CrossFit L1
CrossFit Mobility
I grew up in the country, hunting, fishing, playing outdoors until dark, riding my bike anywhere and everywhere I could, I love being outdoors. I played sports growing up, mostly baseball and basketball, in high school I played football, wrestled, and ran track. In college I played intramural sports and tried a lot of different sports like tennis, bowling, lacrosse, and golf. I have been pretty active my whole life. After college, I was down to beer league softball teams and occasionally going to the gym, this went on for years!
My first introduction to CrossFit was watching ESPN during the 2011 games and thinking that looks awesome, but there's no way I could do that stuff. I started doing some research about CrossFit and went to CrossFit Asheville and watched a couple of classes and decided there's no way I can do this stuff. I watched the Games again in 2012, and again I thought these people are crazy. My wife Kristy and I found out in the fall of 2012 that she was pregnant, coincidentally around that same time, CrossFit Pisgah put out their first set of Groupons for the On-Ramp Program. I thought, "well, let's give this a shot and try to learn from the bottom up." January 3, 2013, I walked in and immediately felt at home. First person I met was Ben, and he was so awesome from day one! I was hooked after the first WOD, I went straight home and told Kristy, " I had no idea that 6 minutes and 26 seconds of exercise could be so hard." Since that time I have enjoyed working out and being a part of a team and community! I continue to CrossFit to stay healthy and try to keep up with my son, Coy.
During my time playing team sports, I always tried to do things the right way. I always respected the coaches that taught me proper technique and how to do things the right way, both in sports and life. My senior year of high school during football season, I hurt my knee two different times, the second requiring surgery which took me out of the next season of wrestling. The coach told me to continue coming to practice and he would find something for me to do. This was my first exposure to coaching, and I loved every minute of it. I love being able to help people reach their goals and accomplish things they didn't think they could. I coached little league baseball and middle school wrestling for several years. After about a year and a half of CrossFit, I knew it was time for me to take a step towards coaching. The mastery of CrossFit techniques will always be a struggle and something to works towards, each goal achieved opens the door to the next one. I am thrilled to be back at CrossFit Pisgah and helping this great community become even better!