Grit to Granite is a fitness/mentorship based development program for young Liberians.
25/12/2023
Merry Christmas from our tiny little Box to the big bad World. We're out here grinding and we'll see you out there at Game Time. Till then, be good to one another, be safe, and enjoy the ones you love! Happy Holidays from Grit to Granite.
12/12/2023
The boys getting that ab workout in with Hollow Holds! Craving granite slabs where once there was fluff.
12/12/2023
Welcome to the club Eshaika! Officially. This kid's new to the program, but has already undergone his trail by fire! At this point, he has made it through 2 separate 40 min EMOMs and a couple of team workouts. I think he's earned the right to call himself a CrossFit athlete! He's clearly got the Grit, and as long as he keeps showing up we'll make him into Granite!
Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone! From Grit to Granite in the LIB.
This weekend we took on Murph:
Run 1 mile
100 pull ups
200 push ups
300 air squats
Run 1 mile
For the guys it was their first time doing it and they did fantastic! The progress to date of these athletes is amazing!
24/02/2023
Good thing we built that extension!!! Otherwise our CrossFit Open journey would have ended after the first workout!!!
25ft and minimal space to turn around, but we got this! 23.2 here we come!
19/02/2023
How'd you spend your Valentine's Day? Well, Nat and I mixed and poured concrete and built an extension to the Sanctum Sanctorum (my CrossFit box) in the event that lunges, handstand walks, or whatever else comes up in the 2023 CrossFit Open.
The equipment list said we needed 25ft of floor space and since we don't have it, we had to make it!
19/02/2023
Derrick's out here trying to give Namor a run for his money!
This kid's got some serious hops!!!
19/02/2023
Working on the skills that may come up in the 2023 CrossFit Open. Handstand Walking is always a challenge but I think we're going to be all right!
Nat! What can I say….this kid has an athletic potential that isn’t even quantifiable! He had never done a double under. Ever. He had only ever seen me do them in real life on 3 occasions and seen them on video in the CF Judges Course. After some line hop and flying penguin drills, I put a rope in his hands and this kid does this!!
By the end of the session, he had hit about 50…. And he didn’t whip himself once!!!!!
A little taste of what to expect out of our Monsters in the Making!
11/10/2022
November 26th!!! It's Going down!
Our First Competition is gonna be Beast Mode: Urban Assault!
The guys have been putting in the work and things are looking good so far!
03/10/2022
Of the young men in the program so far, I have known Derrick the longest. In essence I have had the honor and the privilege of watching him grow from a skinny wide eyed kid to a young man with focus and vision. The transformation has been fun to watch. We have trained together on a couple of occasions in very different contexts and every time, Derrick has impressed me. But when he asked me to help him train for the first ever Beast Mode Liberia, that’s when I truly saw his athletic potential.
For Beast Mode he shifted focus from aesthetics to performance and in so doing Derrick showed HEART, dedication, and discipline. When it came to game time, he put the hammer down and came damn close to winning the whole thing. In racing, things happen, and a slight snag on the army crawl might have made the difference between a first and second place finish. I was SOOOO PROUD of the way he performed at Beast Mode and when Grit to Granite was born I knew he was a young man I would be honored to work with.
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