CROSSFIT LEVEL 2 TRAINER
I am a wife and mother of 3 who was told as a teenager with scoliosis to “never stop moving.” This led to a lifelong pursuit of many different avenues of “movement”, starting with basketball, track and weight training in high school and college. Then my husband introduced me to road bike racing which I enjoyed for years across the northeast and then naturally transitioned into triathlons, aquabike, duathlons, mountain biking, kayaking, hiking/rucking. I then took that experience inside and started teaching spinning classes at local gyms, along with yoga, bootcamps, P90x, and helping to introduce triathlon training to newbies interested but scared to get into the sport. I was finally introduced to CrossFit by my brother in 2012 in Albany, so then I searched out a local CrossFit gym and was hooked. I took my passion for teaching / training / coaching and combined it with CrossFit to obtain my CrossFit L1 certification in 2014 and L2 in 2017. I went on to own and coach at my own CrossFit gym for a few years and was so fascinated by barbell movements that I went to get USAW Level 1 certified as well to help those also interested in the Olympic lifts.
The best part of CrossFit is that it allows those of all ages to improve their quality of life in ways most people don’t or can’t even anticipate, all with just basic functional movements! It is a “sport” that will humble the most elite athlete and yet at the same time it will empower and give confidence to the most timid of those trying it for the first time!! After a few years of family and life events but never far from any CrossFit gym and WOD, I am back and ready to coach and help every athlete get in the “best hour of their day” and to feel better physically and mentally at CrossFit Loup.