CrossFit : Meet the Trainers

Mike Lyons

CrossFit Level 1 Certified Trainer

CrossFit Kids Certified

Crossfit Troy Head Coach

I have been an avid crossfitter this past year. Not since I was a college athlete have I been challenged so much and gotten so much fulfillment and fun from working out. After way too many years of just “working out in the gym”, it’s great to be really training as an all-around athlete again.

After growing up competing competitively in virtually every sport; football, baseball, track, wrestling, swimming, diving and gymnastics. I committed myself fully to focus on the sport of Gymnastic in High School on into my college years. I have a BA in Advertising Design from Iowa State and an MA in Mission and Evangelism from Asbury Seminar.

I'm married to Pam (CrossFit Trainer in process) and have 3 children, Christina, Kyle and Mitch, all of which train CrossFit also.

• 1977 High School State Champion - Still Rings

• 1980 NCAA DIV I All-American - Still Rings, Placed 2 ND NCAA Championships

• Team captain Iowa State Gymnastics team, Team NCAA DIV. I Runner-Up 1980

I'm principal partner of the design firm V-Creative Group, and have been involved in a wide variety of coaching capacities and youth work over the years.

Graham Spagnola

CrossFit Level 1 Certified Trainer

ACE, Strength Pro, CPR & AED, YMCA

Other CrossFit Specialty Certifications: Kettlebell, Olympic Lifting, Gymnastics

Lead Trainer

Graham has always been a fitness fanatic. He focused his competitive sports energies on Ice Hockey which he excelled at in High School.

Graham received a bachelor’s degree in integrated social studies from The Ohio State University in 2005, where he met his wife, Kerri. Graham currently holds training certifications from the American Council on Exercise, The Arnold Strength Pro Summit, is YMCA certified and finally CrossFit Certfied.

I found Graham working as a personal trainer at a Golds Gym and the YMCA, looking for a way to take his passion for personal training, and his own personal fitness, to the next level. After I challenged Graham to his first CrossFit Workout Of the Day (WOD) he was hooked.