Coach Casey Stein

Back in 2002, my 3-year old daughter said to me: “Daddy, you’re fat!”. I realized she was right so i decided to change right in that moment. I started running the next day. Over the next 6 years, I proceeded to spend TONS of time running, riding and swimming. I ran a half-marathon, full marathon, half-ironman triathlon, and a couple of Olympic-distance triathlons. I rode my bike 21 miles to and from work a few days a week. In this time I became “skinny”. Then one day, while riding my bike home from work, I was hit by a drunk driver. The crash broke my collar bone, herniated one of my discs and caused multiple abrasions that I still have scars from. Needless to say, I was off the bike and laid up for a while. At that time, I stumbled across CrossFit on the internet. I was unable to do any of it since I was still farm from being healed. However, I read all about it and decided that it was what I needed to be doing.

In March 2008, I ran across CrossFit Snohomish and my CrossFit journey officially began. I believe that CrossFit isn’t just a bunch of random workouts, but is actually a way of life. Doing CrossFit has made me significantly stronger both physically and mentally. I now realize that I can do anything I set my mind to. As a trainer, my goal is to help other people come to the same realization.