Staff

If You Are Going To Beat Me...You Are Going To Have To Suffer!

• 20th Official CrossFit Affiliate Owner
• CFHQ Head Trainer At Level 1 Certs (14 Times)
• CFHQ Intern At Level 2 Certs (2 Times)
• CF Affiliates Gathering: 2007, 2008, 2009
• CF Games Competitor: 2007, Team Coach 2009
• So. Cal. Regional Qualifiers: Judge 2009
• CF Level 3 Instructor
• CF Olympic Weightlifting (3 Times)
• CF Endurance (3 Times)
• CF Kids (2 Times)
• CF/Robb Wolf's Nutrition Seminar
• CF Football
• Kelly Starett's Chasing Performance Seminar
• Jeff Alexander's Trigger Point Seminar (3 Times)
• USA Weightlifting Club Coach
• Sanctioned USA Weightlifting Team Coach
• CIF Cross Country Coach
• Mt. Wilson Trail Race Committee Member 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
• Mt. Wilson Trail Race: Official Training Program
• Mt. Disappointment 50k/50 Mile Checkpoint Captain 2007, 2008, 2009

"I Can Be Better, I Must Be Better." Coach Glassman Woke Me Up... His Wife Lauren Welcomed Me Into The Family... Annie, Eva, And Greg A. were the first to show they cared... As A complete Stranger Greg A. Let Me Sleep On His Couch... My Journey Into CrossFit Had Just Begun...

I learned how to execute and subsequently coach the Olympic Lifts from Mike, Casey, and Sage Burgener, Gregg Everett, Aimee Anaya-Everett, Stephan Rochet, and Josh Everett. These were, and still are, Influential People in my on-going development as a coach.

Welcome to our amazing world of adventure!

In 2006, I hired Head Coach LeClair to train for the AIDS Ride. I was 45 years old, weighed 165 pounds with a 34% body fat. Until 2003, I had lived a lifetime of self-defeating behaviors resulting in practically no cardio-vascular respiratory endurance or muscular strength. What I received, in addition to World Class Coaching, was a complete physical and psychic metamorphosis.

Today my career and love surrounds giving back to my extended family and community by helping others unleash their own potential to achieve their personal goals. I do this by devoting myself to coaching, educating and hopefully inspiring the members of our various programs.

Athletic Highlights, excluding numerous 5k races:

• Golden Hills Trail Marathon
• Buddy Buddies
• Camp Pendleton 10k Mud Run - 1st Pl. Team Women's B&U
• Montana-de-Oro 25k Trail Race
• Los Gatos Jungle Run Half Marathon
• Camp Pendleton 10k Mud Run - 1st Pl Women's B&U
• Camp Pendleton 10k Mud Run - 1st Pl Team Women's B&U
• Mount Wilson Trail Race
• Great Race of Agoura Half Marathon Trail Race
• Pasadena Inaugural Half Marathon
• 2008
• PCTR 18k Trail Race - Santa Monica Mountains
• Camp Pendleton 10k Mud Run - 1st Pl Team Women's B&U
• Official Navy Seal Obstacle Course Participant
• Great Race of Agoura Half Marathon Trail Race
• 2007
• Camp Pendleton 10k Mud Run - 1st Pl Team Women's B&U
• AIDS Ride, Cycled 575 miles from SF to LA
• Camp Pendleton 10k Mud Run
• Wild Miles 179 mile Team Relay
• 2006
• Camp Pendleton 10k Mud Run

Education:

• USA Weightlifting Club Coach Cert
• CrossFit Olympic Lifting Instructors Cert
• CrossFit Nutrition Certification
• CrossFit Endurance Certification
• CrossFit Level 1 Instructors Certification
• Concept 2, Indoor Rowing Instructor Course
• Canyoneering Levels I, II, III Courses
• Bachelors of Science IT Degree

What's next on the horizon? Giving 150% to going the distance! My personal goal is to run the 2010 Angeles Crest 100 mile trail race for my fiftieth birthday.

We can achieve anything we set our sights on... we just need to focus our attention and commit 150%. Pain is the Price of Growth... No Fear! - Trail Runner Con Dios

• CrossFit Level 1 Certified
• CrossFit Olympic Weightlifting Certified
• CrossFit Nutrition Certified
• USAW Club Coach

Jeremy is a Crossfit Level 1 Crossfit Instructor w/ a Nutrition Certification and comes from a background of traditional weightlifting splits, some cycling, and a lot of basketball. In the past, he had wrestled and played tennis as well. Starting in July of 2008, he stepped through the door at Team Crossfit Academy and hasn't looked back since.

In 2009, he completed the King of the Moutnains Century challenge (3 x 100+mi bike rides averaging over 10,000 ft of elevation gain each), competed in the Crossfit Games Affiliate Cup competition, completed his Level 1 certification, Crossfit Nutrition certification, and is in the process of becoming certified for Olympic Weightlifting. He carries a passion for training and excelling for both him and those around him - and is looking to continue that at Team Crossfit Academy.

