About Us
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 Washington State's CrossFit Sectionals Monroe, WA 2010 |
coaching background.Cardiac Rehab Therapist Exercise Specialist, Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Specialist, Cardiac Rehahbilitation BS-Exercise Science, Western Washington University |
athletic background.2011 2010 2001 - 2003 |
bio.Brad was raised in the woods, just outside the small town of Sultan, Washington. Without cable or a computer until the age of 16, he spent his youth playing outside and trying every sport and recreation possible. Baseball, skiing, basketball, mountain biking, track and field, soccer, snowboarding, wrestling, cliff jumping, golfing, and weight lifting were all fair game. But none of these he excelled at quite so much as the game of football. At age 15, Brad decided it was his goal to play college football and set off to do it. With little guidance, most of his training sessions consisted of extreme amounts of ill-performed weight lifting, object pulling, agility work and plyo-metrics with little effort geared towards work capacity/conditioning unless it was offered during a practice. A session, it was generally decided, wasn't finished until the body was excessively sore and fatigued, the workout then considered a success. Brad's strategy was even worse when it came to nutrition and diet philosophy. He practiced the "eat whatever, whenever and as much as you want, with no regard for it's effect on the body and performance" diet. Even still, he was a very successful high school football player and found his way to Western Washington University to play. At Western, Brad's training efforts, though often very sport and position specific, were well coached and refined. He learned much about the olympic lifts and power-lifting and, despite a quiet college football career, took away great experience in the realm of exercise. Unfortunately, his discipline concerning eating and diet philosophy remained the same. Rather than helping his training and performance efforts, Brad's poor diet remained a hinderance. At the conclusion of his college career an already overweight Brad rapidly became very unhealthy and extremely overweight as his training efforts decreased. In December of 2007, by the grace of God and good friends, and upon realizing his physical condition at 25 years old was the worst it had ever been, he decided enough was enough. In the years since then, much has changed. From his relocation to Bellingham in 2008 and his discovery of Jogo and CrossFIt, to the drastic transformation his health, diet, and fitness have undertaken, Brad has much to be thankful for. And he is. It's been a journey he's so stoked to have embarked on. And his excitement and passion for living well increases exponentially at the chance to walk along side others as they champion their own adventure. Q&A AGE: 28 HOMETOWN: Sultan, Washington WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO BELLINGHAM: First time it was the University, then a short hiatus after college. Second time was this place and these people. Took being away to comprehend how much I loved it here. SOME FAVORITE QUICK MEMORIES: Movie days with my mom. Family trips to Montana exploring Glacier Park. Summer weeks in Chelan. My senior year of high school football playing with my best friends. Those magical 2 weeks before the start of fall quarter when all the boys of The Alamo were in town with no jobs and no commitments. My first CrossFit competition, the original Jogo Throwdown at Grand Ave. Also, the first Northwest Regional in 2009 at Magnuson Park, particularly Em's muscle ups. CURRENT PLAYLIST: Snow Patrol, Mumford and Sons, Coldplay, Jet, Sufjan Stevens, Mat Kearney FAMILY: I'm an only child and my mom, Patty, died young. But she raised me well first. My Dad, Steve, and I remain close to this day. I'm thankful for that. FAVORITE EATS: Love breakfast, thai food and a steak with a good beer. FAVORITE BOOKS: Love Wins by Rob Bell; Blue Like Jazz, Searching for God Knows What and A Million Miles in Thousand Years all by Donald Miller. My nostalgic picks: Where the Red Fern Grows and Summer of the Monkeys both by Wilson Rawls. FAVORITE HOBBY: Besides the obvious, a toss-up between sunning and swimming, golf and fly-fishing. CrossFit gets the majority of my 'hobby time' though. FAVORITE LOCAL HANGOUT: Boulevard Park when the sun's out or setting. LAST LOCAL PURCHASE: A waffle cone at Mallard's. DREAM VACATION: A month on an island near or on the equator, preferably one practically deserted. Where I could surf, paddle board, snorkel/free dive and explore. Some golf and fly-fishing too. The Maldives might be the spot although I'm not sure about the fishing and golf. ONE THING ON YOUR BUCKET LIST: I've wanted to see and swim with whale sharks since I was a little boy. WORD THAT BEST DESCRIBES YOU: Inspired BIGGEST PET PEEVE: When people, in near proximity to me, eat and breathe so loud and vigorously it sound's like they're suffocating. FAVORITE LOCAL RESTAURANT: I can't get enough of Diamond Jim's breakfast, The Mount Bakery and Daisy Cafe are up there too. The Copper Hog for the best brew and food combo, Casa Que Pasa when I'm feeling spicy. GUILTY PLEASURE: Nachos of all shapes and sizes, on the never-ending quest for the perfect plate. WHO WOULD PLAY YOU IN A MOVIE ABOUT YOUR LIFE: The guy from Thor, although I hear he's much smaller than he looks on screen.
