India Martinez 
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Before the gyms open a week from today, Coach Anjo and Coach Mike reflect on how the 50+ days at home have been a blessing in disguise. On the latest episode of the Optimistic Podcast, they share the silver lining they found. Coach Anjo shares the reasons why she has been shedding tears …
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify In 2010 Coach Rebecca Black unknowingly purchased her golden ticket… a groupon to CrossFit. From working at Lockheed Martin to DEFCON conventions spotting FBI agents, Coach Rebecca turned from running with hackers to training Optimists. She shares how she moved from a stressful job to one she loves, her passion for coaching, and …
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Coach Mike has been in a long term relationship- with running. It began with his dad making him run laps around his neighborhood as punishment, to running his first 10K race as a 3rd grader, to chafing his nipples in his first marathon while he was stationed in Germany. In the latest episode …
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Margie Blomstrom and her husband Kevin had three kids within 21 months: twins through IVF and their third child shortly after. As Margie put it “It rocked our world. It rocked our marriage. We were in survival mode for years.” As their children have grown older, Margie and Kevin are learning how to …
Read more ➾Margie Blomstrom: How Having Kids Changed My Marriage
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Dan Kachtik poured the concrete, bolted down roof panels, and put up the beams to literally build his affiliate, King William District CrossFit. In this episode of the Optimistic Podcast, Coach Mike talks with local CrossFit gym owner, Dan, about the process of building his gym. After hearing multiple people tell him “you …
Read more ➾Brick By Brick: Building a CrossFit Gym from the Ground Up with Dan Kachtik
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Matt Starr’s take on perseverance is that “Going through these tough times is that the only way to move is to move forward. You can only control yourself.” Coach Mike and Matt, an “OG” Optimist of over a decade, talk about persevering through tough times, whether its a 13.1 mile trail race, or …
Haven’t read Part 3? You can catch up on the Paleo Week 3 Recap and then head back here to Part 4! We made it to the end This is the paleo week 4 recap of the 30 day challenge. So the Martinez family finished the challenge a couple days ago and ended up cutting the journey …
Haven’t read Part 2? You can catch up on the Paleo Week 2 Recap and then head back here to Part 3! 21 days into the paleo challenge Coach Mike and Coach Anjo are now a week away from finishing their 30 day paleo challenge. In this paleo recap, Coach Anjo talks about adding recreational …
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify In February, Coach Kyla competed with a team of four at Wodapalooza, an official CrossFit Sanctional in Miami, FL. She gives us the full scoop on the experience – her seven weeks of training (no more soda!), what the workouts were like, Miami Uber drivers, and talking with …
Haven’t read Part 1? You can catch up on the Paleo Week 1 Recap and then head back here to Part 2! 14 Days into the Challenge Coach Mike and Coach Anjo are halfway through their 30 Day Paleo Challenge and are still going strong! Coach Anjo is not busting the budget at the store …