Coaches
Coach Brian Kost has been involved in athletics since childhood and has always been a highly active individual. He grew up mostly playing competive baseball, basketball, football, and wrestling, and participated in a variety of other recreational sports. He played baseball at the college level and know what it takes to be a winner. As soon as his college baseball career concluded, Brian was an assistant baseball coach at the collegiate Division II level while attending graduate school. He also coached a Legion summer-league baseball team during that time for four years, taking his team to the state tournament three of those four years. Brian continued to athletic train after his competitive and coaching years. He started crossfitting with a friend and coach at CrossFit San Diego and spent numerous hours at their facility in the spring/summer of 2008. He fell in love with the CrossFit sport and wanted to take it to the next level by bettering himself and helping others become more fit through the CrossFit philosophy. He became CrossFit Level I certified at CrossFit San Diego in September 2008 and has been coaching CrossFit for over a year. Along with its methodology, fundamentals, and intensity, he loves the community, comradarie, and leadership aspects of the sport. He puts his heart into coaching and really enjoys teaching the techniques of the Olympic lifts. Coach Kost placed 19th our of 96 males at the Midwest Regional Qualifier of the 2009 CrossFit Games at Rogue Fitness in Columbus, OH. He plans on competing this year, and would like to add other local athletes (male and female) to the competition. His short-term goal as a coach is to become Olympic lift and CrossFit Level II certified.
Contact Coach Brian:
843.276.8546
Coach Kevin Lockhart is currently serving as an active member of the United States Coast Guard. he has been in the USCG for over 8 years, serving as a Small Arms Instructor while touching on law enforcement and search and rescue cases. Coach Kevin heard about crossfit from one of his friends who is currently in BUDS training, but really got involved from Coach Kost. Coach Kevin has always been into many different sports. He grew up slalom skiing and snow skiing majority of his life. He placed 3rd in a national snow skiing event in Keystone, CO when he was 15. He also played golf, baseball, and football while he was in school and loves anything that requires athletecism, coordination, competitive drive, and teamwork. Coach Kevin loves coaching others and helping them surpass their goals. Kevin’s short term goals are to attend a Crossfit gymnastics certification, attend an additional level I seminar, and eventually earn his Level II certification.
Contact Coach Kevin:
251.656.9175
Coach Nigel Keane has been involved in CrossFit since early 2003, in addition to competing nationally in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Upon graduating from North Carolina State University in 2007 with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Nigel officially became a CrossFit instructor for the United State Marine Corps at United State Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, CrossFit Cherry Point. Since moving to Charleston in 2009, Nigel coached at Lowcountry CrossFit until being deployed overseas. Utilizing his vast coaching experience and knowledge, Nigel is constantly adapting and continuously learning in order to provide excellence through training athletes of broad ages and abilities. Nigel helps athletes maximize their fitness goals through gymnastics, Paleo & Zone nutrition, strength & conditioning, and Olympic lifting.
CrossFit Level 1 Certified
CrossFit Level 1 Gymnastics Certified
CrossFit Basic Barbell Certified
Coach Travis Garrison studied Tang Soo Do, a Korean based style of karate for a little over 6 years. During this time, he was placed on a team that traveled to locations providing demonstrations to various schools and organizations. He was also responsible for helping to choreograph these demonstrations. After earning his black belt he began teaching a newcomer’s class, a three day introductory course for people showing an interest in the sport. He also dabbled in Hapkido and Jujitsu during this time. At the height of his karate career, Travis was ranked 3rd in the nation in fighting and 7th in weapons for his respective divisions by the North American Sport Karate Association (NASKA). In 2003 he joined the Air Force and upon arriving to his first duty station he became a Physical Training Leader, creating and heading PT workouts. Performing this duty also gave him the responsibilities of tracking all fitness tests and scoring of his squadron. After returning from Iraq, he briefly joined the Maxwell AFB Boxing Team and began to teach boxing at Auburn University Montgomery. It was during this time that he discovered CrossFit through a Division 3 Strength and Conditioning football coach who was helping him prepare for an upcoming bout. Travis became CrossFit Level I certified in May of 2008 and has been coaching off and on since. He enjoys performing and teaching basic lifts along with the Oly lifts and wants to eventually obtain certifications in Nutrition, Olympic lifting, and kettlebell coaching through CrossFit, as well as CrossFit Kids certified.
Coach Nicky Bowers has always been interested in movement and excellence. She has been teaching people of various ages for 15 years. She has taught and coached subjects and sports ranging from dance, yoga/flexibility and softball to chemistry and molecular biology. She loves to share her passions and her passion for CrossFit is no exception. She discovered CrossFit about two years ago and became Level 1 Certified in August 2009. She has been coaching individuals and small groups in CrossFit since. She has also attended a Level 2 Certification as a volunteer test subject to better prepare herself for her own Level 2 testing in the future. Additionally, she holds a certification in CrossFit Gymnastics and looks forward to becoming Kettlebell, CrossFit Kids, and CrossFit Football certified. Nicky believes that CrossFit can make anyone’s life better and is dedicated to helping people enter CrossFit and excel.
Coach Ryan Cromer has been involved in athletics since childhood, playing basketball, running, and lifting weights. Though Ryan spent numerous hours in the gym lifting weights and running during college and since, he was left with the feeling that there were serious gaps in his physical fitness. This gap was bridged when he was introduced to Crossfit in 2007 and he has been drinking the kool-aid ever since. Ryan has a passion for teaching others and helping them reach their fitness goals and conquer their weaknesses. He strives to constantly learn and improve himself in order to become a better coach and athlete. Ryan is constantly amazed at the wealth of knowledge that CrossFit Integrity members bring to the gym and how much he learns from them. Ryan is interested in many different areas of fitness and would like to get CrossFit certifications in Powerlifting, Olympic lifting, and Endurance training.
Coach Alana Richey
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Coach Chris Pace
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Coach Colin Thomas
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