Coaches

Brent has been a full time fitness and performance coach for 19 years.  He is Athens only CrossFit Level 3 Coach, only USAW National Coach, and is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist under the National Strength and Conditioning Association.  He's competed in the CrossFit Games at the Ranch in Aromas, as well as CF Regionals in the Midwest and Southeast.  He's coached numerous athletes and teams to CrossFit Regionals and has taken 6 different athletes to USAW Nationals, resulting in 4 national medals.  Whether you want to lose weight, improve performance, or 

Alexis has been a full time fitness coach for 10 years.  She has her Masters Degree in  Kinesiology from UGA, is a USAW Level 2 Coach, and is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA CSCS).  She played college soccer at UGA, has competed in CrossFit Games Regionals numerous years both on teams and as an individual, and has competed in numerous USAW National events.  She pioneered our Moms Who Move program to help women safely improve strength during pregnancy and after delivery.  

Patrick began CrossFit in 2018 after a successful swimming career in high school. He is a CF-L1 trainer and also has his USAW L-1.  After training and shadowing at GS in 2018, he began coaching in 2019 and has been perfecting his craft for two years.  Outside of CF and coaching, Patrick is a fourth-year  International Business and Political Science major in the Terry College of Business UGA. Coach Patrick prides himself on his ability to  connect with each athlete on an individual level to bring out the best in them.

 Coach James Sherrer has been interested in health and fitness for most of his life. He has been a coach at Georgia Strength for two years, working with our traditional athletes and those with special needs.  He is a CF-L1 certified coach and a Pn1 certified nutrition coach. Aside from coaching, James graduated with a BS in Biology at UGA. He is currently working part time at an underprivileged medical clinic and studying to attend Medical School. James loves CrossFit because it brings out the best in our athletes!

 Coach Grant Griffin has been training and competing in CrossFit for eight years. He found it as a middle schooler and has been fully invested ever since.  After training and shadowing at Georgia Strength in 2018 and 2019, he began coaching in early 2020.   Grant is a third year business management major in the Terry College of Business at the UGA.  Coach Grant prides himself on his charismatic coaching style and likes to keep the energy high in his classes to make it the best hour of your day! 

Palmer was born and raised in Hahira, Georgia.  A lifelong multi-sport athlete, he fulfilled his  dream of playing football here at UGA.  After his football career was over, he picked up CrossFit and  fell in love with not only the evolving challenges of the sport of fitness, but the people, the community, and the progressive training.  He is studying Civil engineering here at UGA.  When he's not studying or working out, he loves hiking with his yellow lab, Junior.

Coming soon: Coach Emily!