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What do you love about CrossFit/ the methodology?

CrossFit is unique in that it isn’t about improving just one metric of fitness — strength or speed or stamina etc. — but about improving every metric, in new ways, each day. This keeps the workouts fun and challenging, and by design you compete against yourself and others in a way that motivates everyone to give their best.

How has CrossFit impacted your life?

There aren’t many other places where you can find a community as strong as you can through CrossFit. It’s more than joining a gym to use the weights: you're surrounded and engaging with people working to better themselves because they care about their health and physical ability, and they’re always encouraging the same from you.

Why do you coach?

Steel Monkey was one of the first places to feel like “home” when I moved to Columbus to support my fiancé in the Air Force. I love fitness, and I love our gym, so coaching felt like the perfect way to give back! There is something distinctly empowering about what you can DO, and I love having the opportunity to help others unlock skills that they didn’t think they were capable of.

What is a fun fact about you?

My first job out of college was working as a thermal engineer at NASA in Houston! I worked on the next generation space suit as well as VIPER, a lunar rover designed to collect ice samples on the “dark side" of the moon.