Brian Wilson
I was a Division I baseball player in college who transitioned into a tri-athlete, marathoner, and adventure racer. As the time and expense continued to grow with those hobbies, it butted up against my career as a Marine Corps Officer.  I needed to shift gears and I started training with the more traditional body building approach that is pretty…more

Dan Hoffman
I’ve always been fairly athletic (soccer, Triathlons, weight training, etc), but I have never considered myself an elite athlete. I am intellectually curious, but I am rarely the smartest guy in the room. Towards the end of my time in the Navy and after returning from Iraq, Brian kept hounding me to do CrossFit. I was skeptical, as I tend to…more

Jon Matzner
Like Brian, I was a Division I baseball player in college. Not surprisingly, I didn’t learn the truth of the quote “I’m not an athlete I’m a baseball player” until being introduced to Crossfit. While in school, and after some limited success with triathlons and distance races, I quickly grew tired of the monotony and lifestyle choices required to continue to be a…more

Aaron Moburg-Jones
CrossFit has been my training program since I deployed to Iraq and saw just how fast and strong it could make some our best soldiers. After being embedded with a Special Forces Unit and introduced to CrossFit’s Workout of the Day, I never looked back. I have played sports, run races, copied the workout routines of NFL players and World Class body…more

Seamus Monaghan
As a former high school and collegiate rower, I developed an appreciation for pushing the limits of my physical abilities for the sake of improved athletic performance. Lacking this outlet for most of my adult life, I devolved into the standard body split weightlifting routine, mixed with long distance running/swimming. The monotony of this routine not…more

Erika Schick
I’ve been an athletic person all my life and over the years have competed in a variety of sports, dance, and races. However, none of these endeavors ever afforded me the strength (both physical and mental), capacity or sense of community that I have experienced since coming to CrossFit. I am hands down in the best shape of my life, yet Crossfit constantly challenges me to be…more

Tes Salb
I was introduced to CrossFit in late 2006 and earned my Level 1 Certification in the middle of 2007. Since that time I have completed CrossFit certifications in Running and Endurance Sports and Olympic Lifting, as well as multiple workshops with outside organizations in a vast array of sports and specialties. I have been published…more

Alison Pierce
I remember priding myself on a better-than-average familiarity with the weight room before starting Crossfit.  I considered myself in perfectly acceptable shape.  After years of dabbling in field hockey, rowing, running, and weight-lifting, I had settled into a 9-to-5 and dutifully went to the gym 3-4 times a week…more

Chad Pierce
I used to love sports but hate exercise.  Thanks to Crossfit, I now love both, and I’m better at sports as a result.  After high school, I joined the military and spent five years on long, slow, distance running — along with pushups and situps — which gave me the illusion that I was in really good physical condition.  A few years of relative inactivity followed my enlistment because…more

Ryan Powell
My goal is to build genuine fitness, not the appearance of. I have found that CrossFit is the best avenue to that objective. As an athlete, I’ve have seen the amazing impact a broad and inclusive physical fitness program can have on myself and the people around me. I love to teach people how to move large loads, long distances, quickly and consequently watch them reap the…more

Liz Korbich
CrossFit has added a dimension to my fitness that I could not have achieved with any other methodology.   The physical achievements that I have accomplished over my first year of CrossFitting are incomparable to the many years of athletics and gym workouts before.  What I was once unable to accomplish during an hour on the treadmill can now be conquered within…more

Doug Hoffman
I have always been an athletic person, three-season athlete in high school, one year of collegiate rowing, maintaining fitness for military school, and then keeping in shape to stay ahead of my Marines. Along the way I did some marathons, some triathlons, and tried assorted “activities” …more