"All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare." –Baruch Spinoza

Education:

• CrossFit Level One Instructor (October 2009)
• CrossFit Basic Barbell (November 2009)
• CrossFit Nutrition (September 2009)
• CrossFit Mobility and Recovery (September 2009)
• University of Northern Iowa Strength and Conditioning Internship (2001)
• Martial Arts Instructor: Cedar Valley Pro-Fitness and Martial Arts (2000-2002)

Athletic Accomplishments:

• 1-1 Professional MMA Record
• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Blue Belt: New Breed Academy, BJJ Revolution Team (2004)
• 2nd Degree Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do: Cedar Valley Pro-Fitness and Martial Arts (December 2001)
• 1st place Best of the West Submission Grappling Championships (May 2008)
• 3rd place World Grappling Games- US Team Trials Qualifier (May 2008)
• 1st place Bakersfield Invitational (Gi) (May 2008)
• 2nd place Bakersfield Invitational (No Gi) (May 2008)
• 3rd place 1st World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championships
• 3rd place US Grappling- No Limits Tournament (December 2007)
• Semi- finalist OTM Submission Grappling Tournament (July 2007)
• Defeated Yuji Miyazaki at King of Fights X (MMA), Okinawa Japan via rear-naked choke in the second round (July 2006)
• 2nd place Pan Asian Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Tournament (November 2005)
• Finalist Taiwan Full Contact Fighting: Eight Man Open Weight Tournament (MMA) (October 2005)
• 1st place No Limits Submission Grappling Tournament (April 2005)
• Competed in numerous amateur kickboxing and boxing events

Valerie Worthington has been CrossFitting since 2007, having gotten hooked while trying CrossFit out as a supplemental conditioning regimen for her first love: Brazilian jiu jitsu and submission grappling. Now CrossFit and grappling share that special place in her heart. Val is level one certified and also holds the CrossFit basic barbell certification. She is convinced that she is composed of all spare parts and slow twitch muscle, but that hasn't stopped her from developing a genuine love of picking up heavy things, jumping on top of stuff, and otherwise contorting herself into interesting shapes.

• 1984-B.A. English Literature; California State University At Los Angeles
• 2005-National Academy Of Sports Medicine [NASM] FOUNDATIONS FOR THE HEALTH & FITNESS PROFESSIONAL
• 2005-National Academy Of Sports Medicine [NASM] OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE TRAINING FOR THE CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER
• 2005-National Academy Of Sports Medicine [NASM] CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER CERTIFICATION

2003 Race History:

• May-Mt Wilson Trail Race, Sierra Madre, CA: 3rd Place Medal Female Age Division 40-49, 7th woman and 89th runner in overall.
• September-Mt. Baldy Run To The Top, Mount Baldy, CA: (Start 6,000 feet -- Finish 10,000 feet) 4th Place Female Age 40-45 Division, 15th Woman to finish overall.

2004 Race History:

• May-Overland 122 Mile Relay Race; Finished 6th in the Military Coed Division [24 hour Relay Race]
• October-Camp Pendleton Mud Run: 1st Place Medal in Military Boots & Pants Female Age 40-45 Division; and 2nd Place woman overall in Military Boots & Pants Female Division.

2005 Race History:

• May- Mt Wilson Trail Race, Sierra Madre, CA: 3rd Place Medal Female Age Division 40-49, 7th woman and 112th runner in overall.
• June-Race: Red Tail 4-hour Sprint, Berkley, CA; with TEAM IN TRAINING; 2nd Place ?Masters Division? 2-Person Team
• July-Scout Adventure Race Challenge, Orange County, CA: 12-Hour Sprint; completed in 8 hours with 4-Person Team.
• September-Mt. Baldy Run To The Top, Mount Baldy, CA: (Start 6,000 feet -- Finish 10,000 feet) 4th Place Female Age 40-45 Division, 13th Woman to finish overall.
• October-Camp Pendleton Mud Run: 1st Place Medal in Military Boots & Pants Female Age 40-45 Division; and 1st Place woman overall in Military Boots & Pants Female Division.

2006 Race History:

• February-Superbowl Sunday 10k, Redondo Beach, CA PR achieved. 6th in Age Division.
• February-Chinatown Firecracker 10K, Los Angeles, CA. PR achieved. 3rd or 4th in Age Division (official results pending)

• Crossfitting since April 2007
• Road-Running since 1998
• Crossfit Level 1 Certified
• Crossfit Nutrition Certified
• 2-time Marathon Finisher
• 3-time Half-Marathon Finisher
• 2-time Mt. Wilson Trail Race Finisher
• 2nd Place Team Boots & Utes, 2008 Camp Pendleton Mud Run