United States
Gary Young
Gary Young, BS,MA,CSCS,USATF is an athlete, professor, and strength coach. / 2018: I have competed in sports since I was in elementary school. I've worked as a strength coach for twenty years (CSCS). I've been teaching university for twelve years. Three Principles: One: Use CrossFit training to build a solid strength and conditioning foundation for your competitive sport. Use a balanced approach. Two: Only by faith can a man build himself spiritually. Three: To be on the arena floor and not in the stands is a victory. - Gary Young / 2019: Movement is HealthCare. Circulation. Immunity. Digestion. Inflammation. Nervous System Balance. Hormonal Balance. God gave us movement for a reason. If you come in first or last, it's not the main point. The main point is, you challenged you, and you took a risk. We train to challenge our weakness, which is, how we build and maintain strength. To advanced athletes: Some days you are naturally stronger. Some days you are naturally weaker. This is to be expected. Peaks and valleys. Press on. John 8:32 - Gary Young 2021: Every man needs a stone to sharpen himself against, or, like a fine blade long untouched, his edge turns dull. We need sharpening every day. Sharpening by training, sharpening by reading, sharpening by serving - sharpening by praying. We are called to hope, if we choose to practice faith. 1 Peter 1:3 2022: Rich Froning said it best - God gave us a body for work, for hard work. Why did He give us so much delicious food? To fuel work. Diabetes comes from eating to eat. Health and wellness flows of eating to work, whether you do that work with a spade and a wheelbarrow, a bicycle and a briefcase, or a barbell and a running trail. The meaning of food is physical movement. Point two: Oreos, Pringles, and Poptarts do not correspond to our physiomental system. Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Cashews do. Man concocts the former; God already engineered the latter. Final point: Use all kinds of self-massage and stretching to 'give back' to your body. Only taking leads to compounded tension and injury. Keep training.
Open
| Year | Rank Worldwide | Rank by Region | Rank By Country | Rank By Affiliate | ||||
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| 2025 | 21971st Men | 1045th Men (45-49) | 5591st Men North America East | 305th Men (45-49) North America East | 8398th Men United States | 475th Men (45-49) United States | 2nd Men CrossFit Barboursville | 2nd Men (45-49) CrossFit Barboursville |
| 2023 | 134196th Men | 19640th Men (40-44) | 33898th Men North America East | 5589th Men (40-44) North America East | 50552nd Men United States | 8636th Men (40-44) United States | 1st Men CrossFit NaoHai | 1st Men (40-44) CrossFit NaoHai |
| 2022 | 22504th Men | 1570th Men (40-44) | 10256th Men North America | 836th Men (40-44) North America | 8750th Men United States | 721st Men (40-44) United States | 1st Men CrossFit Six Dynasties XuanWu | 1st Men (40-44) CrossFit Six Dynasties XuanWu |
| 2021 | 29449th Men | 2878th Men (40-44) | 15382nd Men North America | 1763rd Men (40-44) North America | 13285th Men United States | 1559th Men (40-44) United States | 6th Men CrossFit Six Dynasties | 1st Men (40-44) CrossFit Six Dynasties |
| 2019 | 104693rd Men | 20850th Men (35-39) | – – | 47700th Men United States | 10090th Men (35-39) United States | – – | ||
Benchmark Stats
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1RM Back Squat 150 kg 1RM Bench Press -- 1RM Clean & Jerk 90 kg 1RM Deadlift 145 kg 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 65 kg 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 -- -
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