About Jason
Started late. Built slowly. Stayed durable. Kept winning.
I didn’t start as an athlete. At 38, I was sedentary, overweight, and running out of excuses. A friend dragged me into a CrossFit gym, and something clicked — not immediately, but eventually.
The first few years were humbling. I overtrained. I got injured. I learned the hard way that effort without structure eventually sends you the bill.
So I rebuilt the way I trained. I started paying attention to the patterns: what broke me down, what built me up, and how recovery, sleep, nutrition, and intensity had to fit together if I wanted performance to last.
By 2018, I landed my first podium finish — third place at the CrossFit Games. Since then, I’ve won seven CrossFit Games Masters titles across three age divisions, stood on the podium at more than 15 major competitions, and kept competing at the highest level into my 50s.
That is the foundation of how I coach. Not theory from a textbook. A system earned through mistakes, refinement, competition pressure, and the discipline to keep getting better without letting age, injury, burnout, or ego derail the long game.
Age 38
Walked into CrossFit overweight and out of shape
No grand plan. Just a hard look in the mirror and a gym I did not want to walk into.
Early Years
Made the mistakes most driven athletes make
Too much intensity, not enough structure, lessons learned through overtraining, injuries, and frustration.
2018
First CrossFit Games podium
Third place showed the system was doing more than keeping me healthy. It was making me competitive.
40s-50s
Seven consecutive Games titles across divisions
The goal was never one good season. It was building a way to keep performing when most athletes start fading.
Now
Coaching athletes to build durable performance
The same principles now shape how I coach training, recovery, nutrition, and competition prep.
Life around the training.
I live in Helena, Alabama with my wife Gina. We have a daughter and three sons, and I’m a grandfather. Family is the foundation everything else is built on.
Before fitness, I was a gymnast from seventh grade through tenth grade, then spent years as a therapist, a competitive poker player, and a wedding photographer. Every chapter taught me something — reading people, managing pressure, paying attention to detail. All of it shows up in how I coach.
I’m also someone who picks up habits easily — good and bad. I’ve dealt with significant addictions: alcohol, chewing tobacco, and the kind of food habits that quietly take over your life. I’ve kicked all of them.
I don’t share that to impress anyone. I share it because the discipline that built seven world titles is the same discipline that got me free from the things that were holding me back. If you’re fighting your own version of that battle, I understand it.
15
International Competition Titles
7×
CrossFit Games Titles
8×
CrossFit Games Athlete
2×
Ironman 70.3 Finisher
“Durable performance isn’t about doing more. It’s about doing what matters, at the right time.”
— JASON GRUBB
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