Darren Eaton

Bio

I grew up here in Safety Harbor and have lived most of my life in the area. Kellie and I have been married now for close to 5 years and we enjoy traveling, snow skiing, scuba diving and all sorts of outdoor fun.

I’ve been an avid fitness and strength training enthusiast most of my life. I started weight training when I was young as a way of building muscles on my skinny body. I worked out all through high school. I continued training once I joined the Army along with lots of good, hard P.T. I enjoy testing myself to see what I’m made of. For years I rode dirt bikes, then I transitioned to endurance events, sprint and Olympic-distance triathlons, half marathons, tough mudder and local 5k and 10k runs. One day my wife shared a video of this thing called CrossFit. Like many people, I was skeptical. I was concerned about old injuries that would keep me from doing some of the movements. So I initially dismissed it. About a year or so later I caught up with a friend who was very involved and who helped dismiss some of the CrossFit myths. My wife and I jumped in, and loved it from day one.

We knew right away we had to share CrossFit with as many people as we could.

I really enjoy training hard, and helping others better themselves. It’s great to see people doing things they never thought they could. I’ve learned that none of us really has any idea of what we are capable of. We never will if we don’t get out there and put ourselves to the test.