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 Rainier CrossFit's Strongest Man & Woman Contest Pullayup, WA 2011 |
coaching background.Director of Performance & Fitness Performance Coach Performance Coach NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist |
athletics background.2011 2010 1998 - 2002 |
bio.Emilie will tell you that she was made for Jogo. Growing up she and her sister were frequently toted along to their dad's trips to the gym and to their fitness instructor mom's classes at the YMCA. She still vividly remembers (with both shock & awe) her mom's various leotards, headbands, scrunched socks, and loud "WOOO's" into her headset microphone while Donna Summer's "She works hard for the money" blared in the background. Ohhh... the 80's. Good times. Emilie hails out of the great basketball state of Indiana, where she was an Indiana All-Star, and Miss Basketball candidate. She chose to stay in her hometown, to play basketball for the University of Evansville Purple Aces, where her class was the winningest in school history. Their success included two WNIT appearances, one NCAA tournament appearance, a conference championship, and two seasons ranked in the top 25 nationally. After graduating, she spent the next year traveling around the world doing missions work. First, living out of a backpack in Papua New Guinea and Thailand. Then to Switzerland and Greece, playing basketball with Athletes in Action. And finally onto Egypt where she helped her sister teach special needs kids in the Garbage Village area of Cairo. Professionally, she has worked at several highly regarded performance & fitness organizations, including: InnerStrength in Nashville,Tennessee, a training group known for getting country music's best in shape. The Institute of Human Performance, under JC Santana, in South Florida, which has been recognized by Men's Health magazine as one of the Top 20 gyms in America. Most recently she helped develop goPerformance & Fitness and goCrossfit in Nashville, Tennessee, as the Director of Performance & Training. q&a.AGE: 32 HOMETOWN: Evansville, Indiana. | Fun Fact: Contrary to popular belief, not everyone from Indiana lives on a farm. WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO BELLINGHAM: I wanted to open a little gym amidst the mountains & water in this sweet laid-back town. So in 2007 I sold most of my things, packed the rest in a small U-haul trailer, attached it to my Jeep and made the 2,500-mile drive out here with my mom, as a constant source of entertainment, in my passenger seat. SOME FAVORITE MEMORIES: Floating out in Barkley Lake with my sister while my dad stood on the back of the boat with his cigar and sang Lyle Lovett songs to us. Looking up in the stands in college and seeing my baby brother (then 4-years-old) completely decked out in his Captain Hook outfit, chasing my assistant coach's son around with his plastic hook. The last two-days of competing at CrossFit's 2011 NorthWest Regionals. CURRENT PLAYLIST: Explosions in the Sky. The Wailin' Jennys. Needtobreathe. Shawn McDonald. Sigur Ros. Tony Lucca. Rosie Thomas. Patty Griffin. FAMILY: Dad, Mom, Stepmom (Donnie, Robin & Jeannie). Big brother, big sister, and baby brother (Gary, Jenifer, and Jacob). Niece (Maya). Nephew (Nathanial). Grandma (Virginia). FAVORITE LOCAL EATS: Copper Hog's Beet & Apple Salad + add Steak -or- Harris Avenue Cafe's Bellingham Omelet + sub in bacon for the ham + sub in fruit for the potatoes & toast FAVORITE BOOKS: The Ragamuffin Gospel (Brennan Manning), The Journey of Desire (John Eldredge) , The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein). FAVORITE HOBBY: I am totally smitten with CrossFit, lifting heavy things and honing my inner 5ft 11in gymnast. I also adore being out on a trail in the middle of the woods. FAVORITE LOCAL HANGOUT: My front porch. The trails off of Chuckanut. And of course this sweet little gym called Jogo LAST LOCAL PURCHASE: a selection of macadamia nuts & pecans from the Co-Op DREAM VACATION: I would love to get an around-the-world ticket, and make my way from the states to Japan, down to Australia, up through South East Asia, onto St. Petersburgh, Norway, revisit Dahab in Egypt, over to Brazil and Peru, then back up to Bellingham. ONE THING ON YOUR BUCKET LIST: Run with the bulls in Pamplona WORD THAT BEST DESCRIBES YOU: Hopeful BIGGEST PET PEEVE: Eeyores FAVORITE LOCAL RESTAURANT: Copper Hog GUILTY PLEASURE: It's a toss-up between shoes and funny cheap sunglasses. WHO WOULD PLAY YOU IN A MOVIE ABOUT YOUR LIFE: Sandra Bullock
Q&A provided by the Bellingham Business Journal |
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Meet the Coaches
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 justin brooks | performance coach |
 art morgan | performance coach |
 jonathan thom | performance coach |
