Hatchet Athletics

Expérience fantastique: I love this gym! In just 3 months, I’ve seen incredible growth—physically, mentally, and emotionally. I feel so supported, encouraged, and continuously pushed to become stronger while learning new skills along the way. Katelyn is absolutely amazing! She provides clear, effective instruction and adapts each session to ensure everyone is challenged at their own level. It’s clear she really cares about each person’s progress and well-being, which makes all the difference. The variety of classes keeps things exciting—each session is different, so you never get bored. And honestly, we all leave with huge smiles on our faces after every class! I’ve had so much fun and truly look forward to every workout. If you're looking for a gym that combines fun, growth, and a supportive community, this is the place. I can’t recommend it enough!

Expérience fantastique: I have been training at Hatchet Athletics from its very beginnings, and couldn't recommend it more. Over the years I have used most of the services offered, from classes to personalized programming, one-on-one coaching and open gym. Hatchet has the tools, experience, guidance and support to help you achieve your fitness goals; regardless of your age, experience and objectives. If you have never set foot in a gym, or you're a seasoned competitive athlete, Coach and owner Mitch can help you succeed. Looking for a way to maintain or improve your fitness that is effective, fun and full of variety? This is your place.

Expérience fantastique: I’ve been attending strength and conditioning workouts at this gym, and it’s been an incredible experience! The instructors are not only knowledgeable but also super motivating and kind. Mitch, in particular, is awesome—he really knows how to push you to get the best results while keeping the energy positive and supportive. If you’re looking for a gym where you can grow stronger and be part of a great community, this is the place for you!

Expérience fantastique: Joined the Legends program a few weeks ago and loving it. They make accommodations to the program for those who need it. I highly recommend the Legends program to anyone 50 years or older who are looking to increase strength and stability!!

Expérience fantastique: Hatchet Athletics - A Remarkable Journey Begins I joined Hatchet Athletics just a week ago, and the experience has already been amazing, with tangible improvements! Coach Mitchell is an incredible individual with a driving passion to see everyone grow in strength, stamina, flexibility, and mobility. His coaching goes beyond the physical, aiming for holistic growth in each individual. Hatchet Athletics maintains an unwavering emphasis on technique, instilling a sense of confidence and setting the stage for future achievements. I am confident that I will reach my goals and more, thanks to the incredible, diverse group of people I get to train with. I eagerly anticipate the continued growth, learning, and camaraderie with this exceptional community.

Expérience fantastique: I am really enjoying the Legends program. It is geared to an older demographic and takes into account my injuries and body issues that accompany aging. Each workout has been different but they build on techniques and movements from previous sessions. Workouts are modified easily and progress is monitored. Two thumbs up for sure!

Expérience fantastique: I was just passing through Huntsville and staying with friends here so joined my mate Guy for two sessions yesterday and today which I really enjoyed. Mitch is very welcoming and a great trainer - he explains the structure of the class's and the individual drills very clearly - creating a fun and meaningful atmosphere. Both the sessions were very different and whilst challenging were achievable for me and all who attended. Thanks Mitch and all best wishes for Hatchet Athletics. Regards Alan.

Expérience fantastique: SO glad that I started here. I've done lots of athletics in my life but Crossfit is all new to me. The coaching, the workouts and the member support at Hatchet are all positive and empowering. It's only been two months, but it feels like home. To Mitch, Kelly and all the members, thank you.

Expérience fantastique: Great workouts! Just take your time if you are not used to workout so often!

Expérience fantastique: Best gym in the Huntsville area. Drop in for Open Gym to do Oly Lifting when in town. Mitch is awesome and members are very welcoming.

Expérience fantastique: An amazing place to train in Muskoka! I dropped in for open gym and everyone was so friendly. The gym has everything you need.

Expérience fantastique: I have done a few drop ins when I visit from out of town. Would recommend ! Members and coaches are super welcoming and encouraging.

Expérience fantastique: Hatchet Athletics is a fantastic gym with a warm community, thorough instruction and great workouts. I’ll definitely be back when I visit the area again.

