Aimee Anaya Everett is the co-owner of Catalyst Athletics. After a standout career on the platform including time at the Olympic Training Center, Aimee retired as an athlete to coach for and operate Catalyst Athletics. Aimee has devoted the last 29 years to the sport of Olympic Weightlifting as an athlete and a coach. In her time as a coach, Anaya Everett became the second female International Coach in USA Weightlifting, and the first American female coach to coach at the Olympics. Aimee is also the head lifting coach for Mat Fraser’s HWPO Training.
Aimee coaches Olympic Weightlifting across all levels—she has youth athletes, National level athletes, Masters athletes, and has coached athletes at the World Championships, Pan Am Championships and Olympics, including a multiple American and Pan Am record holder, World Championship multi-medalist, and a Youth World Champion. She also loves coaching beginners and garage lifters with no desire to compete.
Aimee has a passion for mental training and toughness, and has a Masters Degree in Human Behavior Psychology.