Dani Speegle is a name that was already revered in the CrossFit community, well before she won in the female division of the NBC Titan Games. It’s not that huge a surprise, considering she’s been crushing comps almost from the moment she became a CrossFitter.
She’s not just gorgeous. Dani Speegle has shown she has the intelligence and the mindset to take her fitness game to the next level, every single time.
Because of that, the United States is proud to call her their own, since September 2015 when she began her competitive career.
Today, she is beloved by many and is always showing her social media supporters just how effortless she makes CrossFit look.
Here’s how it all started.
Dani Speegle
(CrossFit Athlete, Fitness Influencer)
| Full Name: Dani Elle Speegle | |||
| Height | Weight | Age | Date of Birth |
| 155-165 lbs (70.3 – 74.8 kg) | 5’6 (167.5 cm) | 28 years | January 10th, 1993 |
| Nationality | Era | ||
| American | 2010, 2020 | ||
Early Life
Dani Speegle showed she had what it took to become something big in fitness from her earliest days of athletics. She spent her childhood enjoying sports such as soccer and diving, two sports that require skills that are desperately needed to succeed in CrossFit.
In other words, Dani Speegle has been competitive since her earliest days.
In her teenage years, Dani began making her athletic prowess show by expanding her versatility in sports. Soon she was participating in volleyball and track. While in college, she participated in whatever she could, with her primary passion being just engaging in fitness and sport to compete and succeed.
Dani Speegle’s athletic career shows that she has the taste for the win. Just after college, she began working with a gym coach Asante Richards. By September 2015, he was encouraging her to try her hand at CrossFit.
Dani took his advice and her workouts to a CrossFit gym. She loved it, and she loved the sense of community that she found in the CrossFit world. It was only a matter of a few months before she began to fall in love with a sport that would be versatile enough to test all of her skills.
She found success early and began competing in 2015. By 2018, she had was ranked 8th in Florida and 80th in the world.
As 2021 opened up, Dani Speegle took her success to her fans to inspire them to “Crush our goals.” She wrote a post on Instagram showing how much she loves to do better, and wants her supporters to do the same.
“𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺!
𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘮, 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘺? 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰, 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 ‘𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺’ 𝘪𝘴 𝘕𝘖𝘛 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 ‘𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵.’
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘐𝘯 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘖𝘕𝘎𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘔 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴!”
Competition and Career
Dani Speegle has a long list of personal records at the gym that rival many in the world.
- Back squat – 295 lbs
- Clean and Jerk – 220 lbs
- Snatch – 205 lbs
- Deadlifts – 310 lbs
- Fight Gone Bad – 312 lbs
- Max Pull-Ups – 30 lbs
- Fran – 3.30
- Grace – 2.10
Dani Speegle’s competitive career began 6 years ago. By 2016 she was competing as an individual in the female category, and claimed victory at the South East Regionals. By the end of the year she was ranked 2,926th in Florida, and 51,100th in the United States.
She improved in 2017, and was ranked 216 in the world, 14th in South East, and 216 in Florida. Come 2018, she was seen as a CrossFitter to be worried about by her competitors, and became 80 in the world, 9 in South East, 8 in Florida, and 50th in the United States.
It was 2020 when she won the NBC Titan Games. She took the victory to Instagram to thank her supporters, and those whom had told her she was an inspiration. She even thanked her fellow competitors.
“The secret is officially out, ya girl won. So much to say and so many emotions right now…..thank you to YOU guys for all the love and support throughout this entire experience.
Thank you to all the moms and dads out there who sent videos of their little ones cheering me on. Thank you to everyone who reached out letting me know I have inspired them in some way! I love you all!!”
Dani Speegle Training Regime
When it comes to training, Dani Speegle likes to mix it up. You have to when you are a CrossFitter. She prefers heavy compound weights that push her body to its growth potential. Dani also likes isolation movements and being able to condition specific body areas at a time. She also works out to build fat without losing muscle.
It is said that she works out approximately 5 or 6 times a week, and has one rest day for recovery.
Like many CrossFitters, she also likes to hit the outdoors and use that as a gym. In one post on Instagram she reported a mountain climb that had the following specs:
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Elevation: 11,207 feet
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Distance: 16 mile-round trip
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Elevation Gane: 3,920ft
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With a 23% grade for the last mile
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Total time: 6.5 hours
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Views: Unbeatable
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Experience: Priceless
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Overall: 12/10
Dani Speegle also posted on Instagram that she was recently asked how she uses her beam on days when she is not at the gym. This is her normal routine that starts early in the morning:
- 6:30 a.m.: Clarity powder in my morning coffee
- 7:00 a.m.: “the one” tincture dropped into breakfast bowl
- 7:30 a.m.: a little bit of the boost gel on my ankles and knees while I stretched a bit before starting the hike!
- 3:00 p.m.: end of the hike! Time for my revive capsules!
- 5:00 p.m.: “the one” tincture again in my afternoon tea.
By 6:00 p.m. she is bathing her lower half in the “fixer” so her joints “don’t feel like trash tomorrow.” She also uses nighttime dream powder in the evenings.
Related: Dani Speegle Shares CrossFit Transformation and Tips To Success for CrossFit Open
Diet and Nutrition
Dani Speegle is a staunch proponent of the clean diet, much like many other CrossFit athletes. She doesn’t cut too many foods from her diet, but focuses on healthy eating that nourishes. She does have a few cheat moments here and there as well.
Dani Speegle also uses a variety of supplements:
• BCAA’s
• Creatine
• Whey protein isolate
Personal Life
Dani Speegle does not post much about her personal life, but she is always crediting her coach Asante Richards who started it all for her. She has also been known to be inspired by fellow CrossFit athlete Brooke Ence who she has described as inspiring in multiple ways.
What she may not know is that others describe Dani Speegle in exactly the same way.
She is a woman of worth, a fitness icon and influencer, and inspiration to many.
