True to the methodology

The lineage behind Sentinel Training

Learning from the best athletes, coaches and affiliate owners, we bring you what works through years of mentorship, hands-on experience and our own trial and error.

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Coaching that travels

Send in a video from wherever you train, and a coach sends back cues that change the movement.

Taylor pressing a heavy dumbbell overhead in the gym.

Tested before it's programmed

Every workout runs through our own training before it reaches the app.

Bryson Delmonte holding a barbell locked out overhead in the gym.

Know the why

Every session comes with 500 to 1,000 words of notes on what it's for, how it should feel and how to pace it.

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Written for every level

Scaling, modifications and Masters prescriptions come with every session, so every athlete has a clear plan.

Taylor standing over a barbell in front of the CrossFit Charlotte wall mural with spectators watching.

Coaching in affiliates since 2017, Taylor began his journey from the affiliate floor up. He started as a coach, eventually competing at some of the highest levels and training with CrossFit Games champions. From years of practical experience coaching under the watchful eyes of several Level 4 mentors to training with elite CrossFit Games athletes, we know what works and what doesn't.

Along the way, Taylor learned under several CrossFit Level 4 coaching mentors, the coaches and affiliate owners who shaped how Sentinel is written. Their standards for movement, variance and real coaching are built into every session.

What the lineage means for you: Every cycle and workout on Sentinel is written on that foundation. Purposeful variance. Intentional strength progressions. Fidelity to the methodology. When you subscribe, you're not signing up for a template — you're stepping into a lineage of coaching that's been passed down and sharpened, and is now being written for you.

20,000+ hours of combined coaching

The coaches behind the program

CF L3 and CF L4 trainers who write the program, do the program, and coach the program — in real affiliates.

Taylor Self, head coach of Sentinel Training.

Taylor Self

Head Coach
CF-L4
Taylor standing up a heavy squat clean on an outdoor competition floor as a judge watches.

Taylor Self

Head Coach
CF-L4

Head Coach at CrossFit Charlotte. 10,000+ hours of coaching experience. 5x CrossFit Semifinal competitor. Host of the Shut Up & Scribble and Kill Taylor podcasts. Taylor found CrossFit in 2017 and knew immediately he'd found something that would define his life. Every workout in Sentinel is written, tested, and refined by Taylor before it reaches your app.

Bryson Delmonte standing with arms crossed in the gym, wearing a CrossFit Charlotte T-shirt and backwards cap.

Bryson Delmonte

Assistant Coach & Programmer
CF-L3

Bryson Delmonte

Assistant Coach & Programmer
CF-L3

Coach at CrossFit Charlotte. 10,000+ hours of coaching experience. Top 1% worldwide in the CrossFit Open. Bryson is in the app daily — answering questions, reviewing videos, and keeping the community engaged.

Will Plummer, Sentinel coach.

Will Plummer

Coach
CF-L3
Will Plummer lunging with a sandbag across his shoulders on an outdoor field.

Will Plummer

Coach
CF-L3

Will is originally from Maple Grove, Minnesota. He moved to Indiana to attend the University of Indianapolis, where he played lacrosse and graduated with a bachelor's in Exercise Science. He is a CrossFit Level 3 trainer who coaches at CrossFit AFCO in Zionsville, Indiana. Besides Sentinel, he is also the Human Performance Trainer for Chip Ganassi Racing and serves in the Army Reserves. In his free time he enjoys training, spending time outdoors, and traveling to CrossFit competitions.

The meaning behind "True to Roots"

The Methodology

A subscription is access to the full program — all three tracks, every library of notes, every cycle, every Master's prescription, and coaching on the movements that matter to you.

Why we're true to roots

CrossFit Charlotte Original logo — white lettering on a black background.

The programming space has drifted. Fad conditioning, extended low-heart-rate blocks, and lazy strength cycles have replaced the constantly varied work the methodology was built on. Sentinel doesn't drift. The methodology earned its place, and every training day we write is answerable to it.

What "variance" means

Whiteboard grid of a week of training, Monday through Saturday, filled in with handwritten lifts and metcons.

Variance isn't chaos. Every session in Sentinel is programmed against the ones that came before it — movement patterns, energy systems, load, volume, duration and skill level. The result is variety for adaptation, not variety for its own sake.

What "functional" means

Taylor driving a loaded sled across an outdoor competition floor in front of the stands.

We move large loads, long distances, quickly. These are core-to-extremity, full range of motion, compound movement patterns that often mimic real-life scenarios and elicit a far greater neuroendocrine response than their non-functional counterparts.

What "broad time and modal domains" means

Taylor carrying two kettlebells at his sides on a competition floor lit in purple, another athlete behind him.

Short (sub-5 minutes). Medium (5–15). Long (15+). Aerobic, glycolytic, phosphagen. Machine, barbell, gymnastics. Sentinel trains all of it, in intentional rotation.

Sentinel is the program the methodology trusts to defend it. If you want ACTUAL fitness, this is your program.

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