Kelly and Juliet grew up with similar childhoods in radically different spaces. Kelly was a self-described feral outdoor child in the mountains of Germany, where he found a love of rafting and the drive to compete. Juliet grew up with fitness in her DNA and played every sport under the sun until she found rowing in high school in Long Beach, CA. Both dove into rafting professionally, winning national titles and competing in whitewater world championships, until they ultimately met each other. After rafting, the two ventured into the world of CrossFit and fitness together. Since then, they’ve been together as entrepreneurs and pioneers. They founded San Francisco Crossfit in 2004, and have since started a mobility-focused workout program called The Ready State.
