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David McLaren

As an active person with experience in a variety of sports & activities, David has a passion for movement exploration to find different ways to build strength and conditioning using bodyweight, Kettlebells or Barbells. The GMB method has improved both his movement and mindset about training – foundational approach to improve. The foundational mindset allows him to create programs to build strength with the aim of longevity. To ensure a fuller happier life. This has helped him compete for Scotland at the World Championships, in Kettlebell Sport. David is passionate about helping people move and improve to feel better and achieve more!

Bradford Keen

A personal trainer with a keen focus on locomotion and bodyweight strength, Brad helps people move with confidence – and have fun in the process. With intelligent programming, a dose of empathy, and a touch of humour, he works with clients to create a physical practice that develops strength, flexibility and control.

Ammar Rajab

Ammar is a Certified Gracie Jiu-Jitsu & Movement / Mobility instructor who is all about keeping training simple and practical. Ammar has been to many courses and workshops around the world and his thirst to learn and share his passion continues.He offers adults and kids classes at Gracie Bahrain.

Ammara Gul Aga

Ammara is an ACE certified Personal Trainer and Precision Nutrition Coach. Her passion for fitness is at par with her love for all things baked! She loves to help clients find joy in movement and connect with their inner child through play. After a core injury from childbirth, Ammara has especially been working with women to regain confidence in their bodies and make their way to being pain free. (Sometimes, she rewards her clients with cupcakes.)

April Kong

April graduated with a degree in theatre, and since her youth, has always had a love for sports. Her passion, explosive energy and cheerful smile exudes in everything she does. She is currently a F45 trainer, and personal trainer. From Strongman, Bodybuilding, Powerlifting, to Functional workouts, April uses the GMB Method to help strike the balance she seeks between intensity and relaxation. In both mind, body, and soul.

Javier Luis P Gomez

Javier is a teacher who embraces lifelong learning. He feels GMB is such a great method for incorporating the principles of living well, not being afraid to make mistakes, and learning along the way. When he’s not trying to work on his handstand, he’s probably working on his backyard garden.

Kiril Kravzov

Moving easily and with confidence is totally possible with with the right guidance and approach. Kiril is dedicated to helping others improve their physical capabilities, and to achieve a freedom in movement that will add value, and quality to life. His training for the military, running, Krav Maga, and security has helped Kiril understand the importance of building a strong, solid foundation, for all of lifes pursuits.

Louis Ong

Louis has a diverse background in endurance sports (marathons, biathlons, ironman triathlon). He believes in mobility through exploring mindful movements creates freedom that leads to greater pursuits in daily life. Louis uses GMB methods to improve running efficiency and avoid injuries. He also enjoys working on handstand together with his 3 young boys.

Moe Ng

Moe started performing in breakdance at the age of 15. He has competed in basketball, volleyball, swimming, track & field, and bodybuilding, all while teaching breakdance. Moe is leading the Pure Fitness team to integrate the philosophy and movement principles of GMB into their fitness culture.

Muhammed Ismail

Muhammed is an infantry officer in the Singapore Armed Forces. Prior to joining the Fitness Industry 12 year ago, he was in the security industry doing Close Cover Protection for celebrities and VIPs, event control and security consultation. As a fitness enthusiast during school days, Muhammed participated in various sports such as soccer, softball, track & field and martial arts. He’s also a competitive bodybuilder and has won a few national titles, representing Singapore in overseas competition. And winning the coveted title of Mr. Singapore in 2011. Over the course of a decade in the fitness industry he has worked with various clients with different goals. Through his practice of bodybuilding and proper nutrition, he has managed to impart his knowledge and help to enhance many of his clients lifestyles. In the last 4 years, he has been actively involve in doing Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) all over the globe. Recently he has just came back from Canada where he qualified to race at the OCR World Championships. With this new found passion, he also set up a fitness community known as the Lion City Spartans. Currently they have 2000 members on their Facebook page and actively racing with up to 200 over members at some big OCR events such Spartan Race and Viper Challenge.

Nayos Thammaraks

Nayos is a Functional Health Coach specializing in behavioral change. He’s passionate about helping parents with young children improve their health and wellbeing. He believes that you can only give your best to your children when you’re feeling your best! Nayos helps his clients build sustainable health-promoting habits and develop effective fitness programs using the GMB method. One of his favorite things to do is to practice locomotion with his 4-year-old son.

