About Us

Our Approach. At Legion Fitness our goal is to get you fit, get you trained and get you confident in your appearance but even more importantly get you confident in your ability to defend your loved ones. Our classes are semi-private (4 to 6 students) so that our students get focused attention and are exercising at their optimal level

Elements from Crossfit, Ranger, SEAL and Elite Combat Fitness are all utilized to get you in the best shape of your life.

Legion is like no other fitness facility in Lexington. There are no machines, no barbells, no dumbbells, no mirrors, no juice bars and no shorts with tank tops. Legion believes that a visit to any "normal" gym that is open to the public offers the wrong idea of what achieving fitness is like. In those places, magazines are read while on a machine pretending to "run" or "bike", weights are lifted by isolated muscles, often in a seated position and intensity is distinctly lacking. Legion believes that "modern fitness" is defined by appearance rather than actual horsepower, and a training facility contaminated by this attitude cannot produce elite fitness, physical or mental. At Legion, people are trained in a structured, "class" environment. Body-weight exercises are focused on, with Russian Kettlebells as the only outside resistance. The training is semi-private, with classes running from 1 to 6 people. And, the training is very intense. In a class you might see women doing full-out pull-ups on a bar 8' off the ground, or guys swinging 40 lbs. kettlebells.

When you are ready, we're ready.

Our Staff
Steve Mansfield - Head Instructor
(pictured above with Moni Aizik) Legion Fitness Founder and Head Instructer. ISSA Certified Fitness Trainer, Rock Climber, Mountaineer, Alpinist, Extreme Sports enthusiast, black belt in karate and a Level 3 Commando Krav Maga Certified Instructor, Steve is committed to getting people in the best shape of their lives while instructing them in the highest rated reality-based self-defense system in the world, Commando Krav Maga. Steve's training style has evolved from a deep background of fitness, climbing, alpinism and martial arts and has allowed him to develop some of the most fun and undoubtedly the most challenging workouts in the region. Rock climbers and mountaineers reach the highest levels of fitness of any type of athletic pursuit in existense, and Steve has solo climbed the highest peak in the continental USA, Mt. Whitney, in a single day, climbed Mt. Rainier, Mt. Shuksan, Mt. Baker, the Grand Teton and many others and has rock climbed all over North America. He is a skydiver, hang glider pilot, certified SCUBA diver and more. His martial arts background includes Shaolin, Kempo, Krav Maga and Commando Krav Maga, including training personally with the founder of CKM, Moni Aizik. Steve has trained world class athletes, climbers, mountaineers, Marines, Army personnel, Guardsmen, Emergency Response personnel, SWAT Team members, regular Law Enforcement and more. The developer of the LEGION FIT program, Steve has put the best of military training methods (Force Recon, SEAL, Special Forces), rock and alpine training and training for extreme sports together for Legion Fitness, the toughest but most effective workouts available.

Josh Filson - MMA/ Ground Fighting Instructor
(pictured at left with Gokor Chivichyan) A level 3 Instructor under Gorkor Chivichyan and certified Defensive Tactics Instructor (including Police Control Techniques and GAGE (Ground Avoidance/Ground Escape)), Josh leads classes in BJJ and MMA Ground Fighting at Legion Fitness. Josh is also a police officer and a member of the Emergency Response Team. He currently competes with Team Hayastan in open tournaments as well as coaches other participants in fighting systems including elements of Judo, Sambo and BJJ. Josh’s classes will improve your fitness, ground survival and MMA fighting skills.

Legion Fitness Classes

Commando Krav Maga +

Self Defense 101 +

Spartan Yoga +

Extreme Fitness Classes +

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839 National Avenue Suite 110 Lexington, KY 40502 | Email Us +