CrossFit programming relies on complex, multi-joint movements that require and develop coordination. Basically, we teach people how to move correctly. Therefore, a trainer's technical competence, having a good "coach's eye" for recognizing and correcting movement faults, is very important. CrossFit is Atlanta takes great pride in the technical competence of its trainers.
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Michael Giardina, a/k/a Mike G., is a Level 2 CrossFit Trainer, and a certified Pose Method Running Coach. He also has CrossFit certifications in Olympic Lifting, Barbell Training, Gymnastics, Endurance, Mobility & Recovery, & Nutrition, and is a member of the CrossFit HQ Training Team-a regular lead trainer at CrossFit Level 1 certification seminars. His workouts are often featured on the main website, www.crossfit.com. He also holds ISSA certification, which he deems worthless compared to the CrossFit certifications. Mike became interested in fitness and training while serving in the US Navy, where he was a Command Fitness Leader. He is currently pursuing a degree in Exercise Physiology at Kennesaw State. He competed in Triathlons for three years while living in San Diego and Tucson. He was introduced to CrossFit in early 2006 by John Cave, and says, “After being introduced to CrossFit, I never looked back. CrossFit has put me in the overall best shape of my life. It changes lives.” Mike qualified to compete in the CrossFit Games in 2008, 2009, and 2010.
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Bethanie Harsh Giardina is a Level 2 CrossFit trainer, and also has a CrossFit Endurance and Mobility & Recovery certifications Bethanie is also a member of the CrossFit HQ Training Team, which means that she helps train CrossFit trainers. After playing a variety of sports growing up including competitive cheerleading in high school (she would like you to note that they were national champions 3 years in a row) Bethanie got involved in many different fitness programs that left her bored and dissatisfied. She found CrossFit Atlanta in August 2008 and dove in head first (some might say "elbow first" but that's a whole 'nother story). She is getting her Master's in Religion, Ethics, and Politics from Georgia State University where she teaches Criticial Thinking. Bethanie took the silver medal in the 2010 CrossFit Games, Georgia Sectional qualifying.
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Damon Mosley Damon Mosley is a Level 2 CrossFit Coach, and has been teaching CrossFit since June 2007. Damon has a Bachelors Degree in Exercise Physiology from GA Southern University and is also an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (C.S.C.S.). After experimenting and teaching various types of exercise programs, Damon discovered CrossFit in February of '07. He jumped into the HQ Program feet first and has not looked back since. Damon has accumulated nearly 11 years of experience in coaching and programming and has worked with a wide range of individuals, from pro athletes to grandmothers. He strongly believes that any and all individuals seeking improved fitness, can find it with CrossFit. Damon is not a competitor, but has worked several local (and not so local) CrossFit competitions as a Judge, including the 2010 & 2011 CrossFit Games in Carson, CA.
Brandon Conner is a CrossFit Level 1 trainer, and also holds CrossFit certifications in Nutrition and Gymnastics. Besides teaching group sessions and beginner courses at CrossfFt Atlanta, he also helps clients with the classical barbell lifts and 'starting strength' programs, due to his background in powerlifting. Brandon played various sports growing up, and began lifting weights at age 14, and began powerlifting around age 21. He was a competitive powerlifter in the APF for about three years, but became disillusioned with the negative aspects of the sport. It wasn't too long after, while training for an amateur MMA match, that he was exposed to CrossFit. He discovered that he enjoyed CrossFit more than MMA. Prior to coming to CrossFit Atlanta he was a trainer at CrossFit Northeast Georgia, in Gainesville, as well as well as running boot camps and kickboxing classes. He feels his enthusiasm and love for CrossFit carries over to his clients because, "I know it can and will change not only their bodies, but their lives, if they give it a chance, because it did just that for me. CrossFit changed my life."
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Robert Miller is a Level 1 CrossFit Trainer and a former member of the Georgia Tech Swimming Team.
Leah Polaski is a Level 1 CrossFit Trainer, and has CrossFit certifications in Nutrition and Mobility & Recovery, and has attended the CrossFit Coach's Prep Course. Leah was the 1st place winner in the CrossFit Games 2010 Georgia Sectionals, and a member of the CrossFit Atlanta team at the 2010 CrossFit Games. She finished 1st at the Southeast Regionals and competed in the 2011 CrossFit Games, finishing 30th. Leah played soccer, basketball and track in HS then went on to play Division I soccer at the University of Cincinnati. After college she got into running and has run 3 marathons and numerous half-marathons, 15k, 10k and 5ks. She moved to Atlanta in the fall of 2008 and feeling burned out with her post-college fitness routine happened to wander into Crossfit Atlanta in May 2009 after driving by for a number months and wondering what it was all about. Since then, she's never looked back. In addition to being a trainer, Leah also works as a project manager for a New Orleans based real estate developer.
