Most group fitness is either choreography or chasing a number on a screen. Performance is coach-led strength training on Flexline pneumatic equipment, layered with cognitive drills that train your brain to make faster decisions under physical load. The strength work is real. The cognitive work isn't a gimmick. And the coach is actually coaching — not running a playlist.

Yes. The drills were built by Dr. Adam Darby (clinical neurologist, the architect of the Aratrain Method) and are baked into every session, not bolted on as a warmup. The research on dual-task cognitive-physical training is well-established, and most members feel sharper inside 3–4 sessions — faster reaction times, cleaner decisions under fatigue.

Classes are 60 minutes. Most members come 2–4x per week. Flexline is low-impact, so your body recovers faster than it would from barbell training — meaning higher frequency works for most people without trashing joints. We also have a variety of class intensities with our Strength, Conditioning, and Flow classes. So, you could come to Arete Method every day.

You show up, take a regular Performance class with a coach walking you through every movement, and leave 60 minutes later with a real sense of what training here actually feels like. After class, your coach will walk you through what plugging in next looks like. No high-pressure pitch.

Different goal. CrossFit is intensity-first. OTF and F45 are programming-first within a fixed template. Performance is cognitive-physical performance training — the goal is to make you measurably sharper and stronger for what happens outside the gym, not just for the workout itself. We're closer to elite athletic performance training than a fitness class.