Glad to see Matt and Donna are doing well! I saw them at one of our CFNE throwdowns before they left...come back and visit soon!

Matt and Donna rock!

Hard working & great people too :-)

Can't wait to do a WOD or two at your box -

P.S Love seeing NZ affiliates on the blog, but I am biased ;-)

Matt and Donna are great trainers and even better people - NZ is lucky to have them!

Matt and Donna are the best! Good to hear the gym is growing. Come back to CFED soon and we'll get a WOD on!

I agree with everything Matt and Donna said - form before intensity, start small and grow, market through your atheletes and save your $ for equipment. Grow slow so the growing pains aren't so big. Best of luck in NZ

I loved what Donna said about building the business that you WANT. That really hit home with me because my brother and I definitely could have done some things different at the start to not have to "cling" to every client. I think that when we started drawing a line and letting people know that there would be a wrong and a right way of gong about things in our box that there is a different feel now. Yesterday I had a guy who right in the middle of reviewing the push jerk, walked over and read a text message and then started responding. I know what he does for a living and I know that his text could wait another 20 minutes. This was not the first time. Once he walked over in the middle of the wod and started doing the same thing. So this morning I told him how good he has been doing and what progress I have seen him make. Then I told him that if it ever happened again during the 45 minutes that he is in our box, I would ask him nicely to leave. The best part is that although we would lose his money, I don't need to put up with it. We moved past the point of catering to everybody's different attitudes and personalities just to have their money, and there is definitely a change in the overall feel in our box. Now that doesn't mean that I go around telling everybody to go kick rocks, but we do have a better idea of what we want and what kind of person we don't want.

BTW I'm gonna look into moving our aff to new Zealand, wow I'm jealous.

Box looks great!!! Miss you guys, NZ is lucky to have you!!

Great Job Matt and Donna!

Traveling out here we spent time with affiliates from all over the US. It was a great learning experience. NZ affiliates have been just as welcoming. Thanks for all your support!

Don't tell my parents but you guys are the number one reason I have to come back to Lower Hutt.

Thanks for the work you've done with my entire family.

Heck yes to gym dogs
They lick up all the excess sweat

From someone who works out at MaD - this gym is awesome! Great coaches who know their stuff and know how to be sensible too. I'm loving working out there (first time I've ever actually enjoyed sweating!) and meeting everyone else. Ka pai.

Matt and Donna have done good. I have been watching crossfit for a while on youtube etc and seen it growing in Auckland and other centers in NZ except Wellington. When I got word MaD where setting up shop I was in.

I'd been use to training with my kettlebells on my own and now I get to train hard and learn proper technique with like minded people.

Form first. Rep-perfect. Go faster. Not my words, Donna's.

Cher.

KISSES TO TEAM DYSON!

You guys are awesome! I can't wait to get back to the MaD box. Well worth the flight from Darwin, Australia.

Yeah to the pugs! I am a fairly new crossfitter and my friend goes to private sessions once a week. My pug and I go with him to watch, so Billy is our unofficial gym dog.