(gate clanking open)
- [Voiceover] Why do you have to get here so early?
- [Voiceover] Because we want the gym to be bumping
before everybody get here.
- [Voiceover] So what do you have to do
before people start showing up?
- I'm about to put on music,
most important part.
Um, make sure the workout's on the board.
(Madi sighs)
- [Voiceover] Is your arm tired?
- It is. Don't touch me.
- I like the crowd at six in the morning.
- [Voiceover] Why?
- Why?
- [Voiceover] Yeah.
- [Rich] They're just all motivated individuals.
- [Madi] What's nice is that even though
they might not have the most energy in the morning
they're still all there for each other,
and like, the sense of camaraderie's still there.
- [Brian] I think it's awesome
because we have people that tend to be consistent
with the time that they come to class
so you get to see them over time.
- [Madi] And then from seven until nine o'clock
there's nothing scheduled,
so it's usually just me by myself.
- [Voiceover] What do you do?
- I clean like a mad woman.
The time feels like it goes by so quickly here
because I'm just like enjoying every second.
You know, there's obviously stuff that is maybe not as fun,
but even when like, I'm cleaning the gym,
it's a space that I'm proud of
and it's a space that I love,
so I don't mind taking care of it like that.
It's just, like, a necessary task
to show people like, we care.
- [Madi] People start arriving at like 8:45 for class.
And I greet them and tell them that they're beautiful
and we just continue on with our day.
So then we have open gym from 10 to noon
and I have my break then, so I'll train
with our coach.
(upbeat electronic music)
- [Samantha] So I'm the head coach here
at Vault Crossfit.
I would say that we're unique
because we're definitely the friendliest box
but we are also a very competitive box,
which is a rare combination, I think.
In crossfit usually it's one way or the other.
- [Madi] We've had people come and literally just bring
their dog so we can hang out with their dogs
and not work out at all.
I think people just really enjoy being here
especially when it's like, we have a lot
of really hard working people,
so it's a place that they can come and hang out
with like, adult friends, that isn't destructive
to their lifestyle.
- [Samantha] You know, we look forward to coming in
because it's like, a change to see not only our teammates,
but our friends.
(people clapping and shouting encouragement)
- [Madi] Then around 11:30 you come back up here,
get people signed in for the noon class.
- After that, if you are up for the challenge,
we're gonna start doing a wading pool up--
- My name is Chanida Sintuu
and I'm the owner of Vault Crossfit.
It's been around for three and a half years.
People who don't have regular day jobs,
they usually come in around the 9 am or the noon class.
Noon there's different combinations of people
that come in.
Noon can be a big party as well.
- [Jorge] Everyone's always here pushing each other,
wanting to get to the next level.
There's always someone here to work with you,
plus all the coaches are here to help you out.
- [Leti] I love the camaraderie,
I love the fact that everybody gets to push you.
- [Madi] And we have open gym in the evening
and then from there it's just like bam bam bam
class class class class class.
- [Chanida] Four pm-ers that are kind of after work,
but then the evening shifts is five, six, and seven,
where all the people that come in after work
and they just wanna get their workout in.
The 6:15 and the 7:15 pm classes rock pretty hard.
- [Luke] Everyone who comes, we kick butt as a group
and we do the exercise
and we're bonding, and we're having a lot of fun.
- [Chanida] I think this community
has one of the biggest hearts that I've ever experienced
and I've been to a few boxes.
- Why am I here?
- [Voiceover] Again.
- I taught spin class!
- [Chanida] Obviously at Vault, we specialize in crossfit
but I think as much as crossfit embodies a lot
of different aspects of training,
I think there are some things that we don't focus
as much on, and I wanted to bring that into Vault.
Crossfit can be very high impact, and so I wanted to add
some low impact activities like indoor cycling,
and yoga and mobility.
- [Madi] I'm gonna go home and crash for a few hours
and be back at 5:30 tomorrow.
- [Voiceover] This is southern California,
so you can find,
I mean, I live in Studio City
and there's like five different crossfit gyms
that I could go to.
And you stick with the ones that make you feel
the best about what you're doing here
and who welcome you when you come in
and make you feel like
oh, they care that I'm here today.
Even if they don't (laughs)
you still feel like that.
- [Chanida] As a business owner,
I've gone through a lot of change
in just the few years that we've opened,
but I feel in my heart that now we have
the right combination of people
to make this place flourish.
- [Voiceover] That's awesome.