Our Trainers

I have been passionate about sport, fitness and health for as long as I can remember.  This passion all began at the age of 5 when I was enrolled in my first gymnastics class.  At a young age, I learned the importance of diet and exercise through the sport of gymnastics.  I may not have understood at the time, but gymnastics also taught me that diet and exercise can be fun.  Little did I know that this would become my passion in life and that I would get the opportunity to make this passion my 'occupation.'

I can’t remember a day in my life without fitness.  I was a 3 sport athlete in high school, played intramural sports in college, and found CrossFit after graduating college.  After my first CrossFit class; yes I was using a blue band for pull ups and jumping to a 16” box, I knew this was the career that I wanted to pursue.

I graduated from University of Colorado with a degree in Integrative Physiology (Kineseology) and “the plan” was to go to grad school and become a Physical Therapist.  After volunteering many many hours in PT clinics I knew I was trying to convince myself that was indeed the career path I still wanted to pursue.  Once I attended my first CrossFit class in January of 2010 I knew I know longer wanted to “convince” myself that PT was for me.  I was sick of stretching and performing modalities on individuals in an office all day long.  Instead, I realized I wanted to be on the other end of this spectrum.  I wanted to be alongside individuals, moving with them and teaching them proper movement patterns in order prevent them from needing surgery and physical therapy.  

After that first class I decided to get my level 1 certification and started teaching in June of 2010.  I have been involved in the industry since then, training at 2 different locations in the Roaring Fork Valley and now co-owning Defiance Strength and Conditioning with my best friend.  I am extremely grateful that my “job” is my passion and that I get to share this passion with my best friend and our incredible community.  Not a day goes by that I feel like I “have” to go to work.  I am so grateful that I get to share my passion for health and fitness with some of the most incredible individuals I have ever met. 

Certifications
CrossFit Level 1
CrossFit Level 2
CrossFit Level 3 (CCFT)
Biomechanics Specialist
CrossFit Gymnastics
CrossFit Kids
Olympic Lifting
Goal Setting
Whole 30 Nutrition