Ngoc Xuan Nguyen

Ngoc is a fitness instructor based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Before becoming a GMB Trainer, Ngoc worked as a CrossFit Coach, but his real passion has always been bodyweight training. Teaching is Ngoc’s greatest passion, and his goal to help each of his clients move pain-free while having fun!

Prince Bell, Jr

I help adults become better athletes by teaching playful movement. I began my coaching journey as a student coach in college over 20 years ago, and since that time I have enjoyed helping people reach their full athletic potential. My training is rooted in my background in various Chinese martial arts, Qigong, mindfulness meditation, and the GMB method.

In addition to fitness and martial arts, I also enjoy Marvel superhero movies, and I know way too many random things about Bruce Lee!

Samarth Karwal

Samarth is passionate and deeply committed to a multidisciplinary movement culture, keen on expanding his skill set and movement vocabulary. Drawing on his journey and personal experience of what worked, he tries to refine his teaching approach to be simple and effective. He looks at human health as a complex and dynamic system comprising different interdependent parts including lifestyle, nutrition, sleep, physical training, mindset and recovery. Proper management of these parts facilitates one to achieve their full human potential. He’s here to encourage, inspire and facilitate a progressive movement practice that helps you to build a sense of physical autonomy, (re)gain confidence and move fearlessly!

Vanessa Koh

Vanessa has been a Personal Trainer at Pure Fitness in Singapore for more than 8 years. Her goal as a trainer is to help all her clients to move better, without pain, and improve their quality of life. She is training mostly in endurance sports and credits GMB with helping her balance, running, as well as her flexibility.

Andy Hrelja

Andy has a passion for learning about how to make the human body better through exercise and nutrition. He wants to use what he learns to help others. He’s an avid martial artist currently studying Hapkido, BJJ, and Tae Kwon Do. Andy also has experience with weight lifting, kettlebells, DVRT (sandbags). His quest for strength and flexibility drew him to GMB where the programs and overall philosophy resonated with his own beliefs.

Conor O’Shea, Lead GMB Trainer

Conor is a personal trainer, Precision Nutrition coach, and Yoga teacher from Ireland. He teaches individuals and small groups and follows a sustainable, habit-based approach with clients. He loves traveling and all things movement related.

Corey Story

Corey has been moving his body for as long as he can remember, jumping on trampolines as a kid, monkey bars, climbing trees. He trained as a floor tumbler & sports acrobatics in his teens & has been practicing yoga since then. He started functional body weight training in his 30s. He works as a Physical Therapist, Yoga Teacher & PT, integrating modalities that clients need to keep their body strong, pain free & in better health.

David D’Amore

David has extensive knowledge and experience in several areas of physical development, having worked in the fitness industry since 2010. He runs and owns The Handstand Hub, a studio in Cairns that helps people build the foundations of strength, flexibility and skills in a fun and supportive environment. David’s training ethic and philosophy resonates with the GMB approach, in that he sees value in holistic and sustainable practices that are suitable for people from all walks of life.

Helen Ilich

Helen’s founding movement discipline is gymnastics, which continues to be an inspiration. She is a Level 2 Animal Flow® Instructor and dedicated practitioner, Stretch Therapy™ Teacher and Tumbling Coach. Helen enjoys training in body-weight exercise and quadruped locomotion for the intense challenge, and opportunity for fluidity and freedom that these skill-based movements present to the mind and body. For Helen, movement is a life adventure and GMB is integral to her personal and professional journey.

James Stillman

James is a lifelong surfer, who enjoys using bodyweight and a movement based approach to training for the surf. Also a qualified Tai Chi and Qi Gung instructor with a background in training Kung Fu, Running and almost anything in the ocean.

Junior Vassiliou, Lead GMB Trainer

Junior heads up GMB Australia from his gym, Progressive Strength, in Brisbane. In addition to teaching regular GMB classes on-site, he organizes workshops and seminars around Australia and assists with the curriculum for GMB group classes.