Expérience fantastique: I’d been at another gym for 5months and was really in search of a more challenging functional workout and a community that is like-minded. This is exactly what I found at Hatchet and am amped up to get into the space as often as I can. Mitch (the owner) is on a genuine mission to bring fitness to any level and really helps people learn technique, etc giving attention to everyone in a group setting. Stoked on having Hatchet in Huntsville!

Expérience fantastique: The environment is very fun, Mitch is a great teacher. Everyone at the gym is so welcoming and makes being new to the gym world much more enjoyable! Will be continuing my journey here for sure!!

Expérience fantastique: I’ve struggled getting back into fitness after being an athlete for years and dealing with multiple surgeries from injuries. I couldn’t find an activity that I loved. I started going to Hatchet after a friend recommended me to join, I was very nervous to start but I can safely say just after 1 class I was hooked! The community is so supportive, Mitch is very knowledgeable, caring and supportive as well! He specifically designed the programs to cater to all fitness levels whether you are a beginner or advanced in skill, he challenges us well within our limits. Going to class is my favourite part of my day and I couldn’t say thank you enough to Hatchet for getting me back into fitness, providing me with a form of fitness I love and giving me a community to be a part of!

Expérience fantastique: As an older woman, coming was quite intimidating. But everyone was so welcoming. I have come now 4 -5 days /week for 5 weeks. What a difference I feel! Every session is challenging and the community really great. I am so glad I signed up!

Expérience fantastique: I accidentally stumbled upon Hatchet while searching for a gym to improve my fitness. After taking a tour, I signed up on the spot. I love the variety and adaptability of the routines, and everyone here is incredibly nice and supportive.

Expérience fantastique: Hatchet gym is a gem in Muskoka! Being local to Huntsville in the summer it’s great to get an amazing sweat outside of Toronto. Mitch is super welcoming and his facility has it all. Super tough workouts but Mitch is strict on form! Something for everyone.

Expérience fantastique: Hatchet athletics has been a game changer for my life. Mitch is a wonderful coach. He is so friendly and nurturing. If you need your butt kicked he can do that! If you need to take it low and slow he fully supports that too. He genuinely wants everyone to have a great experience in his gym and it shows. The community is so warm and friendly and a big part of the reason why I keep showing up. I would highly recommend Hatchet!! Love you and what you are doing for the community Mitch!

Expérience fantastique: Great atmosphere and supportive coaches. If you're looking for functional fitness, this it the place to find it!

Expérience fantastique: The programming is great the community is even better . 10/10 would recommend.

Expérience fantastique: I highly recommend Hatchet Athletics! Great atmosphere/equipment and excellent coaching. After going to Bootcamp for a year I'm feeling so much stronger and happier

Expérience fantastique: Mitch and all the members make workouts challenging yet fun! Not only great for physical fitness but a great asset to stress and mental health!! Thank you!!

Expérience fantastique: I've been training with Mitch since before he was a coach. He could start a gym on a deserted Island and I'd swim there just to work with him. Dedicated. Disciplined. Sincere. He's the real deal.

Expérience fantastique: Mitch runs a great gym. Waking up to workout at 6am sucks but Mitch makes it worth it. Highly recommend Hatchet Athletics!

Expérience fantastique: Hatchet Athletics is a Great gym. If you are experienced or brand new to the gym. Mitch is a great teacher and everyone at the gym is nice and welcoming. I would 100% recommend this Gym to anyone.

Expérience fantastique: There is no better way to start your day! Mitch is an excellent coach. The workouts are adjusted to everyone’s needs, the atmosphere is fun and talkative, and he still finds a way to kick my butt each day. I can’t wait to come back

Expérience fantastique: Joining Hatchett Athletics has been an absolute game-changer for me! From the moment I walked in, I knew I was in for something special. The atmosphere is electric, filled with positivity, encouragement, and a real sense of community. The coach, Mitch, is phenomenal - knowledgeable, motivating, and always pushing to achieve more to see results. Whether you're a beginner or seasoned athlete, he'll tailor workouts to suit everyone's abilities, ensuring a safe and effective session every time. The variety of workouts keeps things exciting and challenging. No two sessions are ever the same, which keeps me engaged and motivated to come back for more. But what truly sets Hatchett Athletics apart is the sense of camaraderie among members. Everyone is so supportive and friendly, cheering each other on and celebrating each other's victories. It's like having a second family! Joining was one of the best decisions I've ever made, and I can't recommend it highly enough!!

