Lead Coach

BARNEY LINSSEN

OVERVIEW:

Barney first got into coaching by helping out at his childhood gymnastics club after school. After dabbling in various sports throughout his teen years and spending a few years in the corporate world of London he stumbled into CrossFit. Initially doing crossfit.com workouts at his local globo-gym and sending benchmark workouts back and forth with other recently converted friends, he eventually signed up to his local affiliate, CrossFit SE11 and never looked back! It wasn’t long before he’d ditch the suit and tie and get back into coaching full-time, taking his CrossFit Level 1 in 2014 and the CrossFit Gymnastics course in 2015, before eventually joining the team in 2018.

Joining The Gymnastics Course staff was a pivotal moment in Barney’s career, providing significant personal development as a coach and sparking a passion for teaching.

When he’s not travelling the world in a TGC top, Barney also runs a nutrition coaching business and lectures part-time at Middlesex University.