About No Excuses Crossfit

John McGriff grew up in an athletic family, who all played sports, lifted weights, etc. John then joined the USMC in 1994 & became even more interested in fitness. He has been a full-time firefighter with Gwinnett County since 2002. John found Crossfit in the winter 2007, and loves it for several reasons:
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Graduating from Georgia Southern University with a Bachelor’s in Exercise Science and a minor in Nutrition, Chris began his career with an internship in sports performance. Read more »

Kyle has appeared as a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, ABC’s 20/20, Good Morning America, the CBS Early Show, and as a cover story in USA Today. He has been featured on HBO Real Sports, Spike TV, as well as countless local and regional TV shows and in print.
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Ben played competitive soccer at the Olympic Development Level, where he played internationally in some of the biggest tournaments in the world. Ben started wrestling as a freshman at Collins Hill high school. As a sophomore varsity wrestler he became the County and Area Champ and a State qualifier.
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I used to just run, until I began to put on body fat and slow down even with running more and more miles – sometimes 50 miles in a week. I’ve run 8 Marathons, plus lots of Half Marathons, 10Ks and 5Ks. But, none of that was getting me in shape the way I wanted to be. It wasn’t until I found No Excuses that I was able to finally get fit the way I had always wanted to be.
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It all started in April of 2009, I had just been hired by Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services. I knew the physical training at our Fire Academy was going to be Crossfit based, and I need to get ready! I found No Excuses Crossfit and decided I would stop by and check it out. Coach Ben put me through a workout called “Cindy” 20 minute work out with as many rounds as possible of 5 pull ups, 10 push up, and 15 air squats. I thought I was already in good shape Read more »

A friend of mine encouraged me two years ago to begin Crossfit at a gym called No Excuses Athletics. From my youth to my twenties’ I played soccer at the Olympic Development Level and my team led us to the first girls’ team from Georgia to compete and win a National Championship. In my senior year of High School I tore my ACL …Read More »

I have been involved with athletics nearly my whole life. I grew up playing a lot of different sports, but focused on football, wrestling and weightlifting while at Shiloh High School. Sports, particularly football, has always been my passion and I was fortunate enough to play at the college level. Read more »