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Tiger Way · Peachtree City, GA

Lift heavy. Breathe hard. Leave better than you walked in.

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45 minutes, one coach, no membership needed to try it

We are a coach-led box, not a card-swipe gym. Every hour on the clock is programmed, scaled and watched — whether you deadlifted last Tuesday or last decade.

  • Coach on the floor
  • Everything scales
  • 5am to 8pm
  • Since 2015
5:00First bar on the floor
42Coached hours a week
210+Names on the whiteboard
11 yrsCoaching in Fayette County
Who runs the hour

The coaches standing on the floor with you

Meet the box

Richard Thompson Jr

Owner & head coach

Opened the Tiger Way doors in 2015 after a decade of coaching high-school athletes in Fayette County. Writes the weekly programming and still takes the 5am hour.

  • CF-L3
  • Barbell cycling
  • Youth athletics

Dana Whitfield

On-ramp lead

Runs the fundamentals block and every beginner's first eight weeks. Her whole job is making sure nobody's first month feels like being thrown into the deep end.

  • CF-L2
  • Gymnastics
  • Pre/post-natal

Marcus Ellery

Strength & engine

Handles the barbell cycle and the rowing and running work. If you want a number on the board to move by a specific date, he is the coach you book privately.

  • CF-L2
  • USAW
  • Endurance
Results, not highlight reels

Whiteboard wins from people with day jobs

Nobody here trains for a living. These are members who found an hour, kept showing up and let the numbers do the talking.

Brandon · 41 · Pilot, 14 months in

“I came in unable to hang from the rig. The coaches gave me a band, then a smaller band, then nothing. Nobody rushed it.”
0 → 9Strict pull-ups
-27 lbBodyweight

Alexis · 33 · Nurse, 2 years in

“Night shifts wrecked my old routine. The 5am and the 6:30pm hours mean I never have to skip a whole week again.”
135 → 245Back squat, lb
3×Weeks per month

Curt · 58 · Retired, 3 years in

“My cardiologist asked what changed. I told him a coach writes it down for me and then watches me do it.”
18 minOff his 5k
340Classes logged
The box

Built in a Tiger Way warehouse, run like a team

“A good hour is loud, and then it is quiet while somebody finishes their last round with five people yelling for them.”
Richard Thompson Jr coaching a class at CrossFit PTC
Richard Thompson Jr Owner & head coach, Crossfit PTC, Inc.

Eleven years ago this was 4,800 square feet of empty concrete with a leaky roll-up door. Today it holds a full rig, two rows of platforms, more rowers than we strictly need, and a whiteboard that has carried a lot of people through hard years.

What has not changed: a coach greets you at the door, learns your name in week one and knows what your shoulder does not like by week three. Class caps stay small on purpose. If the hour is full, we would rather you take the next one than get lost in a crowd of thirty.

Members are teachers, pilots out of Falcon Field, nurses, retirees and a stubborn number of golf-cart commuters. Ages run from 15 to 71 and everything gets scaled without a fuss.

Chalked hands gripping a loaded barbell before a deadlift at CrossFit PTC
Starting out

Your first eight weeks, mapped on the whiteboard

No one gets dropped into a competition workout on day one. Here is the actual route from the front door to the 6am regulars.

STEP 01

Free intro, 45 minutes

Coffee, a tour, your training history and injuries. We move a little so we can see how you squat, hinge and press.

STEP 02

Fundamentals, weeks 1–3

Six small-group sessions on the nine core movements. Empty bars first, load only once the shape holds.

STEP 03

Into class, weeks 4–6

You join the daily hour with your scaling written next to your name. A coach checks in after every session.

STEP 04

Numbers, week 8

We retest the benchmarks from your intro, set the next quarter's targets and decide if you want barbell work on top.

Ways to train

Pick the door that fits your week

Full schedule & programs

Daily coached class

One hour: warm-up, skill or strength piece, then the workout of the day. Capped at 16 so the coach can actually coach.

Mon–Fri from 5:00am · Sat 8:00am

Fundamentals on-ramp

Six beginner sessions in a group of four or fewer. Built for people who have never touched a barbell and are not pretending otherwise.

New block starts every other Monday

Barbell & engine block

An add-on cycle for members chasing a squat, clean or 5k number. Twelve weeks of written progression, tested at the end.

Tue & Thu 6:30pm, after class
Loaded barbell on the platform during a private strength session

One-on-one strength coaching

Private hours for athletes coming back from a rough shoulder, teenagers heading into a season, or anyone who would rather learn the lifts without an audience. Book a single session or a standing weekly slot — both start with the same free intro.

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Honest fit

Who ends up staying past month three

We would rather tell you now than take a signup that goes cold in six weeks.

People with exactly one free hour

Warm-up to clean-up fits inside sixty minutes. You do not have to plan a workout, and there is no thirty minutes of wandering between machines.

Anyone restarting after years off

Roughly half of our on-ramp has not trained since school. Nobody here remembers what you lifted on your first day, and everybody remembers their own.

Gym regulars who stalled out

If your bench has not moved in two years, the fix is usually programming and a coach's eyes, not another machine circuit.

Athletes with a date on the calendar

A season, a Spartan heat, a hunting trip in Colorado. Give us the date and the training works backwards from it.

Before you book

The questions we get at the door

Do I need to get in shape before I start?

No. That is the whole reason the on-ramp exists. Your first six sessions run in a group of four or fewer with a coach who is only watching you.

Am I going to be the oldest person in the room?

Unlikely. Our members run from 15 to 71 and the mid-morning classes skew older on purpose. The 5am hour is mostly people getting it done before work.

What does it cost?

It depends on whether you want the daily class, the on-ramp or private hours, so we give you the number in person at your intro. No contracts with a twelve-month tail.

I have a bad back or a rebuilt knee. Can I train?

Usually yes, with modifications. Tell the coach at the intro, bring anything your physical therapist wrote down, and we will build around it rather than through it.

How do I know which class to book?

Book the free intro first. It takes 45 minutes and ends with a coach telling you exactly which hour and which program to start with.

Come stand in the chalk dust before you commit

Drop in on a class, watch an hour from the side, or take the free intro. Nobody signs anything on the first visit.

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