Adrian Conway didn’t get into CrossFit to coach.

“I got into this sport to dominate other humans,” the CrossFit Seminar Staff Trainer says. “I wanted to pursue physical dominance; I wanted to be able to train hard and punish myself, and then go win and go be a champion.”

That’s what Conway — a fivetime CrossFit Games athlete — had worked toward his entire life.

Today, Conway is a fulltime coach — something he describes as “ironic,” given the original reason he started CrossFit.

“The community within this space, the hard work, the humility — all these things that I’ve had to grow in myself as I became an adult are what drew me to coaching,” he says. “Because people, when they walk into a CrossFit gym, they want something different for themselves; they want to be changed. And for me to help be the catalyst to that, to lead their journey, to help them make hard right choices over easy wrong choices … it was something that I never knew but would change me forever.”

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"The CrossFit Coach” is a sixpart series that highlights the impact CrossFit coaches have in the lives of the people they train, from those who have never walked into a gym to professional athletes in sports of all kinds. The best CrossFit coaches are those who can pair their unparalleled fitness expertise with an equal level of care about each person’s goals. They are continuously learning and seeking out ways to refine their craft and reach new people with the magic of CrossFit. These are a few of their stories.

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