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Squat 275
Deadlift: 365
Press:150
Bench Press: 210
Pull-ups: 18
CrossFit Level 1 Certification
CrossFit Specialty Course for Masters
CrossFit Specialty Course for Striking
I have always been active in sports. Growing up I participated in the neighborhood sports of soccer and baseball. In middle and high school, I competed in wrestling, and lettering in my junior and senior years. Following graduation from UCSD, I married my wife, Candy, and headed off to Duke University where I received a Master's degree in Healthcare Administration on a United States Navy scholarship. Following graduation, I primarily focused on starting a family and developing my career in the Navy and, ultimately, the private sector. We affectionately refer to this portion of our lives as the babies and business phase. Most of my physical training included running, body weight movements, and powerlifting. My athletic pursuits included various local races, hiking and snowboarding with my five daughters, and tennis. I discovered CrossFit in my mid-fifties, while I was the Chief Executive at Scripps Green Hospital. I was initially attracted to the full-body efficiency of this style of training. I concluded that the best way to improve my strength and power was to teach others. As a result, I secured a CrossFit Level 1 Certification and began coaching groups of employees at the hospital's gym. Following my retirement, I continued coaching others in my garage home gym and a local CrossFit box.
As a healthcare executive, I had many opportunities to shadow my physicians during patient consultations and witness numerous surgeries performed in the operating room. During one shadowing session with an interventional cardiologist and a patient by his wife, I was confronted with a life-altering question. This patient had been diagnosed with occluded blood vessels and was scheduled to receive several arterial stents in the catheterization laboratory. The question that came to mind in that instance was "Is this what we all have to look forward to?" Is chronic disease the natural order of things or are there things we can do to live a long, healthy, fit, and productive life? This question led me to start reading everything I could get my hands on to get a clearer picture of what it takes to realize an optimal health span versus a marginalized life span. Simply put, functional training and whole-food nutrition became the foundation of my path forward.
As a previous business and healthcare executive, I genuinely believe that the business sector has a significant potential to innovate and improve the lives of others. Those in positions of business leadership have numerous ways to help others learn and grow, take responsibility, and be recognized for their achievements. At this time, I have determined that one of the best ways I can serve others and significantly improve their lives is by encouraging them to be fit, and healthy, and pursue a lifestyle that is free of self-destructive behaviors. I have a strong desire to inspire others to live their best lives. I have often noticed that when people are feeling good about themselves, they often appear to be more other-focused and have a greater capacity to serve others.
