CrossFit is not just a workout—it’s a way of life. The program is aimed to reshape not only the way you excercise, but the way you eat, the way you move, and the way you think. There isn’t a decision made throughout our day that isn’t influenced by our understanding of CrossFit, and it’s that understanding that drives our passion for the program.
CrossFit is all about challenge. Rather than chasing your own fitness goals, CrossFit challenges you to outperform the athlete next to you, and that contest can last a lifetime. Everything from the type of fuel we put into our bodies to the clothes we put on our backs is judged according to how it will affect our performance in the WOD. The way we raise our children and envision their future is directly influenced by the physical, mental, and moral pillars that CrossFit is founded on. In a world of “good enough,” CrossFit is daring to set the bar higher.
Every day, people look for ways to make their lives easier. Modern businesses develop technologies that let our minds, bodies, and morals grow sluggish from lack of use. As life in the modern world provides more and more crutches for people to lean on, it’s communities like CrossFit Murrieta that challenge us to live with the intensity that makes living worthwhile.
Who we are
Ryan Nilsen has been a Marine Officer for five years and is currently assigned as a firepower control team leader with 1stANGLICO aboard Camp Pendleton, CA. He has been doing CrossFit for four years at his base, FOBs, COPs, and garage gyms. As he travels around the globe in support of OEF, OIF, MEU, and joint/international training exercises, he has been fortunate to visit over a dozen CrossFit boxes of all levels and sizes. He has his certificates in Level One Training, Movement/Mobility/Recovery, and Olympic Lifting.
Sheina Nilsen is the owner/operator of an Information Technologies Consulting Firm. She has been doing CrossFit for a year and a half. She is a Level 1 Certified Trainer and a CrossFit Kids Certified Trainer.
They have two children, ages four and 1 years old, that love being in the gym, no matter how much chalk they get on themselves.
