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coach chris on himself
Sheets of rain had been lashing at the window all day and the winds were hammering against the doors making them creak and bang. Needless to say I didn't think it was a good time to make the motorbike journey from my university building to my home 30minutes away.
So, I decided to do some research in the computer labs. As usual this had nothing to do with my academic studies and I fired up the computer with the aim to find out how I could get in shape for my upcoming Ju-Jitsu grading.
I googled "conditioning" and "MMA" and half-way down the results page was an excerpt of some guy raving about something called "CrossFit" and how it was the bomb for martial artists.
I clicked the link not knowing that I was starting on the path that would shape the course of my life.
I tried the workouts, got my ass kicked and found something that I'd been missing up until then. I joined the community and pretty soon CrossFit was my "thing".
That was 6 years ago and CrossFit is still my "thing", so much so that I've affiliated with CrossFit Inc and set up my own gym. I've forsaken a life in Financial Services to show others the things I've learnt so that they don't have to waste their time with lesser trianing methods.
CrossFit has given me so much and I want to do the same for other people. That my friends is the point of this website and the services I promote through it...
brief biography of coach chris
Coach Chris is a CrossFit Instructor and Strength & Conditioning Coach.
Certified through the YMCA, Coach Chris teaches CrossFit classes and specialises in fitness, nutrition and life coaching.
Born in London, Coach Chris moved to Torbay in Devon, UK at an early age and was raised in the sea air and rolling hills of the South Coast.
After a successful high school athletics career where he was a 400m and 1500m champion, undefeated inter-schools 1000m champion and a county-level cross-country runner, Coach Chris attended the West of England University where he studied several martial arts styles and found CrossFit.
Throughout this time Coach Chris has been with his (very patient and understanding) fiancee Laura who he met at high-school and has been engaged to for the past 4 years after an Eiffel Tower proposal.
Coach Chris set-up CrossFit Westcountry in 2008 and is thrilled to be able to spread the CrossFit message and his own brand of training.