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Samantha Lane

Meet Samantha Lane, the super amazing owner and coach of TGP CrossFit!

Sam is not just any coach; she's the brains behind all the fun and fitness at our gym. She's like the captain of a fitness ship, guiding everyone to their best selves.

But wait, there's more!

Sam isn't just about lifting weights and doing burpees; she's also a nutrition consultant. That means she knows all the awesome ways to keep your body fueled up and ready for action while helping you lose the inches and adding muscles (if you want!).

So, if you ever join TGP CrossFit, keep an eye out for Samantha Lane – the owner, the coach, and the nutrition guru all rolled into one awesome package!

Forest Wenzel

I started my CrossFit journey over 10 years ago when the box my best friend was training at had a Groupon. I did one on-ramp class and was hooked! I have been an athlete most of my life between Baseball, Football, Wrestling, and Muay Thai. Right after high school, I started coaching
football and wrestling.

Coaching showed me that I not only loved sports, but loved helping others love sports and find their best self. A few years ago, when presented with the opportunity to start coaching CrossFit, I jumped at it and signed up for my Level 1 class. I feel like through the stress of being a Paramedic and now a Nurse, the gym has kept me sane and helped me find my best self.

Brad Rivera

My friend Sammers had just taken over a gym and I decided I needed to make a life change. I was overweight and struggled to do things like tie my shoes or even jog 100m. I honestly figured joining a CrossFit gym was either the way to fix my problems, or make me realize I had no business exercising any more.

My sister had been trying to get me to join CrossFit for years and I was one of those that was seriously intimidated by the sport. I came to a 5a class and was welcomed wholeheartedly by everyone. I fell in love with the community right then and there and told Sammers I didn’t need a week to try it out, I wanted to sign up then and there.

I had no inkling at the time that I would ever want to join the coaching staff here - I’d never had any aspirations to coach or thoughts that I’d enjoy it, but the coaches and several members told me they thought I’d do great and I took a leap of faith. I haven’t had a more rewarding job in my life. Getting to help lift up the members here (they are family to me) brings me the greatest joy I could ask for. Took me 48 years to figure out what I needed in my life!

Michelle Kidwell

Meet Michelle! She's a wife, mother of 1, Army Veteran and former gymnast turned competitive CrossFit athlete. She joined CrossFit in 2017, having never touched a barbell before and not knowing what to expect. After her first class, where she learned to deadlift for the first time, she was hooked and started coming to class 5x a week!! CrossFit helped her fall in love with fitness and learn to love herself more too.

Through pregnancy/childbirth, COVID, major injury and weight fluctuations, Michelle can confidently say that CrossFit has changed her life and she wouldn't be who she is without it. Now, 7 years later, she has 6 years of coaching under her belt, with most of that being intro classes or 1:1 personal training for brand new athletes.

She currently coaches the Onboarding CrossFit class at TGP Tues/Thurs evenings at 6pm, where we focus on form and building confidence in preparation for joining the rest of the classes. She is also available for 1:1 coaching, for brand new athletes getting started as well as for our veterans who have specific goals they want to meet and anyone in between.

Michelle is also an experienced gymnast who is always ready (and excited) to teach people handstands, so don't hesitate to ask!

Michelle says "I hope to see you at the gym soon! But never earlier than 8:30 for me, I'm NOT an early morning person."

Carisa Sherwood

I was approaching 40 years old and took a look at myself and knew I needed to make a change.

I found CrossFit in 2016 and that’s exactly what it did... it gave me a new life full of ability, a community like none other, health, and fun. I absolutely fell in love with CrossFit and it’s whole philosophy within that first year and made it a bucket list item for myself to get my CFL1.

I got that in late 2019 and have been coaching since the beginning of 2020. My main job is as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Coaching Crossfit provides a balance for me of self care- it’s my meditation, my physical release, my human connection, a way for me to take care of my whole body (integrating mind, body, spirit, emotional, cognitive, social, and physical domains).