Redemption Road Fitness Foundation

We reach out to currently incarcerated men and women housed in the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) who desire a better life through physical fitness and community. In utilizing, and tapping into, one of the most influential and foundational prison routines and cultures, “working out”, we will draw an individual into the CrossFit and Redemption Road Fitness community. We don’t mandate, coerce, or initially state that individuals should or even could change themselves for the better. We simply allow that person to become comfortable around new people, doing new things, and for healthy physical reasons. During that introduction period we break down the walls of common prison subculture such as race, criminal offenses, and affiliations. We instill trust, companionship, and empathy that comes from the RF2 community volunteers and their fellow RF2 offender base. From that point we slowly incorporate areas that aid that person in, willingly, wanting to change their life for the better - what we at RF2 refer to as “being sick and tired, of being sick and tired.” Using education in the realm of fitness we parallel physical fitness to that of mental fitness. Mentorship, stewardship, accountability, developmental empathy, goal directed living, and tangible results from the physical and the cognitive behavioral components is the totality of the impact RF2 makes. In changing one person, one mind, and one paradigm, we empower that individual to do the same for others. We change the prison culture and subsequently the recidivism rate. Redemption Road participants are better citizens and contribute to a safer society.