Travis Cooper is a Level 1 CrossFit trainer, and has a CrossFit certification in Olympic Lifting. Travis helps us teach the Olympic lifts. He has been competing nationally in Olympic weightlifting since 2005. He was 2005 USA Weightlifting 17 & under National champion, 2008 USAW Junior National champion, a member of the 2008 US Junior World Team (7th in clean and jerk and 11th overall) and the 2008 & 2010 USA World University Teams. He was an invitee at the Olympic Training Center from 2007-2008 but came back to Georgia to continue to pursue a degree at Georgia Tech. He has competed in several sports including wrestling, football, baseball, hockey, but his passion is weightlifiing and he dreams of competing in the Olympics. My current weight class is 85kg and his current bests are 137kg in the snatch and 185kg in the Clean & Jerk. He came to CrossFit Atlanta just to train Olympic lifts, but now sees the benefits of CrossFit for all athletes,. Travis enjoys passing on his knowledge of lifting to others to help them become better athletes. Travis recently placed 1st in the 2010 USA Weightlifting National Collegiate Championships in the 85 kg weight class.
Vasiliy Buharin (Vas) is a former student coach of the Georgia Tech Gymnastics club. Currently he is at Georgia Tech, working on his PhD in Applied Physiology with a focus on motor learning. Vas started gymnastics in high school – much later than normal. Competing with the Georgia Tech club, Vas took silver in pommel horse, rings, and parallel bars, and bronze in floor and all around at the 2005 Gym Jackets Classic; and bronze in pommel horse and rings at the 2007 Gym Jackets Classic. Recently (and after 2+ years away from the sport) Vas returned to the competition scene and took bronze in pommel horse and parallel bars at the 2011 Fantastic ‘Nastic Classic, hosted by Emory.
The gymnasts on tv begin the sport at the age of 6, and maintain their skills as they gain weight with adulthood. Having started gymnastics at a (relatively) older age, Vas has unique personal experience teaching body weight elements to adults. This, combined with his knowledge of human physiology of motor learning, helps him adapt and progress Crossfitters through any of the more advance gymnastics movements they may encounter. Vas is a CrossFit certified Level 1 trainer, and holds CrossFit certifications in Weightlifting, Endurance, and Gymnastics. Crossfitting continuously since the summer of 2006, Vas credits CrossFit with enabling him to return to gymnastics competition.
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Viktor E. Frankl: Man's Search for Meaning
Written by a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps. The book examines why having a purpose in life is not merely important to happiness, it is essential to survival. A 1991 reader survey by the Library of Congress and the Book-of-the-Month Club that asked readers to name a "book that made a difference in your life" found Man's Search for Meaning among the ten most influential books in America.Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Csikszentmihalyi, a professor of psychology, has written several excellent books about "flow," which is a state of optimal mental & physical performance. Athletes experience it with a sense that time has slowed down, performance is effortless, and they can do nothing wrong. Csikszentmihalyi discusses how to find flow in all aspects of life.Mark Rippetoe: Starting Strength (2nd edition)
The best book ever on the basic strength lifts: Back Squat, Bench Press, Deadlift, Shoulder Press, & Power Clean. A must read for every dedicated CrossFitter.Mark Rippetoe And Lon Kilgore: Practical Programming for Strength Training
Periodization explainedNeil Hayes: When the Game Stands Tall: The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football's Longest Winning Streak
The story of how a fantastic coach, focusing on character development, turned a small Catholic high school in northern California into the nation's #1 ranked HS football teamJim Thompson: The Double-Goal Coach: Positive Coaching Tools for Honoring the Game and Developing Winners in Sports and Life
I met the author at a conference in 2004, and he so impressed me that I ordered all of his books. This book is not only the best resource I've ever seen on the psychology of effective coaching, it is also a manual for getting the best out of yourself. I recommend it to anyone who wants to improve themselves and to everyone who teaches or leads anything: parents, teachers, executives. I read it at least once a year.
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