Lieutenant Kendall Bolt, USN
A testimonial from Kendall Bolt, a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and a 2014 SoCal Regionals Qualifier.
I started lifting weights with my older brother when I was a freshman in high school. Like most high school kids, I was very inexperienced and did a number of things in the weight room that caused injuries.
Fortunately I was a highly recruited baseball player and ended up playing Division-1 collegiate baseball at the U.S. Naval Academy from 2006-2010. We had some great strength coaches at the Academy that introduced me to Olympic lifting and the benefits received.
Upon graduating from the Academy I was commissioned in the Navy and stationed in San Diego. I felt like I was an experience athlete in the weight room at the time, but I thought some of my lifts I could use some help. I originally joined CrossFit Pacific Beach in 2010/11 thinking it would be a temporary membership. I thought I could receive minimal coaching that would benefit my lifting technique. Little did I know I would be stopping into Bryan’s gym.
After my first day in CFPB I was hooked. I knew CFPB was the environment I needed in order to take myself to the next level as an athlete. The amount of knowledge that Bryan has when it comes to diet/nutrition, programming and technique is second to none.
As we say in the military, Bryan is a skilled tactician. Every part of his training and programming has a plan and is thought out well in advance. I have been continuously amazed how much interest both Bryan and Anders take in their athletes and their ability to bring out the best in them.
Over the years I have traveled a lot causing me to stop in a lot of gyms. I have met a lot of strength and conditioning coaches and Bryan is by far one of the top coaches I have ever met. He has an uncanny ability to notice deficiencies and help athletes improve upon them. Bryan is always perusing new and historical techniques in strength and fitness in order to connect with athletes and make them better.
I would attribute almost everything I know about diet, CrossFit and Olympic lifting towards Bryan and Anders. Over the years training with Bryan, I never got stagnate and stuck in my ways. He always pushed me to succeed and set new goals. I progressed from someone who had never really done a single CrossFit workout to an athlete that qualified for the 2014 SoCal CrossFit regional
I know if I had this knowledge in college about lifting and nutrition I would have been a far better athlete! No matter what kind of athlete you aspire to be, Bryan and Anders have top notch professional knowledge that will make you a better athlete and all around person.
