Our Story

Built Inside
A Real Gym.

WolverineWOD wasn't designed in a boardroom. It was built on the floor of a CrossFit affiliate, with coaches and athletes testing every feature in real classes.

The Origin

From Frustration
To Platform

Every CrossFit gym owner knows the problem. Scheduling lives in Google Sheets. WODs get texted out. Leaderboards are whiteboards. Check-in is a clipboard. And none of it talks to each other.

WolverineWOD was built to fix that — starting at Wolverine Strength & Conditioning in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Every feature was tested with real coaches, real athletes, and real classes before it shipped.

The result is a platform that actually fits how CrossFit gyms operate — not how a software company thinks they should.

Wolverine Strength
& Conditioning
Ann Arbor, Michigan
25+
Years Combined Coaching
4
Coaching Disciplines
#1
Gym in Ann Arbor
The People Behind It
Built by gym owners and operators who live the problem every day.
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Chris Arcure
Gym Owner & Co-Founder

Owner of Wolverine Strength & Conditioning in Ann Arbor, MI — one of the top CrossFit affiliates in Michigan. Chris provided the real-world requirements, athlete feedback, and daily testing that shaped every feature in WolverineWOD. If it's in the platform, it's because his gym needed it.

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Mark Shalinsky
Founder & Product

Entrepreneur and product builder with deep roots in data, sales automation, and SaaS. Mark built WolverineWOD from the ground up with a focus on the operational realities of running a CrossFit affiliate — not just the features, but the workflows that actually save coaches and owners time every single day.

Visit Wolverine Strength & Conditioning
680 State Circle, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 · The #1 CrossFit gym in Ann Arbor. See the gym where WolverineWOD was born.
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What We Believe
Three principles that guide everything we build.
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Built For Athletes

Every role — owner, coach, athlete — gets purpose-built tools. Not one-size-fits-all software crammed into a gym context.

Simple By Design

Gym owners and coaches are busy. WolverineWOD should be faster to use than whatever you're using now, not a training exercise in itself.

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Community First

Leaderboards, reactions, comments, messaging — the social layer of a CrossFit gym is what keeps athletes coming back. We build for that.

See What We Built
The live demo is fully functional — explore every role, every feature.
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