Katie O’Keeffe

Katie is a reformed elite triathlete who wishes she had discovered GMB earlier in her life. Katie is also a mum to three beautiful boys and a management consultant specialising in leadership development and high performing teams. She fully appreciates the challenges of finding time to take care of yourself. She brings a unique combination of a passion for exercise with formal neuroscience training to enable you to be at your best, every day. Katie integrates GMB movement into a holistic approach with her clients that addresses all the foundational drivers of an optimised brain/body system – exercise, sleep, nutrition and mindfulness – while enabling you to fit it in with a busy work and family schedule.

Matty Perrett

Matty is based on the Surf Coast of Victoria and owner of FORM Strength & Mobility studio in Geelong. A devoted father of young Mila and partner of Ellise, Matty is a climber, ocean and music lover, men and boys health advocate. Matty assists clients to build movement practices for the long game. Movement over a lifetime. Matty programmes exercise based around assessments, goals, and life situation. Keeping movement safe, fun and effective.

Michael Griffiths

Michael started training to help with farm life. That blossomed into helping others with their fitness goals. After over 20 years in the Commercial fitness industry, he now works from his private studio TRKP movement lab (back on the farm 😁🤪) For Michael, training should be fun and enhance the things you like to do. The GMB approach has been a part of a natural educational evolution that has highlighted a mindful approach to movement and life.

Paul Bourke

Paul Bourke is a Melbourne based theatre practitioner and fitness coach interested in movement practises which are sustainable, fun and generate an energetic, mobile, strong and capable human body. Paul has explored numerous movement practices and since coming across the GMB method it has steadily become a strong foundational pillar in Paul’s own movement practice and in his passion for helping people take the steps towards exploring their movement potential and improving their quality of life.

Piers Kwan

Piers is a teacher by trade, and takes great pleasure in helping the community at QLD Kettlebells in East Brisbane. Piers places a high value on technical proficiency and long-term outcomes, and runs a unique group training class that melds these key values with a chance for people to connect and enjoy each other’s company.

Agnes Buda

Agnes has been climbing for nearly 20-years, and has picked up a lot of experience by climbing all over Europe. She works as a climbing instructor. Sharing her love of climbing by introducing people to the sport, and offering advice on technique and better movement. Agnes strives to help people make improvements, regardless of their current level or abilities.

AJ Harris

AJ has been around the world and back, growing up in San Francisco and now residing in Munich, Germany. AJ was always and an athlete, daredevil and troublemaker. He has spent a lot of time jumping out of planes, climbing mountains, and pushing the envelope of what he is capable of. He loves to compete and try new things, and is interested in building teams, learning what a group of individuals can accomplish when taught to work together. AJ is passionate about teaching kids using the GMB method not only in the gym, or on the mat, but in any aspect of their lives. He wants to help kids learn to help themselves by putting in the work and experiencing the success that comes with it. He hopes to help his team, “leave the jersey in a better place.”

Alex C. Marcher

Alex is a movement enthusiast who loves to experiment with new ways of moving through space. They came to GMB to improve strength and flexibility for their Ashtanga yoga practice but fell in love with the playfulness and mindful exploration of the locomotions taught with the GMB method. They want to help and inspire others on all levels to rediscover the fun of movement and how good a cared-for body can feel.

Alexander Maaß

Alex has 10 years plus experience in practicing and teaching ashtanga yoga and works with people in the healthcare industry for over 17 years. His love for handbalancing is rooted deeply in the believe that anyone can achieve more than one thinks one could. You can catch him bouldering, giving handstand and yoga classes or practicing calisthenics skills and playfull movement exploration. The GMB method is at the heart of his coaching for a well rounded and mindful learning experience and he will be happy to be of service for you to move and feel better.

Andrea Di Gregorio

Andrea is a personal trainer with a background as a Kinesiologist. Physical activity was always a priority in his life, as he practiced soccer and karate for a decades before falling in love with movement exploration. After many years of studying, his goal is to empower his clients about their own bodies. He believes that if everybody could be aware of their own body, we could all live better lives. He is curious about nature, science, and humans. You can find him on Instagram, upside down or hanging around somewhere!

Ariel Ron

Ariel comes to GMB with a background in body building/powerlifting. He is a level 2 Animal Flow instructor; a level 2 certified Movnat Trainer; and is an FRCms and FRAs mobility and assessment specialist. Ariel’s main focus is on teaching the fundamental basics of strength, flexibility and motor control, emphasizing technique and quality of movement. He is driven by the desire to see people thrive, so that they feel empowered and capable in their own bodies.