Expérience fantastique: Mitch has been a fantastic trainer over the past few years! He has great knowledge and skills to help you on your fitness journey. Mitch is always ready to modifiy classes if needed based on the different levels of each person.  I always feel super comfortable knowing he will remind us of an alternative if I can't complete the more advanced techniques.  An excellent place with amazing people! Every workout is an amazing challenge that leaves me feeling great!

Expérience fantastique: I feel amazing every time I leave a workout, and the community is awesome!! Mitch is an awesome coach and provides some great in-depth lessons on functional movement and form. This gym is great for people of any fitness level and the community and coaches push you to do your best, no matter what that looks like. 10/10 recommend!!

Expérience fantastique: I can’t say enough good things about Coach Mitch and Hatchet CrossFit Gym. If you want to become healthier, fitter, stronger and faster Hatchet is the best place to be! Coach Mitch really knows his stuff and breaks down the movements for any skill level. He is helping me reach my fitness goals which is not an easy task as when I joined the gym, I had never done CrossFit before and am 68 and due to an injury, was not in my best shape. So remember!! Everyone has to start somewhere. Mitch has a keen eye and keeps you safe while helping improve many aspects of your CrossFit workout. I also can’t say enough about the great people and welcoming community I now work out with. Thanks Mitch you're the best!!!

Expérience fantastique: As a senior citizen, my expectations for joining a gym were fairly modest-improved flexibility and strength. Coach Mitchell helped me blow past those expectations in my first 2 weeks of training. It validated my choice of Hatchet Athletics as the right choice for me. From my first meeting with Coach Mitch it was clear that he had an exceptional understanding of physiology but more importantly, he cared about helping me as an individual. He is an inspired trainer and I can’t recommend him or Hatchet Athletics more highly.

Expérience fantastique: I just joined Hatchet Athletics a month ago, and I am absolutely hooked. The workout classes are exactly the challenge and push I have been looking for. Mitch's exceptional training skills allow me to feel safe while performing new exercises, and I am comfortable going at my own pace. I love that I have access to the gym 24/7 and already feel welcome in the like-minded community of amazing people here. I highly recommend this place to anyone and everyone!

Expérience fantastique: Coach Mitch was VERY attentive and professional. His attention to detail and progressive training sessions with my sons left them feeling accomplished and comfortable as we progressed!! Absolutely amazing time as a family working out together!!

Expérience fantastique: Awesome place to have some fun and get fit. Very welcoming to all levels!

Expérience fantastique: Great explanations for new gym goers. Welcoming community even for those visiting from out of town.

Expérience fantastique: A great community of people to help you reach your goals.

Expérience fantastique: Drink the Kool-aid!

Expérience fantastique: Mitch is a great coach! The classes are very motivational doing it together! Try it!

Expérience fantastique: Love this gym! Great community, great coaching, and for anyone who wants to give functional fitness or CrossFit a try!

Expérience fantastique: This gym is great. If you’re nervous about joining you should try Kelly’s bootcamp class. It’s beginner friendly, she makes you feel welcome and immediately part of the gym community. She will work with you to find movements you can do if you have injury, limitations, or you just need to ease back into working out. Kelly really cares about the people in her class, she’s fun, encouraging, and kind.

Expérience fantastique: This gym is like no other in town. The care, support, coaching, and community you get with your membership is like nowhere else around. Don’t let fear hold you back, give it and try and see what potential in yourself you can unlock. Take a chance and see what happens.

Expérience fantastique: I only started attending a month ago, as I had heard very positive reviews. I’m glad I did! This gym is very welcoming to beginners. Mitch and Kelly are fun, engaging and non-judgemental. More importantly, they’re invested in teaching us to do components of the workout right, to avoid injuries!

