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Patrick McCarty

About Patrick McCarty

Patrick McCarty is a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer and masters athlete. As a masters-level athlete, Patrick competed in the 2011, 2013, and 2014 Reebok CrossFit Games. Patrick’s fitness journey has taken him from traditional weightlifting to marathon running and, ultimately, to CrossFit, where he found the perfect balance of strength and conditioning, nutrition, and proper goal setting, which allowed him to find levels of fitness and well-being that eluded his twenty-year old self.

In addition to his own training, Patrick’s real passion is coaching. He provides programming and coaching for dozens of clients across the globe and finds immense satisfaction in helping other achieve their fitness goals, whether it’s climbing a rope for the first time or making it to the CrossFit Games. By day, Patrick is a web developer who owns his own design company, CJT Digital Design, in Loveland, Ohio.

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Fitness

  • The Formula for a Successful CrossFit Gym
  • The New CrossFit Games – What About the Dottirs?
  • Is CrossFit HQ Trolling You?
  • Resolve to Make This Your Best CrossFit Year
  • 3 Movements the CrossFit Games Need to Get Rid Of
  • Failed Attempt: The CrossFit Liftoff Was Just CrossFit
  • 3 Movements the CrossFit Games Needs to Ditch
  • Missed Attempt: The CrossFit Liftoff Was Just CrossFit
  • A Qualified Defense of Puking in CrossFit
  • The CrossFit Dream Team: A New Era of the Affiliate Cup
  • CrossFit Super Teams: A New Era for the Games
  • A New Era of CrossFit Dream Teaming
  • The Time Is Now: Stand Up for Gender Equality in CrossFit
  • Gender Equality Is Broken: In CrossFit, Sex Sells
  • CrossFit, Sponsorships, and the Ugly Truth About Gender Inequality
  • Gender Inequality: The Ugly Truth About Female Sponsorships
  • Dear Wodapalooza: Stop Insulting Masters Athletes
  • CrossFitters: Time to Call Ourselves Out on the Shenanigans
  • Why Froning Is Not the Fittest Man in History
  • Rich Froning Is Not the Fittest Man In History
  • Soldier Suicide and Memorial WODs: We Can Do More
  • The Dangers of Hyperventilation (And CrossFit Social Media)
  • Individualized Coaching and the Future of Competitive CrossFit
  • Why Local Functional Fitness Competitions Are a Good Thing
  • Survival of the Survivors: The CrossFit (Hunger) Games
  • Mobility for Masters: Warm Up Without Breaking Down
  • Bad Advertising and Hubris: Will CrossFit HQ Ever Apologize?
  • Breaking Down the CrossFit, #SugarKills, and Coke Debate
  • GRID All-Stars and Why I Was Wrong About Lindsey
  • A Buyer’s Market in CrossFit: How to Choose the Best Box
  • Beatdown Avoidance and the Value of Rest in CrossFit
  • Julie Foucher’s Achilles Injury: Can Chatter Create Change?
  • Why CrossFit Will Never Just Cool It With the American Swing
  • CrossFit Regional Workouts 2015: The Good, the Bad, and the Shoulders
  • 5 GRID Players to Watch in 2015
  • Cherry-Picking and Birthday WODs: How to Stop the Madness
  • Mid-Open Rule Changes: What Is Going On at CrossFit HQ?
  • Real Functional Fitness: CrossFit and the Battle Against Cancer
  • CrossFit and Risk Management: It’s All About Your Goals
  • The CrossFit Open: Stop Whining About Muscle Ups
  • Glassman vs OCT: CrossFit HQ and the Kevin Ogar Tragedy
  • Competitive Dishonesty in the CrossFit Open: Who Is at Fault?
  • Dishonesty In the CrossFit Open: Who Is to Blame?
  • The 2015 Frannies: The Worst in the Sport of CrossFit
  • Poking the Bear: Is CrossFit HQ the Ultimate Internet Troll?
  • 2015 Grid League Prospectus: Are You In?
  • Save Your Money: The 5 Worst Products for CrossFit
  • Speaking Out: Charlie Hebdo and CrossFit
  • It’s Not Too Late to Prepare for the CrossFit Games Open
  • When Community Goes Wrong: The Closed-Circle Effect
  • CrossFit Skills Don’t Just Happen: Make a Plan
  • How Did the DC Brawlers Dominate Grid?
  • What the CrossFit Games 2015 Changes Mean for You
  • 2014 CrossFit Athlete Holiday Shopping Guide
  • What Separates a CrossFit Coach From a Weightlifting Coach?
  • The Proper Way to Do a Hero WOD and Honor the Fallen
  • EMOMs: The Most Misunderstood Method in CrossFit
  • Is It Time to Look for a New CrossFit Gym?
  • A Weightlifting Etiquette Handbook for CrossFitters
  • Love CrossFit? 5 Tips to Avoid CrossFit Burnout
  • The Unhealthy Competition Bug: Is Your Gym Infected?
  • Camille Leblanc-Bazinet: Strong, Real, and Less-Than-Perfect
