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Our Trainers
![](javascript:showPopupFormatted("<table style=~SQ~width:100%~SQ~><td style=~SQ~line-height:130%~SQ~><h1 class=~SQ~mbig~SQ~>Tish</h1><br><div style=~SQ~float:left; padding:10px 20px 10px 0;~SQ~><img class=~SQ~roundmemimg~SQ~ src=~SQ~GYM_2308/member159673-9852R.jpg~SQ~></div>For over a decade, I~SQ~ve been a proud member of Defiance Strength and Conditioning. I’ve always loved sports and fitness. Beginning in my elementary school years, I played baseball, softball, basketball, volleyball and ran track. After skiing came into my life,, my husband and I spent 16+ years coaching/running the youth ski racing Sunlight Buddy Werner program. This time taught me about coaching, perseverance, and the joy of seeing kids surprise themselves when they push outside their expectations. It was so rewarding. <br> <br>My first CrossFit experience was really unexpected. There~SQ~s something magical about pushing your limits alongside a group of folks, all working hard for their health. Strength, age, skill level – none of it mattered. We were in it together, sweating and supporting each other. I walked out of that first session remembering what it felt like to win in grade school - and I wanted more. <br> <br>Fast forward to today, and I~SQ~m on the other side of the gym action as a coach. Being able to witness that same magic from a different perspective is so fulfilling. It~SQ~s like experiencing that post-workout high ten times over when you see individuals break barriers and achieve what they once thought impossible. <br> <br>Outside the gym, I~SQ~m a bit of a culinary adventurer. I find joy in the kitchen, especially gluten free baking. Cooking is my love language and I enjoy sharing it with…well…everyone. <br> <br>My philosophy is that coaching is more than sets and reps, or race courses and ribbons; it~SQ~s about building a community, breaking boundaries, and celebrating victories together.</td></table>"))
![](javascript:showPopupFormatted("<table style=~SQ~width:100%~SQ~><td style=~SQ~line-height:130%~SQ~><h1 class=~SQ~mbig~SQ~>Deanna</h1><br><div style=~SQ~float:left; padding:10px 20px 10px 0;~SQ~><img class=~SQ~roundmemimg~SQ~ src=~SQ~GYM_2308/member159445-3422.jpg~SQ~></div>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 ~SQ~occupation.~SQ~ <br> <br>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. <br> <br>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. <br> <br>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. <br> <br>Certifications <br> <br>CrossFit Level 1 <br>CrossFit Level 2 <br>CrossFit Level 3 (CCFT) <br>Biomechanics Specialist <br>CrossFit Gymnastics <br>CrossFit Kids <br>Olympic Lifting <br>Goal Setting <br>Whole 30 Nutrition</td></table>"))
![](javascript:showPopupFormatted("<table style=~SQ~width:100%~SQ~><td style=~SQ~line-height:130%~SQ~><h1 class=~SQ~mbig~SQ~>Tara</h1><br><div style=~SQ~float:left; padding:10px 20px 10px 0;~SQ~><img class=~SQ~roundmemimg~SQ~ src=~SQ~GYM_2308/member159683-2075.jpg~SQ~></div>I have had a lifetime of individual based sports and physical labor careers. My adolescence was filled with work based around the ability to use my body in its full capacity to earn a living. Whether it was constructing trails, fighting fire, landscaping, downhill skiing or riding horses, my body needed to operate and perform on a daily basis for me to to earn a paycheck. While I hardly appreciated that fact, the truth about the longevity of “the grind” without proper training or recovery was coming to light. By mere coincidence I stepped into Glenwood Spring CrossFit which quickly became the best decision of my life. A gym and programming based on measurable, repeatable data, community and the discovery of what is possible vs what I cannot do transformed my mindset, health, body, outlook and career forever. <br> <br> <br>My philosophy around sport and fitness is that it should provide the participant with longevity, function and an environment to overcome perceived limitations both physical and mental. I am continually blessed with the opportunity to co-own a business with a dear friend and mentor that shares this approach. My clientele is a community unparalleled by another; the exact one that changed my life personally. I am driven to coach because of its ability to be a piece of the map in a client’s quest for lifelong positive change. It is my job to provide a client with tools for better functionality, movement patterns, strength tactics, endurance and metabolic conditioning, execution, discipline, nutrition, and mindset strategies and then witness and help hone the details as they make it their own. <br> <br> <br>I am a CF Level 2 Trainer in pursuit of my L3, Precision Nutrition Coach and former intercollegiate equestrian athlete for St. Lawrence University and assistant coach at a small university in New Hampshire after graduation. I have competed and finished ultra endurance running events as well as your typical high school athletics of soccer, skiing, track and field, cross-country skiing, and indoor soccer. <br>I enjoyed many years as a ranch manager and assistant trainer working with horses before training and then purchasing Defiance Strength & Conditioning. <br> <br> <br>I am excited for the future of Defiance Strength & Conditioning! I believe that fitness and therefore DSC should always be evolving around the science of sport and new findings in human biology and physiology. Fitness should continue to be fun, functional and add to the social, physical and mental aspects of your life. <br> <br> <br>Certifications <br>CrossFit Level 1 <br>CrossFit Level 2 <br>Precision Nutrition </td></table>"))
![](javascript:showPopupFormatted("<table style=~SQ~width:100%~SQ~><td style=~SQ~line-height:130%~SQ~><h1 class=~SQ~mbig~SQ~>Christine</h1><br><div style=~SQ~float:left; padding:10px 20px 10px 0;~SQ~><img class=~SQ~roundmemimg~SQ~ src=~SQ~GYM_2308/member160039-8747.jpg~SQ~></div>From the moment I stepped into the gym, 6 and a half years ago, I was hooked on Crossfit. I love the community, the hard workouts, and the challenges that come with learning new skills. With two boys, a busy husband, grad school, and teaching high school, these fast and dirty workouts have become my way to embrace athleticism, myself, and my passion for growth. <br> <br> <br>Coaching Crossfit has been the biggest gift. I can share my love for fitness and love watching people progress. I love teaching athletes of all abilities by encouraging them to make choices that push themselves out of their comfort zones in order to grow. <br> <br> <br>Certifications <br>CrossFit Level 1 <br>CrossFit Level 2</td></table>"))
Class Schedule
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Start with your free intro class.
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Talk with a coach and make a plan.
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Follow your plan and get results!
