John

John Hassell

I found a love for athletics and fitness at an early age. I started Karate when I was 5. Then it was football, powerlifting, and track all through high school. Next was off to the Marine Corps where the background of lifting and track really started to pay off. Life at Parris Island is much easier when you are already in good shape. Then in 2009 I was ...

introduced to CrossFit by a friend 

while in Afghanistan. After returning home I sought out a CrossFit Box. After a quick Internet search I was off and running. 

After being greeted by the Box's owner and everyone else in the gym we got started . I don't remember exactly what the workout was but it completely wiped me out. 

From that point on I was hooked . 

I was there everyday and the Coach would have to make me take days off. After trying to get to a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer seminar for well over a year I was finally able to get to one in February 2012. 

I had an absolute blast...

and learned a lot. In June of the same year I was able to attend a CrossFit Kids Instructors Course. I had just as much fun there.

Since January of 2012 I have been a coach at CrossFit Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan. While here I have had the pleasure to coach numerous Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines. Not to mention several Canadian, French, Bulgarian, and Australian soldiers and members of various U.S. government agencies. 

This has been a great experience for me as a CrossFit coach. It has allowed me to develop my own...

unique coaching style...

and learn how to improvise when some of the people I'm working with don't speak a word of English. 

I have been back home in Boise for a little over two months now and have been able to open a 2nd location Expedition CrossFit BFE. I work 7 days a week usually 12 or more hours a day and couldn't be happier! I have the Best clients and staff anyone could ever ask for and absolutely LOVE my job.

www.expeditioncrossfit.com