Garik began pursuing fitness and weight training at an early age of 14 in his high school weight room where he learned the basics of health and fitness. It was a passion all through high school. From then he knew he wanted to pursue his passion as a career.
After high school he worked at a gym which held the first facility that was the original Beach City Crossfit box where he met Coach Jay. After seeing people working out and finding out what Crossfit is about he knew that CrossFit was everything he was looking for.