Kelly Kelly — All in as a Competitive CrossFit Athlete & Coach

“I very quickly realized that coaching wasn’t something that was taking extra energy away from my ability to be an athlete, but it was enhancing it. It was giving me more reasons to love what I was doing.” CrossFit Level 3 Trainer and three-time Semifinal competitor Kelly Kelly joins host Adrian Conway on today’s episode to talk about the balance between competitive athlete and coach, her CrossFit beginnings, and preparing for the CrossFit Level 3 Certification. Kelly was a competitive collegiate soccer and water polo player, and she found CrossFit in 2010 when she walked into a larger gym that was running an affiliate within the building. She was immediately drawn to the class atmosphere when she saw the members laughing and high-fiving each other, despite being hesitant about the barbell work. Kelly’s competitive CrossFit career started after she decided to compete in a team competition “just for fun.” After realizing she wasn’t “capable of competing ‘just for fun,’” Kelly made the de