Welcome to CrossFit Kids in Morristown, New Jersey. We have two classes a week and they will be on Mondays and Thursdays from 4:15pm - 5pm and Saturdays at 11:15am to 12:00pm. Classes will be divided into two age groups - 5 to 9 yr. olds and 10 and up. There will be two coaches each class. The coaches are Pete Paradiso and Stacey Harrison. We look forward to bringing all that CrossFit Kids has to offer to you and your children.
Our Road to CrossFit & CrossFit Kids
Pete Paradiso:
Reflecting on my childhood, and now adult life, I cannot recall a time when sports and fitness were not a part of my life. Starting from a young age, I played as many sports as possible; of course coming from an Italian-American household, soccer was #1. As much as I loved soccer, I have always been involved in many other sports like gymnastics, wrestling and lacrosse.
In high school I was a three sport athlete playing soccer, wrestling and lacrosse. I continued in college by playing soccer and rugby at St. Joseph's University. Being that I was mainly a soccer player and endurance athlete, a lot of my training involved long runs and heavy endurance type of workouts. Much of my weight training was your standard bench press, back squats, and ab/core type of workouts.
Towards the end of my college career I started to understand the importance of weight training and its effect on my performance on the field. This knowledge came from my experience coaching high school wrestling and lacrosse at a school in the Philadelphia area. As I introduced interval training and mandatory weight lifting for my own athletes, I notice improvements in their strength and endurance as the season progressed. In addition, they stayed injury free during the duration of the season.
Now: fast forward to a year and a half ago. I first heard of CrossFit from a fellow lacrosse coach who use to do it when he lived in San Diego. At the time I had just moved back home to New Jersey and starting looking for a gym. Last April, I found CrossFit Morristown. I came in for a free teaser week and was hooked. Within a month I started to notice the effect that the training was having on my fitness on the soccer field during my men's league games. I was stronger and no longer winded during long sprints.
Since then I have become another die-hard CrossFit advocate who can’t get enough. My constant drive to want more and know more inspired me to attain a Level 1 certification and to become a coach at CrossFit Morristown. My passion to inspire and coach others within our CrossFit community keeps me coming back for more.
CrossFit Level 1 certification
CrossFit Kids Certified
D-1 Men's Soccer St. Joseph's University: 3 years
St. Joseph's Men's Club Rugby: 1 year
Coaching experience:
The Episcopal Academy: 6 years
High School: Boy's soccer, Wrestling, Boy's lacrosse
Middle School: Wrestling, Lacrosse
The Shipley School: 1 year
High School: Boy's Lacrosse, Girl's and Boy's Swimming
Upper Merion Lacrosse Club: 2 years
5th/6th Boy's Lacrosse
Hanover Regional Lacrosse Club: 1 year
5th Grade Boy's Lacrosse
