This weekend is a big one for my FUNCTION Athletes, but for me as well. Ten of our FUNCTION Athletes are competing at a local CrossFit competition, Spring Fling, at CrossFit Regina. For most of these guys it’s their first ever competition. They really have no idea what they’re walking into, but they’re okay with that because they have a lot of trust.
Competing in this competition is a no-brainer for me. Two years ago to the day, Spring Fling was my very first competition. I placed fourth that year, and came back the next year to finish second. After finishing Regionals almost four weeks ago, I was pretty set on aiming to win it this year. But after an early decision, I chose to pull out and let our FUNCTION Athletes shine, with my full attention on them this weekend.
As an athlete, it was a pretty difficult thing for me to do on immediate thought. It bothered me for a little bit, seeing as there is only about three local competitions a year in our area. I’m always hungry to compete. But it’s been these last two weeks that have really opened my eyes at the opportunity before me.
I’ve been a pretty good student: I’ve learned from literally one of the best in the biz, CJ. As my Coach, I’m always watching everything he does, and trying to pick up everything I can from him. If you want to be the best, you need to surround yourself with the best, right? That goes for coaching too. 
This weekend is my opportunity to see it all come into fruition. These Athletes have poured their heart and soul into their training, nutrition, and recovery. The early mornings, the late nights - it will all be worth it in a few short days. To watch all of this come together from the sideline … it takes the words right out of my mouth. 
These guys don’t know how proud of them I really am. It doesn’t matter what words I slap down into a blog, there’s no way for me to show how elated I am for them. To think that two years ago it was just myself and my friend/soon-to-be business partner grinding it out together, and now there’s us on the sidelines while ten other people represent our FUNCTION brand … It’s pretty cool. It’s a dream come true, and I get to watch it happen from the sideline. And most importantly, these guys get to live it, be a big part of it, right there in the middle of it all. 
So thank you, to all of you, for making this part of my career come true. There is nothing more rewarding in my life, then working with all of you. Ma famille. 

This weekend is a big one for my FUNCTION Athletes, but for me as well. Ten of our FUNCTION Athletes are competing at a local CrossFit competition, Spring Fling, at CrossFit Regina. For most of these guys it’s their first ever competition. They really have no idea what they’re walking into, but they’re okay with that because they have a lot of trust.

Competing in this competition is a no-brainer for me. Two years ago to the day, Spring Fling was my very first competition. I placed fourth that year, and came back the next year to finish second. After finishing Regionals almost four weeks ago, I was pretty set on aiming to win it this year. But after an early decision, I chose to pull out and let our FUNCTION Athletes shine, with my full attention on them this weekend.

As an athlete, it was a pretty difficult thing for me to do on immediate thought. It bothered me for a little bit, seeing as there is only about three local competitions a year in our area. I’m always hungry to compete. But it’s been these last two weeks that have really opened my eyes at the opportunity before me.

I’ve been a pretty good student: I’ve learned from literally one of the best in the biz, CJ. As my Coach, I’m always watching everything he does, and trying to pick up everything I can from him. If you want to be the best, you need to surround yourself with the best, right? That goes for coaching too. 

This weekend is my opportunity to see it all come into fruition. These Athletes have poured their heart and soul into their training, nutrition, and recovery. The early mornings, the late nights - it will all be worth it in a few short days. To watch all of this come together from the sideline … it takes the words right out of my mouth. 

These guys don’t know how proud of them I really am. It doesn’t matter what words I slap down into a blog, there’s no way for me to show how elated I am for them. To think that two years ago it was just myself and my friend/soon-to-be business partner grinding it out together, and now there’s us on the sidelines while ten other people represent our FUNCTION brand … It’s pretty cool. It’s a dream come true, and I get to watch it happen from the sideline. And most importantly, these guys get to live it, be a big part of it, right there in the middle of it all. 

So thank you, to all of you, for making this part of my career come true. There is nothing more rewarding in my life, then working with all of you. Ma famille. 


It’s been a little over a week since the Canada West Regionals, and my mind has finally finished riding the high from that weekend. 2013 is already started in my mind, and my plan is setting in stone as I type this. I couldn’t be more excited. #2013
I just wanted to say thank-you to all of my supporters over the past year of training, and those who continue to stand behind me and push me to find my limits. So many people around me have made some pretty big sacrifices for me, so for that I am forever grateful.
A big thank-you to all of my sponsors who helped fund my trip to the Regionals: Justin at Yorkton Plumbing & Heating, Jeff at Countryside Motors, Jason and his Hockey 1st Skills Academy, Laurie at LR Futures, the Yorkton Kinettes Club, and all of the other individual sponsors! 
I can’t thank you all enough for my appreciation! 

