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L1 Trainer
Sent back in time to kill John Connor.
CrossFit Level 1
I’ve had a lifelong relationship with fitness, but was always fixated on shrinking myself and taking up less space. My Pinterest boards were filled with curated “exercise challenge” infographics, and my Tumblr was clogged with “thinspirations”. After stumbling upon a CrossFit documentary in 2015, I was in awe of what the female athletes were capable of. I had finally found a culture where men and women alike were encouraged to take up space and celebrate strength. After stalking the sport for three years, I finally got the guts to try it myself. While working a desk job in administration, I would reward myself for getting through the day with a CrossFit class in the evening. That was my sign to follow my passion and pursue a career in fitness.
In 2020, I started doing cleaning, social media, and different odd jobs at CrossFit Harrisonburg, continued into management, and finally became a CF-L1 trainer. After a while I moved to Staunton, Virginia as the head coach and manager of 3xF, a former CrossFit Affiliate. Now, I’ve accumulated over 1,500 hours of group class instruction and personal training. I moved to Fredericksburg with my husband in October 2023. I dropped in to every CrossFit gym in the area, and finally found my home at CrossFit Retro. I couldn’t be happier to continue working in fitness and helping people to become the better versions of themselves.
CrossFit Level 1
My first introduction to CrossFit was performing a WOD with a rower, a dumbell, and a desire for change. Afterwards, I was completely spent and thoroughly surprised I was still alive. More importantly, I was hooked.
Since 2016 I have intermittently trained in CrossFit at boxes across the country. Being active duty military, it was not always feasible to maintain a membership, but my love for the sport never faded. In 2021 I obtained my Level 1 Certification before moving duty stations. After several years of having a constantly changing schedule, I was finally able to settle down and start coaching in 2024.
Eight years after discovering it, I can easily say that CrossFit is still as rewarding and beneficial as the first time I completed a WOD. The health benefits and sense of accomplishment you can achieve with this sport are amazing. But not nearly as amazing as the people you meet when you are at the box. They will cheer you on and push you every single day you show up. And so will I.
CrossFit Level 1
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In high school I was a football and track athlete, training for improvement was all I knew. Always with a desire to be faster and stronger, I had/have the mentality that I don’t ever want to get fat and out of shape. Somewhere around 2008, I remember my buddy suggesting we start CrossFit and I was skeptical because it was still new and not widely known and accepted. The first workout I remember was Cindy and it gassed me so bad and I was young and “in shape”. That was all it took and I did CrossFit on my own until early 2017 when I joined my first box at BIO CrossFit, where I quickly became a coach and gained lots of friends and experience that made me better all around. There are many who say I won’t be able to do CrossFit forever and I work to prove them wrong every day. After 15 years I continue to improve and learn, and hope that trend continues for the rest of my life!
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L1 TRAINER
Coach Kelly has been a part of the CrossFit Retro family for the last three years and has coached the CrossFit Retro Kids program since January 2021. She really enjoys instilling her love for CrossFit into kids, including her own. Her goal is for each child to walk away stronger and more prepared to deal with life’s inevitable physical, mental, and emotional challenges. The gym truly is her second home. Coach Kelly trains for endurance races including Spartan Ultra races and multi-day events like the Peak Races Death Race. Over the next several years she is focused on finishing the Death Race and GoRuck Selection. She likes that these events are multifaceted and require significant planning and that they aren’t just a test of physical strength, but are more holistic challenges. Kelly is a Certified CrossFit Kids Coach and is working on her L1 certification. She loves the challenge that CrossFit provides to athletes and loves the community.
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I have been a proud US Marine since 2003, with five years of active duty, and a reservist since 2008. I only ever did the minimum when it came to fitness in the Marines and spent FAR more time playing World of Warcraft than I did working out. It was in 2009, as a reserve Marine, I was hit with the brutal reality that I was 20 pounds over the required standard to be a Marine, one cycle of P90X later, and an addiction to fitness was born.
From 2012-2022, I coached strength and conditioning classes for free at Retro Intensity in Virginia Beach, this was all done while working as a civilian full-time for the Navy. While I dearly miss that gym environment, something about my life there wasn’t agreeing with me and definitely wasn’t setting my heart on fire every day. So, in 2022, the decision was made to hit the reset button on life. I proceeded to resign from my very secure government job of 12 years, sold my paid-off home, and moved to a city where I only knew one person. Fredericksburg, VA. To start life over and go to college for exercise science.
I love coaching and just being around people that want to make themselves better than they were yesterday. That’s my passion and what wakes me up every morning.
11050 Pierson Drive
Fredericksburg, VA, 22408
(540) 509-0990