Beatriz Sales Zabala

Bea has been exploring movement her whole life: ballet, contemporary dance, Pilates, capoeira and movement exploration. She is currently a Polestar Pilates instructor and FMS System trainer leading the “Colectivo espacio” team where she integrates the philosophy and movement principles of GMB to helping others improve their physical capabilities, and to achieve a freedom in movement that will add value, and quality to people´s life.

Bob Nicolle

Bob has been a client of GMB since 2013, using the GMB Method to train and improve his hand balancing practice. Bob’s other interest include BJJ, unicycling and climbing. His goal as a trainer is to encourage and inspire others to continue to learn and develop new skill throughout their lives.

Constantinos Charalambous

Constantinos is an outdoor enthusiast that loves to move and play in nature. He wants to help people move naturally and explore their bodies ’ capabilities so they can better enjoy the things they love most. He uses the GMB methodology to help build the body fundamentals of strength, flexibility, and control.

Dorian Colombi

Dorian specializes in personal training, confidential and tailored, which allows you to access information on correct posture and physical enhancement aimed at achieving maturity and awareness that will accompany you over time and that form the appropriate structure and instinctive tools to react in dangerous conditions. He has a ten-year background in self-defense techniques, fitness and life strategic coaching.

Edith Maria, Lead GMB Trainer

Edith Maria currently works as a movement teacher, acting mainly as a personal trainer for her clients both online and in person. She teaches GMB Fitness weekly classes and monthly workshops, both online and in person. She has a background in dance (primarily Modern Dance). She’s a certified Yoga and Pilates instructor, Rhythmical Gymnastics instructor, and she graduated as a Movement Pedagogue/Therapist from a well-known movement institute (Gotvedinstituttet) in Copenhagen in 2016. She loves to explore and challenge her own body’s potential, which is essential to being able to convey bodily experiences to her clients.

Giovanni Miesen

In school, Giovanni was taught that from a design perspective ‘form follows function’ but soon found out this also applied to the human body. Learning about the physical autonomy and progressive training is what got him interested in the GMB method of training. Making teaching movement his full time profession, it was only a matter of time to close the circle and apply for the GMB apprenticeship, evolving from just gaining and sharing knowledge to also being able to teach it.

Graham Cowley

Graham has realised the importance of moving with fluidity and control. Throughout his career, participating and coaching sport, he’s had a love of learning and passing on that knowledge to help others. GMB fits right at the heart of his coaching philosophy helping others to build a strong, solid foundation, both mentally and physically, to deal with whatever life throws at them.

Graham Keenan

Graham is a yoga teacher, gymnastics and movement coach. With 17 years experience working in the health and fitness industry Graham has a deep understanding of movement patterns. He combines knowledge of gymnastics style training with yoga to use bodyweight movements for an overall holistic approach to exercise that includes breath-work, rehabilitation, flexibility and mindful movement practice. Graham specializes in running popular yoga classes, movement events, workshops and gymnastic rings courses within his yoga studio.

Henriett Kakonyi

Henriett has always been a fitness lover. After several years of strength training, she became familiar with calisthenics. She wanted to lay solid fundamentals for her calisthenic training and found GMB in 2020. She became stronger, more flexible and learned to have more control in her movements. Then in 2022 she graduated from the GMB apprenticeship program. She believes that the best part of the workout is the opportunity to experiment with what your body is capable of.

Iván Andrés

With more than 15-years of experience as a physiotherapist, Iván believes that the main tool of healing is in the self-knowledge. He helps people to “take responsibility” for their health through conscious and enjoyable movement. He loves nature, contemporary dance and improvisation, and is always looking for the next step to learn more about the human body.

Jamie Stumpe

Jamie is a London based personal trainer who’s primary focus is helping his clients move better. He typically works with busy office workers who wish to escape their desk to move, explore and unwind. Jamie can typically be found upside down, crawling on the floor or swinging a kettlebell.

Jörg Werner

Jörg has been an avid runner since childhood. After several successful participation in marathons, with PR sub three hours, he was looking for a balance and found GMB in 2016. He became more flexible, stronger and learned to control his body better.

Then in 2021, at the age of 58, he successfully completed his GMB apprenticeship.

He believes that everyone can continuously improve and that sport is an great enrichment for daily life.

