Birthplace: Bayamo´n, Puerto Rico
“Fitness is the way I give back to the community and make a difference. I believe our body is the temple of the spirit. It’s imperative to take care of our body through sound nutrition, a good training regimen, and a community of loving people.”
Favorite movements: Bar Muscle-Ups, Hang Clean, Snatch
Least favorite: Thrusters
When I’m not at the gym: I’m going on lunch dates with my wife Sandy, going on adventures with my children, reading, and serving at my church Living Stones.
Current Certifications - MS Clinical Exercise Physiology, NSCA-CSCS, CF-L3, Kettlebell Trainer L1, Institute of Integrative Nutrition Health Coach
Honestly, I was thinking it was going to be like the other CrossFit boxes I had been to before CJP. I thought I wasn’t going to last and that my first class was going to be a try out. I was surprised by how much commitment and effort the coaches put into each of us to make us better, a month try out turned out to be 3 years of continuous work. What started as a couple days a week turned out to be a life time commitment.
I was brought to CrossFit because of the functionality it provides for every challenge life versus just bodybuilding or power lifting. CrossFit forces you to break through mental barriers and past what you thought you physical or mental limit was.
We have something at CJP that I see and appreciate at every CrossFit gym I’ve ever vistied: a community of capable, caring judges and athletes of all shapes and sizes united under one goal of helping each other to get as fit as possible. That was my expectation when I showed up here on Day One (June 2015), and that perception hasn’t changed at all in the four years since.
