Alexa Fourlis
CrossFit Coach/Admin Assistant
Clean and Jerk: 79kg (173lb)
Qualifications
Crossfit
Level 1 Trainer
USA Weightlifting
Level 1 Sports Performance Coach
National Competitor at the Junior and University level
University of Arizona
B.S. Public Health
About Alexa
Turning Point
Motivation & Passion
I found CrossFit in 2009 when I was 14 years old. I had always played sports growing up and wanted to get stronger and find something else to challenge me. My dad is a fireman and told me that he heard one of his fellow firemen ran something called a Crossfit gym out of his backyard and that I was welcome to try it out. I showed up on my first day as a skinny 14 year old to a class that consisted of one big fireman and two huge ex-military men and I immediately thought I would not fit in. I have never met a more encouraging and helpful group of people that made me feel right at home and that’s when I realized how amazing the Crossfit community is.
I am grateful I found CrossFit at a young age, not only as an athlete, but as a young girl who hadn’t learned to appreciate her body and what it was capable of yet. I was lucky enough to have incredible coaches from the start that not only taught me how to lift correctly, but to become mentally and physically more confident. I have been inspired ever since to become that kind of coach to someone else and nothing makes me happier than watching athletes have that “lightbulb” moment in the gym.
