In the Rocking Chair With Coach Burgener: Episode 1

In this three-part series, get to know Coach Mike Burgener, who runs the CrossFit Weightlifting Trainer Course and coached the American Women’s Junior National Team for about a decade beginning in the mid-’90s. He’s also the man behind Mike’s Gym, a two-car garage in Bonsall, California, that serves as a USA Weightlifting Regional Training Center. In Episode 1, we sit down with Coach B. in his home garage as he reflects on his small-town high-school experience in Marion, Illinois. “A friend of mine had a