Most people know Tanya Wagner as the 2009 CrossFit Games champion, but she’s also a great trainer who runs CrossFit Apex with her husband Josh.
Tanya is a passionate, vocal trainer, and in this video shot at FilFest in Miami, Fla., Tanya explains what she’s actually saying when she’s coaching. Sometimes a coach needs to yell loudly, but other times a coach needs to calm an athlete down and help prevent him or her from getting out of control.
Firebreathers and potential firebreathers have different needs altogether, and a trainer will have special considerations for athletes chasing top times or working toward the CrossFit Games.
Tanya’s main point: running a WOD is about so much more than holding a stopwatch.
5min 28sec
Additional reading: You Be the Trainer #3, published Aug. 2, 2009.
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Always great to hear from Tanya!
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Thanks for sharing your coaching techniques girl! Miss u
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I have to say that I love the idea of a buy in to get back into the "game". Thanks for some great coaching tips.
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Great speaker. Going to add more motivational consequences to my programming!
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thankyou
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