Sean McBride

Sean is a strength coach, physical therapist, and movement expert. He received his Doctor of physical therapy degree from the University of California San Francisco / San Francisco State physical therapy program in 2014. During his time in graduate school from 2011-2014, he also spent 3 highly formative years as an athlete and coach at San Francisco CrossFit. SFCF was the proving ground where Sean hammered out his own understanding of how to combine an academic education with a real world practical application to strength and conditioning. While developing his skills and ideas he had the unparalleled mentorship of Kelly Starrett, who sets the bar for strength coach physical therapists.

After completing his degree Sean moved to the Los Angeles area to participate in the prestigious Kaiser Orthopedic Physical Therapy residency program, an experience that can best describe as boot camp for physical therapy. He completed residency in February of 2016, after which he took and passed the test to become an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS), a designation that fewer than 5% of all physical therapists will achieve in their careers.

Sean is a former rugby player, with 12 years playing time at the high school, collegiate, and Men’s Division 1 levels. He also played for Sydney club Southern Districts for a season while living in Australia for a year on working holiday. Upon returning from Australia he was introduced to CrossFit in 2010 as a fitness program for rugby, and has been a dedicated crossfitter ever since. Outside of the gym Sean is a huge Giants fan, and is probably reading a blog about baseball or fitness right now.

Sean provides one on one movement and mobility consultations and private coaching with a focus on teaching solid movement fundamentals to newer athletes and providing mobility and training plans to athletes returning from injury. In addition he currently coaches several CrossFit and MetCon classes per week. Outside of the SFCF he is a staff member with MobilityWod and is currently working with the other strength coach-physical therapists to develop several new educational seminars. Sean returned to the collaborative environment of SFCF after completing residency training because he passionately believes that healthcare begins with a dedicated movement practice in the gym.

Certifications

Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS; a physical therapy specialist)

CrossFit Level 1

CrossFit Movement and Mobility (1.5 years as seminar staff)