Emily played field hockey, track, and lacrosse in high school to get the experience of team sports, but her true focus was dance. She was a competitive dancer from the age of 7 through her senior year of high school. She continued her dance education at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in college.
Emily has always been involved in sports since the age of three. She started with gymnastics and dance like most girls and competed in both beginning at the age of 7. Her parents also put her into soccer and basketball with her elementary school teams. She has always loved competing from the stage to the soccer field or racing the boy’s gym class.
Emily first became involved in CrossFit thanks to her Aunt Brenda. She had been an avid CrossFitter for years and got Emily to try a punch pass after her oldest son was born. Emily had co-owned a personal training school at the time and it was a refreshing change to be coached by someone else and take class with a group of people constantly pushing themselves to be better.
Emily then joined EXP back in 2018 after her son Jack’s first birthday.
Emily now coaches Tuesday evenings and you can often find her filling in for other classes all over the schedule!
“I teach CrossFit because I want to use the tools and knowledge I have accrued over the years to help others in reaching their fitness goals. Nothing makes me happier than seeing our members succeed and attain personal growth inside the gym. I love motivating our members to achieve milestones in their fitness journey that they did not think was possible. The members at EXP are driven and very coachable and I love that about our community. I understand the gym is an outlet for our members and my goal for each of them is to get the best experience out of the time they spend at the gym.
Each member has individualized goals and benchmarks that they are hoping to reach when they walk through that door. It is my goal to teach and inspire each member to hit their goal no matter how long it takes. I love that CrossFit is for people of all ages and skill levels. Achieving goals in the gym is infectious and I try to bring the energy and positive coaching for our members to step outside of their comfort zones to lift a little more, hang on for a few more reps, and work on their areas of weaknesses to advance their fitness journey.
I would personally measure success in CrossFit as showing up day to day and giving 100% even when you don’t want to. Each day you show up and work hard you are getting better and to me that is success.
My personal fitness philosophy is: you get as much as you put in. I think this goes for everything in life as well. If you want to see results you must be patient and consistent for a long period of time. Nothing happens overnight, but if you put in the consistent work you will start to see the benefits of all your hard work. I try to teach my kids this with school and sports. If you want to be good at something you must put in consistent work!”
At home, Emily has an awesome husband BJ you can find at the early morning 5:15 class and 3 kids; Jack, Charlie, & Olivia.
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