Konstadinos Kiriakidis

Konstadinos is a functional movement trainer, yoga teacher, and massage therapist.With almost 30 years experience working in the health and fitness industry, He has a background in weight training, martial arts, yoga, and pilates all of which deepen his understanding of movement patterns.He combines knowledge of different disciplines with the GMB Method for an overall holistic approach to exercise. His mission is to help people develop confidence in what their bodies are capable of so they can live their life to their full potential.

Leighton James

From his early days of playing rugby to competing in martial arts (particularly Tae Kwon Do), James has evolved into coaching Olympic weightlifting and occasionally taking to the climbing wall. He was dabbling in the Crossfit arena he came across the GMB method. “I was enlightened by a different way of training,” he said. Working inside of a functional training gym, James shows people how applying GMB concepts can help people achieve their goals.

Linda Winkel

Linda Winkel works as a movement teacher. She focuses on teaching hand balancing and animal locomotion flows using the GMB method and framework. She offers personal training and small group classes, both online and in person. She is also a certified Vitality coach/therapist and has a BSC in Nutrition science and a MSC in Health Science.

She wants to give people back the joy of moving and feel free in their body and mind. That’s why playing around and fun movements are always an important part of her training sessions. Her motto: You can learn everything you want. All you need: believe in yourself and get the right plan!

Maarten Pijls

Maarten played a lot of sports (primarily basketball) in his teens/twenties/thirties and was always interested in the human body. He eventually became a physical therapist. A couple of years ago he found strength training for skill, not just for the looks. That was a big eye opener and now he is constantly learning, training, and teaching how people can get more control over their bodies so they can enjoy life even more!

Maciej Moralewicz

Maciej comes to GMB with experience gained at the Academy of Physical Education. He feels GMB is such a great method for incorporating the principles of living well, not being afraid to make mistakes, and learning along the way. Moving easily and with confidence is totally possible with the right guidance and approach. Maciej is dedicated to helping others, improve their physical capabilities, and to achieve a freedom in movement that will add value, and quality to what You love to do.

Nathan Featherstone

Growing up, Nathan had participated in various sports. In his late teens he started competing in MMA, BJJ, as well as Dog Brother Martial Arts. After trying a wide range of training types, his journey led him to GMB and he fell in love with movement training. It is GMB that gave him the tools to use his body and build strength. His goal as a personal trainer is to help others move better and be more comfortable in their own bodies.

Neil McTeggart

With over 20 years of gym experience and 15 years coaching experience, this ‘wanna be Ninja’ from Ireland has more tools than a top end Swiss Army knife. Neil is currently on a gymrat-to-gymnast journey and likes to complement his GMB training with everything from BJJ and gymnastics to parkour and power lifts.

Peter Schultz

Sports are Peter’s passion. He grew up doing all kinds of sports like soccer, tennis and competing in marathons. He loves being outdoors enjoying nature. His goal is to continuously develop himself physically and mentally and to learn new things every day. For Peter, training isn’t only a way to improve physical abilities, but also a way to practice mindfulness and to be aware of oneself in order to better understand their body and mind. He also believes that sports and exercising should be fun above all. Apart from being a GMB trainer, Peter is also a specialist in running and motion analysis.

Rob Westra

Rob understands how the body moves and he is encouraging and supportive in how he communicates this knowledge to his clients. It’s not long before you notice these amazing changes in movement and strength. He is an honest and caring trainer and he gets to know his clients, tailoring their programs to help build a solid foundation. Rob genuinely loves what he does and this shines through–it’s fun and infectious.

Robert Bijl

Pursuing traditional “fitness” for years left Robert feeling stiff and injured. He began practicing calisthenics, yoga, BJJ, and climbing. This gave him a whole new perspective on the human body and he began a new journey. To discover how to move with the body, instead of against it. Robert hopes he can help do the same for you!

Robert Einmüller

Robert used to spend most of his time on his feet – either for obstacle course running or chasing his sausage-stealing-dog – until GMB literally turned his world upside down in 2019. Since then he´s been committed to explore movement in all its shapes. Moreover, Robert is also a certified Hardstyle Kettlebell Instructor. He teaches small groups to help them overcome their daily struggle.

