David

About Coach

David Longchamps, better known around the gym as “DL,” has been coaching CrossFit for eight years and has been part of the Anchored Athletics family for the past four to five years (the exact number is fuzzy… time flies when you’re having fun). DL holds his CrossFit Level 1, the Olympic Lifting course, and the Scaling course. He’s also completed additional barbell education because, in his words, he likes to understand how heavy things move. Powerlifting and big lifts are his wheelhouse, and he has a sharp eye for catching small movement faults and correcting them on the spot. His CrossFit journey started in Nanaimo while he was searching for a new way to train. He tried CrossFit once and never looked back. Outside of the gym, DL loves hosting big parties, cooking good food, and reading. In the summer, you’ll often find him underwater on diving adventures — basically living his best fish life. At home, he has two young kids who keep him moving and a recently acquired cat who is now fully in charge of the household. When it comes to movements, DL believes the muscle-up is one of the most beautiful things in CrossFit. Thrusters and wall balls, however, are his sworn enemies. Fuel-wise, DL is famously anti-coffee and always has been. Pre-workout only — flip the switch, enter machine mode. DL’s coaching philosophy is simple: move with precision, and CrossFit gets easier. Or as he likes to say, if you move well, you get to be “lazy.” Let’s have fun while making you move perfectly.

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