
Celebrating The Life Of
Jeff Giosi

Fundraising
The inaugural year will raise money for a “Phoenix Fund” for the Giosi sons, Arlen and Mackie. The money raised will be saved and used to support the boys as they grow into men.
Each year following, will be a fundraiser for the Forgiven Warrior Foundation which will carry on the mission of using fitness as a catalyst to create positive change. Specifically, it will fund outreach wellness programs that are designed to support community with functional fitness and holistic health initiatives.
CrossFit Morgantown Event
Doors open 7:30 AM
Small Welcome/Presentation 8:00 AM
First heat 8:30 AM
WOD Meaning
10, 20, 30, 20, 10 is a repetition scheme that represents Jeff’s date of passing, January 23, 2021. (1.23.21)
The repetitions are broken up by 1 Power Clean and 3 Front Squats, which represent the ages of Jeff’s sons, Mackie (1-year-old) and Arlen (3-years-old) at the time of his passing.
The time cap is listed at 29 minutes to honor the wedding anniversary of Jeff and Sarah, which took place on August 29th.
Registration
All are invited to participate in the Giosi workout the weekend of April 10th. To register to participate, please visit HERE.

The Inverted Triangle – Represents balance and growth. A regular triangle/pyramid shape diminishes over time as it grows, but the inverted triangle grows bigger and stronger all while balancing on a solid seemingly impossible foundation.

Friendship, Love, Loyalty – This is represented in the three corners of the triangle. Friendship, in the upper left, is represented by two interlocking rings. Loyalty, in the top right, is represented by the Celtic claddagh ring symbol of a heart with a crown over top. The claddagh was also a special symbol used throughout Jeff and Sarah’s wedding. Finally, love is at the bottom and is represented by the ultimate sign of love: the cross. The cross also represents the solid foundation that everything else is built upon and gives reason for the inverted pyramid to never falter.

Fire – The triangles at the bottom represent the flames of the phoenix and being reborn stronger than before. It also represents Jeff’s time as a firefighter in North Carolina.

Stars – The forty stars represent the years that Jeff lived to the fullest.


Phoenix – The rising phoenix needs no explanation.

Wings and Sons – There are wings coming from Jeff and merging with the phoenix wings. Within the wings, there are abstract letters “A” and “M” to represent Jeff’s 3-year-old, Arlen, and 1-year-old, Mackie.

Heart – The wings of the phoenix and Jeff’s wings combine to form a giant heart that represents the love Jeff so generously gave. In addition to housing the “A” and “M” for Arlen and Mackie, the lines also represent the energy that was constantly flowing through him and out of him. The heart also represents the way in which he died.

Strength and Honor – Strength and honor sit at the top to encapsulate all that he achieved. It also represents the memorial event as a whole.

Birth and Death – On the sides, his birth date and death date serve as bookends for everything in between, however, they do not prevent the pyramid from growing endlessly upwards.

Jeff – Finally, the main image is a silhouette of Jeff taking his final deadlift. Deadlifts were Jeff’s favorite fitness movement and is the very last movement he made before taking his last breath. In the image we see his strength. His love and marriage to Sarah is also represented here with the wedding band on his left hand.
Remembering Jeff Giosi
with STRENGTH and HONOR
On Saturday, January 23rd, 2021, Jeffrey Michael Giosi was victoriously received into the mighty arms of his Everlasting Father.
Jeff cherished life and pursued it to the full. He loved his wife of five years, Sarah Rebekah Rowan Giosi, and their two boys Arlen Fahy (3) and Mackie Wade (1), with his whole heart, and claimed them as his greatest blessing, joy, and legacy. Driven by the pursuit of deep connections, ultimate truth, and authentic relationships, Jeff is revered by all who knew him as a man of God, a faithful husband, devoted father, friend, hero, mentor, and brother.
Jeff entered the world on April 12th, 1980, in Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York. In his short but full 40 years, he called several states home, but was a Mountaineer through and through. Jeff attended West Virginia University earning a B.S. in Physical Education/ Teacher Education and an M.S. in Strength and Conditioning. He was an integral part of the WVU athletic department as a strength and conditioning coach from 2002 to 2008. For a short time, Jeff followed the call to North Carolina where he proudly served as a firefighter for the Greenville Fire-Rescue Department and a Fire Academy educator.
After North Carolina, Jeff went to Michigan to work with his mentor, world-renowned strength coach, Mike Barwis. Jeff trained all levels of athletes–from amateur and college to Olympic and professional–but before long, those country roads led Jeff back home to West Virginia, where he belonged.
In 2014, Jeff became the proud owner of Crossfit Morgantown and adopted the slogan, “Friendship, Love, and Loyalty.” He devoted himself to this community, coaching each member, not only in wellness, but in life. He encouraged everyone he met to believe they could become the best version of themselves–the person he believed them to be. Jeff would often say, “My goal when I wake up is to encourage and inspire everyone I come in contact with.”
Jeff believed that what we do, say, and think in any instant is the essence of life– “Because we aren’t guaranteed anything else.” Jeff embraced the ideal memento mori, which means “Remember Your Death,” and he urged others to, “Love like you are going to die tomorrow; dream like you are going to live forever.”
Jeff loved fully, and his relationship with Christ empowered him to be unabashedly authentic and to love recklessly. He trusted that God’s plan is sovereign and that He shapes us in every circumstance, good or bad. Without a doubt, Jeff wanted everyone he met to seize God’s trajectory for their own life, and to be a beacon of all that is good in the world.
Jeff is survived by parents Doreen and Dennis Keene, Frank Giosi, and Cindy and Arlen Rowan; siblings Kris Giosi, Anthony and Jessica Rowan, and Shon and Michelle Rowan; nieces and nephews Christian, Foster, Chandler, Bailey, Lizzie, Nicky, and Freedom. Also surviving is the brotherhood and sisterhood of friends who are blessed to have run alongside Jeff in his race.
On January 30th, 2021, his loved ones gathered around their forgiven warrior in a private ceremony at McCulla Funeral Home in Westover, WV.
Knowing how widely Jeff was loved, the Morgantown community and all who were impacted by him are invited to a memorial event in his honor, set to take place on April 10th in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Love like you’re going to die tomorrow. Dream like you’re going to live forever.