Logan Gelbrich

Born in Santa Monica, Logan feels right at home coaching at DEUCE Gym. With a background in collegiate (University of San Diego) and professional (San Diego Padres) baseball, Logan is used to high performance, heavy workloads, and accountability. Luckily, Logan was blessed enough to work with world renowned strength and conditioning coaches, sports psychologists, and nutritionists during his career. It’s during this time that the seeds were sown for the belief system that led him to both the CrossFit Games and Strongman Nationals. These experiences guide his coaching today. Forever a “student of the game,” Logan is always looking to strengthen and question his understanding of humans. Today his work includes his best selling book, Going Right: A Logical Justification for Pursuing Your Dreams, and diverse offerings of education in leadership and group dynamics via the 'Hold the Standard' Summit, online education, and consultancy.

Combatting the Weirdness of Gyms

One of the most frustrating facts about group dynamics is that group complexity often plays out where the group acts against its best interest. Ever deplaned a commercial airliner? Brutal.

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Avoiding Hard Work: Your Subconscious, Authority Figures, and the Countless People Rooting Against You

Being a strength coach (or “trainer” if you like that language – YUCK!) is so odd. One of the weird things that happens is people just unload their internal dialogue

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DEUCE Turns 15 Years Old Tomorrow

The long winding road to where we are today is a story as long as it is interesting. In April of 2011, the park program began briefly on El Medio

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Extracting Learning 101: Presence Isn’t Enough

The moment I was walking on my college campus as a sophomore and recognized another kid from my neighborhood enrolled as a freshman, I stopped in my tracks. “So, that

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Rule 1: Never Guess Who Will Stick Around

Here’s a little secret that the coaches will never admit. Okay, maybe it’s just me and I’ll speak for myself. When new students enroll in the gym, I often wonder,

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