Coach Kiwi

BET ON YOURSELF 🎲

I LOVE coaching people and I know that 90% of the time, I’ll believe in you before you believe in yourself.

I see the strength, potential and what you are capable of before you can even imagine it.

HOWEVER I say this often, I can’t believe in you more than you believe in yourself. At some point, my belief has to become YOUR belief.

We are all truly capable of doing damn near anything we put your mind to And THAT’S the hard part.

We spend so much time talking about putting our bodies to work but the real work is putting our MINDS to work.

Training your thoughts.
Challenging the doubt.
Changing the story you keep telling yourself.
Believing you belong in rooms you haven’t entered yet.

Your body will follow where your mind is willing to go.

So before you ask anyone else to bet on you…

BET. ON. YOURSELF.

You might be surprised by who you become.

EARN YOUR FINISH

THIS is what purpose looks like for me. 🙏🏾

Before anything else, I have to thank GOD.

I get to wake up every day knowing what I’ve been called to be a Coach, it’s not just some label it’s my God given purpose and I don’t take that for granted.

I genuinely LOVE what I do.

I love coaching. I love watching people discover what they’re capable of. I love seeing someone push past a limit they once thought was theirs. And I love being able to play even a small part in transforming lives through fitness.

This weekend was another reminder of that.

Putting together our inaugural Five Lakes CrossFit x Coach Kiwi HYROX Half Simulation was A LOT of work but watching it all come to life made every single bit of it worth it. And there is absolutely NO WAY I could have done it alone.

To every volunteer who showed up early, every judge, every person who helped set up, check athletes in, manage the course, keep people moving, solve problems and do whatever needed to be done, THANK YOU!!

To DjSteel Detroit IDMP| Multimedia + Social Media Manager NVZN Fitness, Ground Control Coffee Roasters, thepatchholder, all the spectators and everyone who brought energy to the experience, THANK YOU!

And most importantly, to every athlete who trusted us enough to step onto that course and compete, THANK YOU.
Watching you grind out for those finishes is WHY we did this.

To James and Liz - Five Lakes CrossFit owners I truly believe we are building something special. Thank you for trusting me, believing in the vision and giving me the space to bring some of these crazy ideas in my head to LIFE.

I’m incredibly grateful to be part of the Five Lakes family and even more excited about where we’re going.

This wasn’t just an event, tt was a glimpse of what we’re building and we’re just getting started.

The finish isn’t the reward. Who you become in the process is. EARN YOUR FINISH.

🙏🏾 Thank you, God, for allowing me to live in my purpose.

HyroxCoach

The Doubles teams at the inaugural Five Lakes CrossFit x Coach Kiwi HYROX Half Simulation brought that energy ALL DAY.

Every run together. Every station together. And ultimately, every finish together.

WOMEN’S DOUBLES 🏆
🥇 Lauren Billotto + Maya Younis — 50:33
🥈 Makini Kweli + Curleshea Daniels — 55:15
🥉 Eleanor Brown + Lauren McCown — 59:55

And a HUGE shoutout to
Melissa Scully + Annie Marchese
Rickeya Beale + Evin Brinker for getting out there and earning that finish together!

MIXED DOUBLES 🏆

🥇 Robert Watkins + Jasmine Brown — 50:30
🥈 Kyra Taylor + Jamarr Lewis-Whatley — 61:33

To every Doubles athlete who stepped onto that course: THIS is what partnership looks like under pressure.

You didn’t just split the reps.

You earned the finish TOGETHER.

Now let’s get ready for the real thing?

Join our HYROX 12-Week Team Training Camp starting September 8th.

Train with the team. Let’s build your engine, get stronger ant then take it to the real HYROX floor.
EARN YOUR FINISH.

COMMENT “TEAMCAMP” and I’ll send you link

Photos by NVZN Fitness

The inaugural Five Lakes CrossFit x Coach Kiwi HYROX Half Simulation is officially in the books!

THE WOMEN SHOWED UP AND SHOWED OUT!

This event was to give athletes the opportunity to experience the demands, intensity and energy of a HYROX competition and the Women’s Singles field understood the assignment.

This wasn’t just another Saturday workout. It was a chance for athletes to test their fitness. Test your race strategy. Find your strengths. Expose your weaknesses. And see what happens when you have to keep performing under fatigue.
And these men COMPETED.

Congratulations to our podium and respect to every woman who stepped onto that course and EARNED HIS FINISH.

WOMEN’S SINGLES PODIUM
🥇 - Lauren Nasstrom | 40:18
🥈 - Julia Clark | 47:18
🥉 - Kenya Derocher | 48:33

Now let’s get ready for the real thing?

Join our HYROX 12-Week Team Training Camp starting September 8th.

Train with the team. Let’s build your engine, get stronger ant then take it to the real HYROX floor.
EARN YOUR FINISH.

COMMENT “TEAMCAMP” and I’ll send you link

Photos by NVZN Fitness

FiveLakesCrossFit

The inaugural Five Lakes CrossFit x Coach Kiwi HYROX Half Simulation is officially in the books!

THE MEN CAME TO RACE!

This event was to give athletes the opportunity to experience the demands, intensity and energy of a HYROX competition and the Men’s Singles field understood the assignment.

This wasn’t just another Saturday workout. It was a chance for athletes to test their fitness. Test your race strategy. Find your strengths. Expose your weaknesses. And see what happens when you have to keep performing under fatigue.
And these men COMPETED.

Congratulations to our podium and respect to every man who stepped onto that course and EARNED HIS FINISH.

MEN’S SINGLES PODIUM
🥇Anthony Darkangelo | 34:26
🥈Jacob Frisco | 35:53
🥉Cam Roy | 38:09

Now let’s get ready for the real thing?

Join our HYROX 12-Week Team Training Camp starting September 8th.

Train with the team. Let’s build your engine, get stronger ant then take it to the real HYROX floor.
EARN YOUR FINISH.

COMMENT “TEAMCAMP” and I’ll send you link