?Editors’ Choice
CrossFit Full Potential, Newburyport
Standout qualities: CrossFit Full Potential has lots of dedicated students, but also makes it easy and welcoming for newbies to get started with a free private intro session with a physical assessment to see what program is right for them.
Fun fact: Owner and certified CrossFit coach Daniel Vadala is a former elementary school physical education teacher.
Insider tip: CrossFit Full Potential posts a “Workout of the Day” on its blog and Facebook page, complete with detailed exercises for fitness and performance and inspirational quote.
5 Perkins Way, Newburyport, 978-463-9348, crossfitfullpotential.com
Readers’ Choice
CrossFit Five Plus, Beverly
Fun fact: Its founders are Renaissance men and women, with experiences in the Navy and as a physician’s assistant, professional singer, and marathon runner, among other diverse backgrounds.
100 Cummings Center, Suite 135-E, Beverly, 978-969-6692, crossfitfiveplus.com