Expérience fantastique: Hatchet Athletics is a community you want to be part of!! I feel so lucky to have stumbled into Mitch’s CrossFit / functional training 6 years ago - moving to Huntsville from Toronto. The personal tips and attention during workouts have been instrumental in overcoming old injuries and building a better ‘body’. Could not have done it without the support of Coach Mitch and fellow members that sweat it out each workout.

Expérience fantastique: I've been going to Hatchet for almost two years now. It's become a pillar in my week. The physical exercises is great but it's the mental impact that it has had that keeps me going back. The peer support and motivation is also endless. Regardless of the skill level you almost always feel as if you are on the same level. I would highly recommend Hatchet Athletics to anyone.

Expérience fantastique: Mitch does a great job motivating newcomers and seasoned gym goers alike. He is adept at observing areas of improvement for each individual and is precise with his recommendations. The intensity of the functional fitness, class-led approach results in a high level of conditioning that would be difficult to achieve in a classical gym setting.

Expérience fantastique: I first joined Hatchet during the summer after my boss encouraged me to come try it with him, I absolutely loved the atmosphere and challenge that it gave me, all of the instructors are absolutely amazing and supportive no matter your level. as I a student I had to unfortunately stop attending classes and started doing solo workouts, but Hatchet still provided an amazing experience for me and I am looking forward to getting back to working out there.

Expérience fantastique: I started my journey at Hatchet over a year ago and Im so glad I made the move! This place has changed my life. Classes are professional, fun and beginner friendly! Hands down the most incredible fitness community to be a part of in Huntsville!

Expérience fantastique: The most welcoming and supporting gym. Coach Mitch & Coach Kelly are truly amazing and execute an expert sense of knowledge, skill and passion for each member and their fitness journey. Things I'd never thought I'd be able to do before was accomplished just by showing up and trusting the coaching process. This gym has absolutely changed my life for the better and cannot be more appreciative of the coaches & community!

Expérience fantastique: I’ve gone to Hatchet Athletics for 6 years and I have to say it has truly changed my life. I was completely out of shape when I started due to recovering from a head injury for 5 months. I had never done these kind of workouts before and found that I really liked the style of functional fitness, the format of each class being different and coach led, and the way improvement was measurable and the workouts were carefully programmed for getting stronger and more fit. Coach Mitch is an excellent coach. He is positive and encouraging and clearly teaches the movements, regularly checking that we use correct technique. The community is a huge plus that is unique to this style of workout. Totally different than my experience at other types of gyms. As a result of Hatchet Athletics and Mitch Friend I am more fit now than I was 30 years ago!

Expérience fantastique: I have dropped into this gym several times over the last few years while staying nearby, and I can honestly say this is one of the best gyms to train that I have been to. Mitch is a fantastic guy and a superb coach, and there is a very welcoming feeling of community amongst the members, who are so friendly. I would recommend this gym wholeheartedly to anyone who is in the area.

Expérience fantastique: Great being back at Hatchet with Mitch and the team after a month travelling, it’s back to exercising again with great instruction.

Expérience fantastique: I drive from Kawagama to enjoy sweating with this community. Mitch is a great coach: I’ve been to over 30 CrossFit gyms so I speak the truth. Hatchet Athletics is clean, a great place to be a beginner, and very inclusive. Oh yeah, they also offer excellent programming. Anytime I am in the area this is my home gym.

Expérience fantastique: I’ve tried several of the gym options in Huntsville. Hatchet stands out as a great place for both group workouts and independent training. It isn’t the cheapest option in town, but you do get what you pay for in this case and you can really transform your body, getting stronger and fitter in no time. The best part of the gym, it feels very inclusive, with all ages and abilities accommodated. Before I joined, I was worried it would be very intimidating to do classes as a beginner. I was wrong, the coaches here (Mitch and Kelly) are welcoming, energizing and are always happy to adapt a workout so you can find a way to keep working out when you have to be careful due to an injury. Due to various health issues I’ve had to pause from doing workouts at times since joining, but every time I’ve gone back to Hatchet my husband has said how quickly I get my gains back. I just don’t push myself anywhere near as hard on my own when going to a regular gym. Last but not least, an important part of the gym for me is also the social side. I’m happy to say I’ve met not just workout buddies but also friends from joining Hatchet.

