Back in June of 2012 I decided to give CrossFit a try based on my younger brother's suggestion... After a brief search on Google I found CrossFit Max Effort just a few miles from my house. At the time I made my visit to this gym based on its proximity to my house and now over a year later and with various visits to other CF gyms along the West Coast, I can honestly say that this is THE CrossFit gym for you if you're passionate about fitness and either live or happen to be in Vegas.
I played sports in high school and have always kept in generally adequate physical condition... Alternating between chest & tricep, back & bicep, and legs and shoulder days at the local gym (my standard regimen since HS football). Since starting, CrossFit has shattered my concept of training and fitness in an incredibly positive way.
In addition to being the fittest I've ever been, the gym provides a level of camaraderie you simply don't find at this stage in life outside of work. When was the last time you went to dinner with friends you met at the gym? Or partnered up with a stranger for a workout and became friends before the session was over? The culture at CFME is the icing on the cake. The cake being the awesome instruction provided by the coaches. Or maybe the cake is fitness... I don't know, I'm not good at metaphors.
I could keep going on, but it would get way too specific and long. What I should have started with: If you want to get in the most incredible shape of your life (no matter where you're starting, 200 pounds overweight with no lifting background or an elite athlete with a Red Bull sponsorship) you should come to CrossFit Max Effort. You'll be doing your future self an enormous service.