❓What’s your name and how old are you?  

Adam Boyle and I’m 42 years old.

❓Ever had a cool nickname?  

No.  No uncool nicknames, either.  Just my last name.  Boyle.

❓Married?  Kids?  

I’m married to Kristen and we have two kids, two daughters.  We all go to the gym, all four of us.  The girls do jiu jitsu, over on the other side.

❓Have either of them choked you out yet?  

Not yet, but they know how.  My seven-year-old has demonstrated for me how to do a choke hold, so I don’t mess with her.

❓Where did you grow up and what’s your opinion of the place?  

I grew up in Yakima, Washington, and it’s a great place.  It’s home and there’s a lot of good stuff there.  I love Portland, and my wife is from Portland, so I don’t envision ever going back to live in Yakima.  We do visit frequently, though.

❓What’s your all-time favorite movie?  

Good Fellas or Pulp Fiction.  I don’t normally re-watch old movies – I like to watch new ones – but I don’t even know how many times I’ve watched Pulp Fiction.  Countless times.  So it’s probably my favorite.

❓What do you do for a living?  

Business analyst for a payroll company out of New York.  I work from home, which is how I can come to the 1:30 class.

❓Any cool jobs in your past?  

Yeah, I worked for my dad, he owns a small business in Yakima that does neon signs.  If you look, there’s a lot of neon signs around Portland that he’s done.  He did the glass on the Portland sign at the Schnitz downtown.

❓Did he do that leaping deer sign downtown?  

No, but he did do the sign at Ron Tonkin Field where the Hillsboro Hops play.  Have you ever been out there?  The sign is a pitcher and it throws a pitch, with the motion.  He did that.

❓And you helped him with stuff like that?  

Yeah, my job was usually lighting it up.  He would bend the glass, and I would put it under vacuum and fill it with gas.

❓Could he make a sign for the gym, like a neon person doing a kettlebell swing or something?  

If you wanted, sure.  He’d give us a good price.

❓How long have you been a member at the gym?  

I started in October of ’22.  Kristen joined first.  She was training for a marathon, she ran the Eugene Marathon last March, maybe April.  So she originally joined here to train for marathons and do some strength training.  She eventually went to a class, and then I went to one, and we’ve been coming ever since.  A few months later, we signed our kids up, too, so we could all come to the gym together.

❓Tell us about your all-time favorite pet.  

Our cat Oscar.  He’s gonna be 14.  My wife and I adopted him when we first moved in together.  He’s the only pet my kids have ever known.  He’s my favorite, for sure.

❓What class or classes do you usually attend?  

Lately, it’s been the 1:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Sometimes the 4:30.  Saturdays and Sundays, too.

❓Pancakes, waffles, or french toast?  

Waffles.  I like them all, though.

❓French fries, tater tots, or mashed potatoes?  

Oh, french fries.  No doubt.

❓Were you an athlete growing up, and if so, what sports did you play and were you any good?  

Yeah, I played baseball until I was 20.  I was a pitcher, a left-handed pitcher.  I played in junior college and also a wood-bat summer league, sort of like the Portland Pickles.  

❓How was your fastball?  Where did it top out?  

Like mid- to upper-80s.  Not bad.  I also threw a splitter, a change up, and a curveball.

❓Where in Portland has the best burger?  

I went to Khanh’s favorite the other day, and Killer Burger’s Bender is really good.  But for something different, I’ll say Monster Smash.  It’s a burger cart behind Belmont Station.  They do smash burgers and it’s really good.

❓What’s your favorite workout/movement?  

Deadlifts are fun.  Rope climbs are fun, maybe just because I can do it.

❓What’s your least favorite workout/movement?  

Burpees, I think.  Most people say thrusters.  Those are really bad, too.

❓What are some things you do in your free time?  

I like to read.  I like to travel.  I like to be a parent.  That takes up a lot of time these days.  I’m coaching baseball right now for my daughter’s team.  It’s a coach-pitch league, so I throw to them.

❓Do you bring the heat?  Do you bring that mid-80s fastball?  

No. 

❓Have you ever brushed anyone off the plate?  

I have not.  We’re aiming for the bat in coach-pitch.

❓If you could have any superpower, what would it be?  

Hmm… maybe flying?  You could go wherever you want.  You don’t have to worry about traffic.

My problem with flying is that everyone can see you.  That’s true.  And I feel like eventually someone’s gonna try to shoot you out of the sky, right?  Maybe I didn’t think this one through.

❓What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten?  

Maybe escargot.  Snails.  It’s pretty good.  It’s alright.  I’d recommend it, if only for the experience.

❓What’s your current gym goal?  Handstand push-ups.  

And to get better at toes-to-bar.

❓What’s your advice for new members of the gym?  

Show up.  Be consistent in coming.