Chayet Pagano
CERTIFICATIONS:
Level 1 Certification
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Chayet was born in Colorado and spent his childhood in Denver Colorado, San Diego California, Cabo San Lucas Mexico and San Pedro Sula Honduras. He also enjoys traveling and has spent time in Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Canada and many countries in South and Central America. Chayet loves healthy living, especially organic foods and wild caught, grass fed, free range meats. He enjoys making his own natural toothpaste, deodorant and soaps and many other items. He also enjoys living like a caveman from time to time. He enjoys survivalism camping in the Grand Canyon Arizona, Lake Powell Utah, Glen Canyon Utah, Zion Utah and the South eastern mountains of California and the rockies of Colorado for weeks at a time sleeping under the stars and hunting and gathering his food. Discovering CrossFit in early 2009 fit right into the healthy lifestyle he was creating for himself. He enjoys outdoor activities and sports. His activities and sports include:
- 2 years High School Wrestling
- 2 years High School Wrestling
- 5 years Surfing
- 10 years SCUBA Diving
- 10 years Ocean Kayaking
- 10 years Kayak Surfing
- 10 years Rock Climbing
- 10 years Playing Baseball
- 15 years Snowboarding
- 15 years Survivalism
- 20 years Barefoot Hiking/Walking/Running
- 20 years Free Diving
- 25 years Mountain Biking/Cycling/BMX
- 28 years of playing and teaching guitar
- 30 years Motocross
He also enjoys skydiving, cliff jumping, extreme down hill mountain biking and other adrenalin junkie based sports. He has also been a Beach Lifeguard for Manatee County in Florida. Chayet has also competed in numerous CrossFit and other competitions over the years, some of those include:
- 1988 Soma Skate or Die Competition
- 1988 San Diego Skaboard Competition
- 1999 Del Mar Fairgrounds BMX Competition
- 1990-1994 Potrero County Park Motorcross Series Competition
- 1995-2000 Copper Mountain Summer Downhill Mountain Bike Challenge Competition
- 1995-2000 Copper Mountain Snowboard Challenge Competition
- 2001-2005 Alafia State Park Mountain Bike Competition
- 2004-2005 Manatee County Lifeguard Beach Competition
- 2005-2007 Back Alley Road Race
- 2008 Dirty Tri, Triathlon (Placed in the top 20)
- 2009 Muddy Buddy
- 2009-2012 Fight Gone Bad Competition Fundraiser
- 2009-2010-2011 CrossFit Fury Furious Fundraiser
- 2010-2011 Skirt Chasers 5k Fundraiser
- 2010-2011 PF Changs Rock and Roll 13.1k
- 2010-2012 Barbells For Boobs Competition Fundraiser
- 2010-2011CrossFit Luke Air Force Base Competition (on Luke Air Force Base in Glendale AZ, Placed 4th)
- 2010 and 2011 Arizona CrossFit Affiliate AC2 Competition Fundraiser
- 2010 Arizona Winter Open Competition Fundraiser
- 2010-2011 Lift It Or Love It Fundraiser
- 2010 Spartan Race (5k Course)
- 2011 Spartan Race (20k Course)
- 2011 Warrior Dash 5k Obstacle Course
- 2011 Tough Mudder (16k Course)
- 2011 Hammer CrossFit Sheepdog CrossFit/Gun Competition (Placed 1st)
- 2011 Hammer Of AZ CrossFit Affiliate Competition (Placed 5th)
- 2012 CrossFit For Hope Fundraiser
- 2012 Reebox CrossFit @ Core CrossFit Hosted by 2x CrossFit Games Champions Annie Thorisdottir and Rich Froning Jr. Fundraiser
- 2011-2012 East Valley CrossFit Strongman Competition (Placed 15th)
- 2012 East Valley CrossFit Kong Fest (Placed 9th)
- 2011 East Valley CrossFit Iron Fest (Placed 3rd in the 62k Weight Class)
- 2010-2012 September 11th CrossFit Scottsdale Competition Fundraiser/Benefit
USAW Olympic weightlifting competition at East Valley CrossFit Chayet placed 3rd in 2010 and 2nd in 2011 in his weight class of 62 kilos
Competed in all 3 of the CrossFit Games Open competitions from 2011-2013 placing in the top 10% in the world and many 5K and 10K street and trail races including barefoot 5K’s.