aerobic and anaerobic capacity at the same time.

How do other workouts support endurance?

In addition to stamina-focused training, our schedule includes Weightlifting and Gymnastics classes. Although these focus more on pure strength and technique, a strong muscular system and good body control are essential for moving longer and more economically.

The entire journey begins with our ABC course, which provides you with a safe foundation and the correct techniques to ensure you get the most out of all these workouts in the future.

Tallinn's Best and Most Central Location

Unlike many other gyms located in the suburbs, CrossFit KeKo is situated right in the heart of the city – in Kalamaja, at Soo 4. We are easily accessible by foot, bicycle, public transport, or car. This makes getting to your workouts extremely fast and simple, so you can focus on what matters most – your health!

A Tight-Knit and Supportive Community

CrossFit is not just a workout; it’s a lifestyle. At the KeKo box, a warm and cohesive community awaits you, where everyone is known by name and cheers each other on. It is important to us that you feel welcome from day one.

In addition to daily workouts, we also spend time together outside the gym:

• Social Events and Movie Nights: We organize cozy get-togethers and movie nights to relax together after a hard workout.

• Sports Camps: We go on joint trips and camps that strengthen the community even further and offer new athletic challenges.

• New Friends: Starting from regular workouts or the ABC course, you will quickly find new training partners who make keeping a routine and achieving goals much easier!

CrossFit and traditional gym training both support good health, but their approach and training structure are completely different. The main differences are as follows:

• Functionality vs. Isolation: In a standard gym, muscles are often trained in isolation while sitting on machines. CrossFit focuses on functional multi-joint exercises that mimic everyday movements and train your body as a single, cohesive unit.

• Variety vs. Routine: Gym routines are often the same from week to week (e.g., "Monday is chest day"). CrossFit workouts (WOD, or Workout of the Day), however, are constantly varied. Every day a new challenge awaits, which keeps the mind fresh and prevents progress from stalling.

• Intensity and Endurance: In the gym, sets are often performed with long rest periods. CrossFit combines strength and cardio movements while keeping the heart rate up. This means you develop pure strength and endurance simultaneously.

• Coach Support and Community: In a traditional gym, you mostly train alone. At CrossFit KeKo, you work out in a supportive group where a professional coach monitors your technique throughout the entire class, helps you choose suitable weights, and the whole group motivates each other to push further.

In short: while in a classic gym you often train just the muscle, with CrossFit you build an all-around capable, resilient, and healthy body!

You can register for CrossFit KeKo workouts quickly and easily directly on our website or through our app. Since we are located in the heart of Tallinn, in Kalamaja (Soo 4), getting to us is logistically simple and convenient.

To start training and get to know us, you have two great options, depending on what suits you best:

• Come for a free trial (directly to a group class): You don't necessarily have to wait for a new course to start, as completing the ABC course is not mandatory! You are welcome to join our regular group sessions at any time, and your first trial session is completely free. If it's your first time, just mention to the coach at the start of the session that you are a beginner. Our coaches are very experienced and know how to immediately adapt every exercise and weight to match your level and abilities. You are in safe hands!

• Start with the ABC course: If you prefer to start step-by-step alongside other beginners and learn the basic techniques at a calm pace specifically designed for this purpose, our four-part ABC course is the ideal choice for you.

How to join? Simply go to the schedule on our website, choose a suitable workout from the calendar (whether a free trial session, a regular WOD, or the ABC course), and book your spot.

"View the schedule and register for a free trial training!"

es, absolutely! CrossFit is one of the most effective ways to develop your cardiovascular health and aerobic capacity (i.e., cardio).

Although CrossFit is also known for strength exercises, nearly every workout (WOD, or Workout of the Day) includes raising your heart rate and intense movement, also known as metabolic conditioning (metcon), as an integral part.

How do we do cardio at CrossFit KeKo?

• Classic cardio elements: Our workouts regularly include rowing, running, biking (on Assault or Echo bikes), and jump rope.

• Variety: This isn't just a monotonous hour of running on a treadmill. We combine cardio movements with bodyweight and lighter strength exercises, which keeps the training intense, burns calories effectively, and builds your endurance very quickly.

• Specialized endurance sessions: If you want to focus specifically on cardio capacity, you can find Hybrid classes in our schedule. These are designed specifically for developing long-term endurance, where we move for longer periods more continuously using lighter weights. Our longer Partner WODs (team workouts) are also excellent for cardio.

Therefore, if you are looking for a routine-free, exciting, and highly effective cardio workout in Tallinn, CrossFit KeKo is the perfect place for it!