It’s been a little over a week since the Canada West Regionals, and my mind has finally finished riding the high from that weekend. 2013 is already started in my mind, and my plan is setting in stone as I type this. I couldn’t be more excited. #2013

I just wanted to say thank-you to all of my supporters over the past year of training, and those who continue to stand behind me and push me to find my limits. So many people around me have made some pretty big sacrifices for me, so for that I am forever grateful.

A big thank-you to all of my sponsors who helped fund my trip to the Regionals: Justin at Yorkton Plumbing & Heating, Jeff at Countryside Motors, Jason and his Hockey 1st Skills Academy, Laurie at LR Futures, the Yorkton Kinettes Club, and all of the other individual sponsors! 

I can’t thank you all enough for my appreciation! 


I thought I had a pretty good grasp on who I was. For as long as I can remember, basketball has always been the center of who I am. It defined me. The person I am today is pretty much because of basketball and all things that revolve around the sport. Basketball taught me respect, humility, confidence, and many other things. It gave me the grit and the ability to put my head down and push. It taught me my first experience of success after failure, and what a little bit of hard work, determination, and focus will get you. 

I’ve put basketball on the backburner for the last couple of years: I used CrossFit as an excuse - I don’t want to play basketball because I don’t want to get hurt. If I get hurt, then I can’t CrossFit. If I can’t CrossFit …. So I stopped going to men’s league nights on Mondays. I stopped coaching with Mr. Hayden. Basketball pretty much left my life - I didn’t even watch it on TV anymore. I was uninterested in talking about it. I reffed games just to get a cheque. At first, I didn’t think anything of it. CrossFit was merely more important. And I was fine with that. Since I started competitively CrossFitting, I put my head down and went day in and day out. I had forgotten about basketball, but knew that I would always have my undying love for it.

Or so I thought.

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Focused for WOD 3.

I’ve had this empty blog post open for about three days now. I started to write things over and over, only to erase it each time. People around me keep asking me, “So, how was Regionals?” And I really don’t know what to say. It strikes me as odd, that I can’t quite come up with an answer, when this is something I’m so passionate/excited/livebreatheeatsleep about. But I think that’s because I’m still riding the high. That weekend was simply surreal. There is no better way to put it.

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14th in Canada West. 
I’m already fired up for next year.
I have it in me.

14th in Canada West. 

I’m already fired up for next year.

I have it in me.


Whenever I’d get to a point where all the training and the hours put in would come to a weekend for proof, I always went back to the notes I took post workout at my desk; the comments I’d post on .com; the food I’d prepare for days based on events; review the training I’ve done…to see in fact if I have deservedly put the time in and 100% committed to the goal - if you can honestly say that you’ve put it all towards what you really want, then there is no one, no one, that can take the experience from you, full effort = full victory.


Yesterday I sent out a tweet asking how one overcomes their fears. Fear is a crazy thing. I thought I originally had such a strong feeling toward handling fear, as my fear mantra has always been:

Fear isn’t a good enough reason not to do something.

In this instance, my perspective on fear was different. Fear manifests itself in all kinds of different forms - it can be unfamiliar territory, or out of your comfort zone. Yesterday I looked at fear in the form of a 70 pound dumbbell; unfamiliar and terrifying. 

In the end it came down to one thing: belief in oneself. 

So what do you do when something scares you? Conquer it. 


How do you overcome something that scares you?

You never lose your fears. The courageous simply don’t listen to them. They do nothing but create your pretend limitations.


Nothing can stop a big heart, and yours will take you a long way.


I have the most amazing people surrounding me. 
A “Good Luck” card for Regionals from my mentor, my high school basketball coach. I really should stop calling him that, and start calling him my friend. 
I’ll say it again, I have the most amazing people surrounding me.
#BIHFML 

I have the most amazing people surrounding me. 

A “Good Luck” card for Regionals from my mentor, my high school basketball coach. I really should stop calling him that, and start calling him my friend. 

I’ll say it again, I have the most amazing people surrounding me.

#BIHFML 



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