Jake Naumcheff
Coach
Jake Naumcheff has coached and competed in the CrossFit space for 15 years. He has helped hundreds of athletes across various age ranges and athletic abilities. Jake is currently the owner of CrossFit Laminin, an affiliate in Birmingham, Alabama. Before this, Jake owned Welded Fitness, a remote programming business. He has also worked as a Strength and Conditioning Rehab Specialist at the FARM Chiropractic, was responsible for Brand Programming across all locations of Iron Tribe Fitness, and was a Personal Trainer and Coach at CrossFit Embrace in Dothan, Alabama and CrossFit Huntsville in Huntsville, Alabama.
Jake graduated from Southeastern Bible College with a degree in Christian Leadership and has spent the past decade in various vocational and non-vocational ministry roles alongside his fitness and entrepreneurial pursuits. He competed in the CrossFit regionals as an individual in 2011 and 2012 and on a team in 2010 and 2013. After suffering a low-back injury in 2013 that sidelined him for six months with no physical activity, Jake started coaching other athletes full-time, taking the lessons he learned and applying them to help others reach their fitness goals.
Jake resides in Birmingham, Alabama, with his wife, Lauren, and two daughters, Lois and Evelyn. He enjoys spending time with his family and the members of his affiliate and continues to be involved in ministry through his church.
What makes you passionate about coaching?
What makes me passionate about coaching is the relationship-building throughout the process and the accountability required by both parties to achieve success. Being trusted with an individual’s fitness goals is an honor, a privilege, and a responsibility that I don’t take lightly. This responsibility pushes me to strive to be the best coach so my athletes can succeed.
What aspect is your favorite part?
My favorite part of coaching is seeing athletes grow and develop confidence in their abilities over time.
When an athlete communicates how much you helped them, how does that make you feel?
Most athletes need someone to see their potential and believe in them so that they can believe in themselves.
How do you see potential in an athlete, and how do you help them unlock that potential? How is that exciting for you?
Being the person to see that potential and then guide the athlete to the point where the “light comes on” and they see it themselves is what makes coaching so rewarding.