  • When a Single Moment Is the Difference Between Winning and Losing
  • 5 Strong Female Role Models to Inspire the Next Generation
  • Why I Hope to Lose All My Clients
  • The Moment Grid Became a Sport
  • This Is Fitness: Move Beyond Instinct and Get Uncomfortable
  • CrossFit Should Not Be Based on a Dare
  • The Mistake That’s Costing You Pounds in Your Cleans
  • Hey CrossFit: You Created the Culture, So Own It
  • CrossFit Games 2014: The Good, Bad, and Ugly
  • Some Pre-CrossFit Games Reflections From Carson
  • The 3 Best and 3 Worst CrossFit Workouts
  • 5 Athletes to Watch in CrossFit and the NPFL
  • How to Win in the Age of CrossFit Proliferation
  • Take Nothing for Granted: 9/11, CrossFit, and Breath
  • Is CrossFit’s Definition of Fitness Flawed?
  • STFU and Get to Work: Why You Didn’t Make the CrossFit Games
  • The Right and Wrong Way to Welcome Visitors to a CrossFit Gym
  • The National Pro Fitness League: A Win-Win Situation
  • Third Time’s the Charm: Going to the CrossFit Games
  • Masters Athletes and the Muscle Up Hullabaloo
  • 5 Pieces of CrossFit Gym Etiquette You Need to Know
  • The Signature Heard ‘Round the World: CrossFit vs. the NPFL
  • Facebook: Does It Help or Hurt Your CrossFit Games Open Performance?
  • Dear Video Judges: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
  • The Top 4 CrossFit Open 14.3 WTF Moments
  • CrossFit, You’re No Branch Rickey
  • The CrossFit Games Open: Let Go of the Leaderboard
  • What Makes a CrossFit Box a Home?
  • Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (Or How to Grow Older Disgracefully)
  • The Biggest Loser: A CrossFit Perspective on Rachel Frederickson
  • CrossFitters Shouldn’t Do Isabel (And Other Blasphemies)
  • I Have a Dream (Team): When Winning Is the Only Thing That Matters
  • CrossFit Updates: Kevin Ogar and the Masters Level Competition
  • How Do We Honor Kevin Ogar?
  • The Life-Cycle of a CrossFitter, Part 2 – Moving Into Real Fitness
  • The Life Cycle of a CrossFitter, Part 1: The Dreaded Plateau
  • Patrick McCarty’s CrossFit Holiday Wish List
  • The Meaning of a Hero WOD and Those Who Must Not Be Forgotten
  • Why I Criticize CrossFit
  • The Sumo Deadlift High Pull Is Stupid
  • Fitness Competitions: When a Good Idea Goes Very Wrong
  • SkinnyFit: CrossFit’s Other Dirty Little Secret
  • The Peasants Are Revolting: It’s Time for CrossFit Affiliates to Take Back Their Name
  • It’s Never About Rhabdo – It’s About CrossFit Hate
  • The Slippery Slope of Novelty WODs in CrossFit
  • The Overhead Squat Is a Punk: Advice From Experts on How to Make It Better
  • Dear CrossFit: Talayna Deserves Better
  • The CrossFit L1 Cert Doesn’t Make You a Coach
  • The CrossFit Games Open is Broken, Part 4: Judging of Video Submissions
  • The CrossFit Games Open is Broken, Part 3: Team Competition and Leaderboard Shenanigans
  • The CrossFit Games Open Is Broken, Part 2: Inbreeding and the “Appearance of Impropriety”
  • The CrossFit Games Open Is Broken
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 21 – My Experience at the 2013 CrossFit Games
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 20 – 7/17/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 19 – Dear Ryan McGrotty: Call Me Old One More Time…I Dare You
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 18 – 6/26/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 17 – 6/19/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 16 – 6/12/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 15 – 6/5/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 14 – 5/29/2014
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 13 – 5/22/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 12 – 5/15/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 11 – 5/8/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 10 – 5/1/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 9 – 4/24/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 8 – 4/17/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 7 – 4/10/2014
  • Athlete Journal: Pat McCarty, Entry 6 – 4/3/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Patrick McCarty, Entry 5 – 3/27/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Patrick McCarty, Entry 4 – 3/20/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Patrick McCarty, Entry 3 – 3/13/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Patrick McCarty, Entry 2 – 3/6/2013
  • Athlete Journal: Patrick McCarty, Entry 1 – 2/27/2013

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