United States
Erica Young
No performance history
I have been an athlete my entire life. As soon as I could walk, I could compete. My dad wanted nothing more than his 6’1 daughter to play every sport imaginable. Every summer, I was attending AAU basketball and college basketball training camps. In the fall, I played varsity volleyball. In the winter, you could find me playing varsity basketball and the spring was track. Calling me competitive was an understatement – I lived to compete. It wasn’t until college that I began focusing solely on running. I still enjoyed playing basketball and volleyball but the feeling of running outside was freeing. I needed something different from what I had been doing my entire life. Something that I could do on my own that would continue to push myself to new and higher limits. Running was my break. Running was “me time.” But as much as I loved running, my competitive nature took over soon enough and I began craving competition. In 2013, I made a New Year’s Resolution. Similar to everyone else in the world, I wanted to try CrossFit. I googled “CrossFit in Las Vegas”, clicked the first website, attended class the next day and fell in love. Only after two months of training had I signed up for my first CrossFit competition. I never looked back. I have currently competed in six competitions in the Las Vegas area and have placed in the Top 3 each time. In 2015, Drew invited me to start training with our gym’s competition team and I was hooked. I learned about accessory training, nutrition and gymnastics. Things I never took the time to learn before. I became stronger, faster and leaner. I was accomplishing my fitness goals and truly felt like I was where I belonged. In 2016, I was approached after a WOD and asked if I ever thought about becoming a CrossFit trainer. To be honest, it had never crossed my mind. But as soon as it was mentioned, it was all I wanted to do. Becoming a coach was simply the next step in this adventure. It was how I could share my love for this sport with others. It was how I could help others on their fitness journey. It just clicked. I began raising money for the course fee, passed the test and was on my way to becoming the best couch I could be. Whether it’s training, competing or coaching, I always go all out. I often get teased about my catch phrases, “GET IT”, “LIGHT WEIGHT” and “YEEEAAH!” but that is just who I am. I get just as pumped seeing others achieve their goals as I do my own. The sentiment runs true for me: Our Project Is You!
Benchmark Stats
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1RM Back Squat -- 1RM Bench Press -- 1RM Clean & Jerk -- 1RM Deadlift -- 1RM Front Squat -- 1RM Hang Power Clean -- 1RM Hang Power Snatch -- 1RM Hang Squat Clean -- 1RM Hang Squat Snatch -- 1RM Overhead Squat -- 1RM Power Clean -- 1RM Power Snatch -- 1RM Push Jerk -- 1RM Push Press -- 1RM Shoulder Press -- 1RM Split Jerk -- 1RM Squat Clean -- 1RM Squat Snatch -- 1RM Thruster -- 1RM Weighted Pull-up -- 30 Muscle-ups For Time -- 3RM Back Squat -- 3RM Deadlift -- 3RM Front Squat -- 5RM Back Squat -- 5RM Deadlift -- 5RM Front Squat -- Abbate -- Adrian -- Alexander -- Amanda -- Andi -- Andy -- Angie -- Annie -- Arnie -- Artie -- Badger -- Barbara -- Barbara Ann -- Barraza -- Bell -- Bert -- Bike 50 Cal -- Blake -- Bradley -- Bradshaw -- Brenton -- Brian -- Bulger -- Bull -- Cameron -- Candy -- Carse -- CHAD1000x -- Chelsea -- Cindy -- Coe -- Coffland -- CrossFit Total -- Dallas 5 -- Daniel -- Danny -- Del -- DG -- Diane -- Donny -- Dork -- DT -- Elizabeth -- Ellen -- Emily -- Eva -- Eva Strong -- Falkel -- -
Fight Gone Bad -- Filthy 50 -- Fran -- Freestyle Diane -- Gator -- GHD Annie -- Glen -- Grace -- Grettel -- Griff -- Gwen -- Hall -- Hansen -- Harper -- Havana -- Heavy Grace -- Helen -- Helton -- Hildy -- Holbrook -- Holleyman -- Hoover -- Hope -- Hortman -- Hotshots 19 -- Ingrid -- Isabel -- Jack -- Jackie -- Jennifer -- Jenny -- Jerry -- Jorge -- Josh -- Josie -- JT -- Karen -- Kelly -- Kelly Brown -- Kerrie -- Klepto -- L1 Benchmark -- Ladder Nancy -- Lane -- Laura -- Linda -- Loredo -- Luke -- Lumberjack 20 -- Lyla -- Lynne -- Maggie -- Manion -- Marco -- Marguerita -- Marston -- Martin -- Mary -- Maupin -- Max Bar Muscle-ups -- Max Chest-to-Bar Pull-ups -- Max Double-Unders -- Max Handstand Hold (Free) -- Max Handstand Hold (Wall) -- Max Handstand Push-ups -- Max Handstand Push-ups (Strict) -- Max L-Sit Hold -- Max Muscle-ups -- Max Muscle-ups (Strict) -- Max Pull-ups -- Max Pull-ups (Strict) -- Max Toes-to-Bar -- Maxton -- McGhee -- Michael -- -
Moore -- Morrison -- Mr. Joshua -- Murph -- Nancy -- Nasty Girls -- Nasty Girls V2 -- Nate -- Nicole -- Nutts -- Omar -- Partner Kelly -- Paul Pena -- Peyton -- Pheezy -- Power Amanda -- Rahoi -- Randy -- Rankel -- René -- Rich -- Riley -- Row 1000m -- Row 100m -- Row 2000m -- Row 250m -- Row 3000m -- Row 500m -- Row 5K -- Roy -- Run 1 Mile -- Run 100m -- Run 10K -- Run 2 Miles -- Run 200m -- Run 400m -- Run 5k -- Run 800m -- Run Row Run Rx -- Run Row Run Scaled -- Run Row Run Sprint -- Ryan -- Schmalls -- Scotty -- Sham -- Ship -- Sisson -- Small -- Strict Elizabeth -- T.U.P. -- Tabata Something Else -- Tabata This! -- The Chief -- The Don -- The Ghost -- The Lyon -- The Other Total -- The Seven -- Thompson -- Time Priority Angie -- Timothy Helton -- TK -- Tommy V -- Topsy -- Twelve Days of Christmas -- Tyler -- Viola -- Wes -- White -- Whitten -- Wilmot -- Wittman -- Wood -- Zeus -- Zimmerman --