Coach Brett – Happy Birthday from all of us!

Coach Brett - 195# overhead squat - This is one of his FAVORITE lifts.

Tell us about yourself…. I grew up in River Heights. Went to Mt. Crest High, served a mission in New York City, and thought I would live there forever. Then I flew over the great Salt Lake and the mountains coming home to Utah and knew I would never leave. I now live in Hyde Park with my great family, (Kelli, Adria (8) Allie (5) and Max (2)) and run Evolution Design out of Smithfield for work.

What is your day job? At Evolution Design we fabricate and install granite and quartz countertops. I told Mike Balls the other day this is how I learned to squat. This stuff is heavy!

How were you introduced to CrossFit? My neighbor (Paul) came into my driveway one day and said he had been doing it for 2 months and he now actually had biceps! I figured, hey why not?

What is your favorite WOD or Lift? Tough Question, I dream new ones up daily. Anything with a set of heavy squat cleans gets me excited.

What is your favorite skill/movement that you have learned at CrossFit IoTA? I Love it all, and am most anxious to hang the rings and rope and get to work on those.

How has CrossFit changed your life? Besides warping my mind? I can do things I used to do, and I plan on doing things I could have never done without it. Mainly mentally I believe I can accomplish anything because I accomplish something hard every morning.

One word to describe me would be… Driven.

I have always wanted… To hunt bighorn sheep on a backcountry hike in only expedition.

Outside of the gym, I like to… Be with my family, especially in the outdoors. I love to hunt, hike, camp, fish etc.

Three things you would always find in my fridge… Milk, Eggs, Spinach.(popeye knew his stuff.)

Something nobody knows about me or would be surprised to know about me… If Doug hadn’t spoiled it I would show you some sweet pictures of the mullets we sported in high school. Pretty Gross.

Favorite physical activity outside of CFI… Probably more crossfit, but love to backpack/hunt.

Favorite place to eat in Cache Valley… Kelli’s Diner (aka my kitchen.)

Song(s) that gets me pumped up for a workout… I like it loud, and fast other than that it doesn’t matter too much.

The last thing I ate was… chicken breast and a glass of milk.

My proudest accomplishment is… Marrying the right girl, and having crazy kids.

My six month goal is… Im hoping to have the courage to drag myself to the crossfit sectionals.

If I could have ANYBODY (living or dead) over for dinner, it would be… another tough one? probably my grandpa max and grandma abee, I was too young to realize how awesome my grandpa was and would love to have known him better now.

My favorite workout attire is… I have a small problem with buying new gear all the time, its a good thing paul makes sweet shirts cause I have a ton of favorites.

My favorite workout partner(s)… Everyone at Iota (and Steve Smith) but nothing better than side by side with Paul we’ve done a lot of work together!

If you created a WOD and named it after yourself what would the workout be? I’ve rethought this one too many times, but I think Paul has the original written down somewhere. Just make it hard and heavy Ill like it!

I truly don’t know what I could say about Brett that would do him justice. He is a great friend and I couldn’t do what I do without him. Our wives are both jealous of the time we spend together both in and out of CrossFit as we serve together in Church and Scouts together. Thanks for your hard work, dedication and passion. – Coach Paul