Expérience fantastique: If you're looking for a gym that fosters a sense of community and support, Hatchet Athletics will without a doubt be the place for you. When I joined this gym, I was new to the CrossFit world. Mitch and Kelly made classed fun, enjoyable and not intimidating. Each member is able to work at their own pace to get more comfortable as they build strength. Goals and achievements are always celebrated and everyone is rooting for one another! The energy in this gym is awesome and motivating! I cant say enough about how wonderful adding Hatchets classes to my weekly routine was and how great it felt to see improvements in my fitness.

Expérience fantastique: I love Hatchet! Mitch and Kelly are great coaches, explaining the techniques well for beginners like myself, while at the same time keeping everyone motivated and having fun. I was a self-proclaimed lifelong weakling before I joined and never pictured myself fitting in at this type of gym - I need not have worried. Mitch and Kelly are always incredibly supportive - modifying for me when I need it, and pushing me to achieve things that I didn't think I'd be able to do. The community at the gym is great, and variety in the workouts keeps it interesting.

Expérience fantastique: Great Crossfit gym. My wife and I have been to gyms all around North America while we travel. Mitch runs super fun classes and they are always a great workout!

Expérience fantastique: If you're looking to get fit, Hatchet offers the greatest workouts available in Huntsville. Every day is a little bit different, but always features smart, challenging programming. Mitch is an excellent instructor - he really cares that everybody has good form, and he's great at communicating the right queues and teaching new concepts. He knows his stuff and you can tell he's truly engaged in his passion when leading classes. Hatchet's a small community, and the more you come the more you'll recognize folks and make friends. I found early in my fitness journey that I perform at my best when I am challenged by a dose of friendly competition, rather than working alone on stuff. Working out in a class is the best because you're getting instruction, feedback, community support all in one - and you can focus on the actual work because the workout is designed for you. Crossfit can sound intimidating to newcomers, but if you give it a shot you'll see it really isn't - it might take a bit to catch up to some of the language, but it's just good programming designed to get you as fit as you can be. If you're new to working out & don't really know what you're doing in the gym either way, I'd say the level of instruction offered by Mitch is WAY less intimidating than a conventional gym full of equipment would be. I live out of town, so the best I can do is maybe 1 visit per week, alongside a variety of other fitness activities -- if you live in town there's no question the kind of transformation that can be at your fingertips if you decide to join and go every day. Class times are designed to fit easily into your schedule (in the AM before work, at 9am after school drop-off, or 5:30 after work) and the best change can come from making it a habit.

Expérience fantastique: Did my first crossfit workout at Hatchet. I was a bit nervous and intimidated about how it would go. When I first arrived I felt really welcomed and Mitch was amazing at helping me as a beginner. The class was a lot of fun and challenging. Mitch did a great job at the beginning walking us through the workout that day and helping demonstrate different lifts and technique. Amazing experience and I will definitely be going back.

Expérience fantastique: Amazing place to workout! Changed the way I do fitness. Mitch is so knowledgeable and helpful. Highly recommend!

Expérience fantastique: What a great place. Mitch is a knowledgeable, fun and encouraging coach. He has built an excellent place to work out and build community.

Expérience fantastique: Always a good workout!!

Expérience fantastique: Amazing workouts! So much fun! Always different! Mitch is a great motivator + attentive coach. In fact, I loved it so much, I became a coach myself. Come join us - you will not regret it!!!!

Expérience négative: Not a great spot

Expérience fantastique: So glad this exists in Huntsville. Awesome & friendly community vibe!

Expérience fantastique: New facility is large and open. Mitch is great to work with, and very welcoming to drop-ins. A little upgrade to washrooms would be terrific, but not urgently required.

Expérience fantastique: Mitch is very welcoming. The facility is clean and well equipped. Every time I attend a class, feels like we are building on the last workout and making progress.