Jeff T. is the co- founder of CrossFit Fairfax and a Head Trainer at CrossFit Reston.  Jeff is a Certified Level 3 Crossfit Trainer and a member of CrossFit Headquarters Traveling Level I Certification Training Staff. Jeff has been a personal trainer for over 7 years and been doing CrossFit workouts since January 2005. Jeff has competed in the 2008 and 2009 CrossFit Games, placing 5th overall in the Men's category (out of 196 male athletes) in 2008. He is also the "mastermind" behind all CrossFit Fairfax and CrossFit Reston WODs!

Jeff is a full-time Firefighter for Fairfax County Fire & Rescue. He was a member of the Fire Departments Peer Fitness Trainers until becoming aggravated with their archaic views on what Fitness is and their lack of willingness to change. He hopes one day that Fairfax Fire will join the other Fire Departments around the world and convert their PT program to CrossFit also. The injury rate for long distance running (a staple of the Fairfax Fire's PT Program) far exceeds the injury rate of CrossFit.

"Ignorance and the unwillingness to learn the movements correctly is dangerous - not CrossFit. These movements are how our bodies were designed to function. When was the last time you had to do a Lateral Raise in a real life situation? Never is the answer. When was the last time you did a deadlift or squat in a real life situation? Everyday is the answer (try getting out of a chair, off the toilet, or picking something up without squatting or dead lifting). If you can't do a full range of motion squat (crease of hip coming below the knee, weight on heels, knees tracking over the feet, with an upright torso) - you are broken and on a one way path to ending up in a Nursing Home."

Credentials

• Level 1, 2 and 3 CrossFit Trainer
• CrossFit Headquarters Certification Training Staff Member
• CrossFit Kids Trainer
• Performance Weightlifting Coach - Level 1 (Olympic Weightlifting for Athletes)
• Buddy Lee Trial Jump Rope Certification Seminar Participant
• CrossFit Powerlifting certified

Mike is a Level 2 Certified Crossfit trainer, Crossfit Olympic weightlifting, Crossfit Basic Barbell, CrossFit Kettlebell & Crossfit Gymnastics certified coach. Mike comes with 9 years of boxing and coaching experience. He started Crossfitting back in April 2007 and has been hooked ever since. Mike has been a trainer at our sister affiliate Crossfit Fairfax since October 2007. Outside the gym he works at George Mason University as a System Engineer.

“The constant challenges have given me physical and mental strength that I find useful inside and outside of the gym. The best part of being a trainer is watching clients grow and doing things that they never thought possible.”

Mike has been a Level 1 certified trainers since July 2007 and is a former coach at CrossFit Quantico. He came to CrossFit Fairfax in June 2009 after serving for eight years as a United States Marine Corps Infantry Officer. He has been coaching at CrossFit Reston since it opened.  Finding CrossFit through the Marine Corps, Mike instantly became hooked on the intensity of the workouts. After using CrossFit as his primaru means of physical training for six months, he went on his final deployment to Iraq where he noticed a huge increase in his physical capacity. His ability to carry heavy weight for longer distances, quicker, and without feeling fatigued had increased exponentially. He quickly came to the realization that nothing could prepare him better for the rigors of combat than CrossFit, and became an avid athlete and coach. Having since left the active duty Marine Corps, Mike is now employed by Segovia Global IP Services. He has a wife Cassie, a daughter Kalley and two dogs.