As a kid being active came fairly naturally to me, I had always been an avid athlete along with an active home lifestyle starting in soccer from about the day I could walk and eventually got into wrestling and lifting by the time I had hit high school after trying out track, football, and cross country along the way. As I entered college I continued being active by doing my 3 days a week, bodybuilding style, globo-gym workout but had luckily came upon a position as an assistant wrestling coach at a local high school so I never really saw my fitness level spiraling down. Around my junior year of college though I realized I wasn’t happy, I just wasn’t getting what I wanted out of my workouts. Nothing compared to that same intensity I felt during the wrestling season. I knew there had to be more than chest, bi’s, tri’s, etc. I happened across an article in Men’s Health April 2009 about Movnat, a type of workout that was focused on moving our bodies naturally during shorter high intensity workouts. This started my functional fitness movement. I continued happily with this for another year and a half until Christmas 2010 when my cousin mentioned something to me about how he and his wife had been doing Crossfit. Intrigued I looked into it and by January 2011 I had started doing a couple mainsite WOD’s a week. I decided to get my L1 certification that March. I got killed by Fran the first day, could hardly walk the next, and was in love by the end of that weekend.

 

Accolades:

• CF LEVEL 1 Certified
• CF Movement and Mobility Certified
• NSCA Certified Personal Trainer
• American Sports Education Program (ASEP) Certified

Q&A

1. When did you find CrossFit?
   January 2011
2. Favorite CrossFit moment to date?
   Seeing my girlfriend, Jenny, get her first kipping pull-up after many weeks of training/fighting. That or getting yelled at every week at the ARC for dragging bars and bumper plates up and down the elevator to the upstairs track.
3. Favorite/Least Favorite WOD?
   Favorite is Fran. Least favorite is anything with burpees.
4. Favorite/Least Favorite exercise?
   Favorite is the Muscle-up. Least favorite is double unders.
5. What are some of your long-term fitness goals?
   300# Jerk, 500# Deadlift, Complete Kalsu at 135# under 15 min.
6. Favorite “Pump-Up” song?
   “Dark Horses” by Switchfoot.
7. Favorite Paleo meal?
   Pork Ribs and a Spinach Salad.
8. Favorite cheat meal?
   Ice cream
9. Hobbies outside of CrossFit?
   Bow Hunting, Coaching wrestling, and spending time with friends and family
10. If you had one super power what would it be?
    The inability to rest during a WOD