| Name: |
Stavros Kalogirou |
| Age: |
40 years old |
| City/State: |
Martinez, CA (NorCal) |
| About Me: |
I’m SF Bay Area local born and raised. I’ve been married for almost 17 years and have 4 amazing kids (3, 7, 9, and 11). I’m a Firefighter/Paramedic for a bay area department (actually I drive the engine, coolest job in the world). |
| Favorite Movie/Character: |
Braveheart, William Wallace |
| CrossFit Affiliate Name: |
Diablo CrossFit since 2006 (http://www.diablocrossfit.com) |
| Favorite Lift: |
Thrusters |
| Favorite Girl WOD: |
Fran or Helen…tough to say! |
| Least favorite/weakness: |
Toes 2 Bar/Squat Snatch |
| How did you start CrossFit? |
When I was in the process of being hired as a firefighter, during our orientation the PT coach said “if you want to get in shape for this, go do CrossFit”. I had NO idea what it was, I was lucky enough to stumble into Diablo on December 21st, 2006 for my first workout…I’ve never looked back! |
| How often do you train/ Do you have a coach? |
I train 5 days a week, usually an AM session and a PM session. I’ve been working 1-on-1 with Coach Scott Gillis from Optimum Performance Training Calgary (www.optimumperformancecalgary.com) since July 2016. I can’t say enough about working with my coach, he believes in me more than I ever could. I also work with a nutrition coach, Mike Kesthely from Nova3Labs (www.Nova3Labs.com), I trust him implicitly with my nutrition and it’s paid dividends. Check them out! |
| Who is your role model? |
My mother passed away in 1997 when I was 20 years old, from lung cancer, she raised me and kept me safe a single mom and fought until the very end. I wear pink every time I compete in her honor. She’s my role model. In the CF world, I appreciate the people who can compete at a very high level, but keep it fun. I love to smile when I compete, if I’m not having fun when doing this…then I need to find something else to do 🙂 |
| What are some of your goals – fitness or otherwise? |
I placed roughly 320th out of 20,000+ last year in the 40-44m division in the CrossFit Open. My goal is to place well into the top 200 and compete in the Masters Qualifiers. I also want to continue to learn how to best balance my training and competing with all the other incredibly important things in my life. |
| Where do you see yourself in 5 years/ 10 years? |
Wow, I’ll be 50 in 10 years, hah! But seriously, I’ll still have kids at home and be driving a fire engine. Other than that, I want to get better at life, a better husband, father, friend, firefighter, and certainly better at fitness 🙂 |
