Sanitas Team Changes

Sanitas Community,

We wanted to update you on some big changes to the Sanitas team.  GC’s last day with us will be Thursday August 8th and Dwight Upshaw will be returning to his full-time role leading the Sanitas coaching team along with Josh Lee on August 13th.

If you are a pre-COVID Sanitas member and have been thinking about coming back some day - this is your moment!  We miss you as much as you miss us.  Stop by the gym or shoot Josh an email and we’ll get this set up.

The Graziani family is moving to the Philadelphia suburbs in conjunction with Heather's big promotion at work.  With the move, GC will devote himself to being a full-time father to his twin boys and growing daughter and we couldn't be more happy for him.  GC has been our fearless leader since COVID devastated Sanitas and so many other gyms around the world.  Our comeback to regaining our status as a world-class gym under his leadership will never be forgotten.  He has left an indelible imprint on Sanitas and our members, and we wish him well in his next chapter!

With GC's departure, Dwight is moving back to CO to take the head coaching reins.  Since Dwight was last with us he partnered with CrossFit’s #1 all-time champion Tia Toomey and her trainer Shane Orr to become one of the world's top CrossFit programmers. Through PRVN Affiliate, Dwight's programming reaches over 500 gyms and 60,000 athletes every day. In addition to serving as Sanitas’ Head Coach, Dwight will continue to lead PRVN Affiliate.  The Sanitas community will thus have the amazing opportunity to help shape the programming of these 500+ gyms around the world.

We are promoting Josh to co-Head Coach effective immediately. Josh will work alongside Dwight as they share head coaching duties, and he will be taking over the scheduling and newsletter as well as helping to lead the coaching staff and the overall new member journey and in-class member experience.  Josh served as our bridge as Sanitas went through its most challenging period from 2020 to 2022 and has been integral to Sanitas’ re-emergence post COVID.  Josh’s commitment to personal growth since joining the Sanitas team has been an inspiration to us all.  We look forward to much continued growth ahead.

Between them, Josh and Dwight, will coach over 40 hours/wk, in addition to their leadership duties.

We are also promoting Lori to Business Manager as she consolidates many of the non-coaching duties that Josh and GC have been responsible for, so Dwight and Josh can spend virtually all of their time on the in-class experience for members.   Lori has been an integral part of the Sanitas community since joining us. Lori will continue to take on a few coaching hours.

Finally, Conner has moved on from Sanitas.  He has brought his positive attitude and and inimitable style to Sanitas over the last few months, and we wish him well on his next adventure.

Thanks for everything you do personally to make our community special, from showing up every day and giving it your all, to inspiring your fellow athletes, to making our new members and visitors feel at home every time they come into the gym.

The Sanitas mission is unchanged.  We welcome everyone, meet them where they are,  and accompany them on their journey to continuously improve their health, happiness and performance through Sanitas membership.  

Dwight's return is a reminder of how life-changing CrossFit Sanitas has been for so many.  Dwight joined us as a member in January 2014, became our head coach through a battlefield promotion in 2015, met his life partner Julia at Sanitas, had the opportunity to partner w/ CrossFit’s top professional athlete, and had two wonderful boys with Julia along the way.  None of this would have happened without Sanitas.

CrossFit Sanitas has introduced thousands of Boulder residents to the life-changing magic of CrossFit since our opening over 11 years ago, and hundreds of lasting friendships have been formed along the way.  Through changes, triumphs and challenges, Sanitas has been a labor of love for Melissa and me every step of the way, and we couldn't be more excited about our next chapter.  

We take Sanitas’ role as the leading fitness community in the world's fittest city very seriously!

If you have any ideas about how we can improve our performance or questions on anything, you can reach one of us at eric@crossfitsanitas.com or dwight@crossfitsanitas.com

See you in the gym!