Two-Brain Radio With Sean Woodland, Episode 12: Stacie Tovar

Two-Brain Radio With Sean Woodland, Episode 12: Stacie Tovar

On today’s episode, Sean speaks with 8-time CrossFit Games individual competitor Stacie Tovar and her husband Dustin.

Stacie first competed at the CrossFit Games in 2009 in Aromas. Her final year was in 2017 in Madison, Wisconsin. She and Dustin own CrossFit Omaha in Nebraska—a gym that has been around for nearly 12 years—and recently became parents with the birth of their first son, Gavin.

Sean talks with Stacie about her career as a CrossFit competitor and how she and Dustin have built their affiliate into one of the best gyms in Omaha. You'll also get insider knowledge of which Disney movies are Stacie's and Dustin's—and Sean's—favorites.

Links:

http://crossfitomaha.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Founder-Farmer-Tinker-Thief-Entrepreneurs-ebook/dp/B07QH85HSX

Contact:

Instagram: @stacietovar, @dustintovar

Timeline:

1:33 – Adjusting to parenthood.

2:22 – Growing up on a Nebraskan farm: Disney movies, hard work and detasseling.

6:31 – Inheriting a taste for competition. 

8:28 – Finding CrossFit—thanks to husband Dustin.

10:04 – When Stacie couldn’t do a box jump and why she kept coming back. 

11:15 – Becoming a CrossFit Games athlete. 

12:26 – Memories from the 2009 CrossFit Games at Aromas: deadlifts, dust and barbed-wire fences.

15:49 – Sharing the veteran’s circle with Becca Voigt and Annie Thorisdottir.

18:18 – Stacie’s retirement send-off moment at the 2017 Games and why she decided to retire.

21:27 – Becoming affiliate owners and running a business with a spouse.

25:40 – The most important qualities of a good affiliate. 

27:37 – Developing staff.

31:47 – Characteristics of a great coach. 

32:28 – How CrossFit Omaha’s been successful for more than a decade. 

35:26 – The future of CrossFit Omaha.