Sara Lessmann

Sara is a London-based fitness and movement coach. She is also an L2 CrossFit trainer and recieved her MFA in Acting from East 15 in London. Her company, Blank Slate Body, seeks to combine physical autonomy with theatre practice while helping actors and non-actors tap into their creativity through skill-building, mindful movement, and play.

Sonny Korte

Sonny is a multi and ultra athlete, who understands the importance of having fun. He knows how to enjoy the precious time that is required to enable the body to do what you love, for many hours at a time. He wants to use what he learns to help others, whether it is to be able to focus on work for many hours, or to push the body for longer than ever before.

Sophia Ganzeboom

Sophia has been doing various different sports throughout her life, ranging from strength training over hiking and cycling to kite surfing. Going through several injuries, she realized that training per se doesn’t necessarily allow you to move freely. Training now converted into an attempt to integrate movement into our daily life and change the way we live holistically.

Stella Liapi

Stella is a movement enthusiast that came to GMB after years practising Ashtanga Yoga, martial arts (Hang Gar Kung Fu, Muay Thai), and contemporary dance. She has a background in Biology and Epidemiology, and is a registered yoga teacher RYT® 200. Stella is based in Cambridge, UK and her main focus is on making sure people realise how much fun it is to be able to move our bodies freely, without injury – and play longterm!

Tamara Breuer

Tamara is a life-long explorer of movement in its many forms. Her movement background includes creative approaches to movement such as physical theatre and dance, to more traditional forms of fitness, such as CrossFit and Olympic weightlifting. She discovered GMB Fitness while trying to integrate standard fitness with a more creative approach. She holds a B.S. in Kinesiology and works as a licensed massage therapist and movement coach.

Thomas Greenwood

Thomas did not come from fitness and starting in his early twenties knows how life-changing movement can be. After making every mistake in the book Thomas believes in constant small changes to diet and exercise that lead to real long-term change. He believes in sustainable holistic practices that can get people looking, moving and eating the way they want. As a GMB trainer, he uses mostly body-weight movements with clients and is also on his way to becoming a Precision Nutrition certified coach.

Thomas Nitschke

Thomas is a personal trainer with a background in martial arts. His passion is bodyweight training, mobility, and fascial fitness. He teaches movement to help body and mind cope with the requirements of everyday life. He holistically combines strength, flexibility, sensorimotor, and connective tissue training for a well-rounded approach.

Verity Bradford, Lead GMB Trainer

Verity is a GMB Trainer and Crossfit Gymnastics Advanced Instructor. She combines a creative approach to movement with traditional strength and conditioning. Her main focus is on developing body awareness and she likes to see how far something can be varied and progressed. She works as a member of the GMB support team, coaching clients through our programs.

Viktor Mersinkov

How you do anything is how you do everything.

Viktor is a personal and group instructor, specializing in gut health and building habits. He is passionate about all kind of movements – being able to move freely with comfort, confidence and control. He advocates for training with body weight; focusing on proper form, breathing and mind-body awareness. He believes small details are important, in other words: going one step at a time.

Vincent Lubrez

Vincent works currently as a personal trainer. With very little physical activity as a child, he started his journey of training as an adult, starting with BJJ, and moving on with bodyweight training, weight lifting and lately circus arts. After several years of training, he left his job as an engineer and got certified as a personal trainer. His goal is to help people who were not particularly athletic to know their body, and discover what they can achieve through training.

A. Paul Dawdy

Paul is a Personal Trainer in London, Ontario who coaches Martial Arts classes and offers private nutritional guidance. His journey started early in martial arts and included dance exploration and live theatre. He enjoys kettlebells, Olympic Lifting, and interpretive dance. His passion is to help others to become more of who they really are. His motto is ‘No pain is no pain.’

Amine Belkhouche

Through his background in martial arts, movement, and meditation, Amine seeks to help people refine and improve their innate mind-body connection. Having rediscovered fitness after an injury-laden professional soccer career, Amine has become passionate about supporting others build stronger, more resilient minds and bodies. Amine pursues a deeper understanding of movement and method in order to help people heal, move, and grow. An autodidact, a polymath, and a polyglot, you can also catch Amine engaged in music, community development, and language learning.

Andy Gerlach

(He/him) I am passionate about people and how we all move. I enjoy getting outside with my family and love running, boxing, and biking. I believe we are all our best selves when we can do things we love. I help people in West Michigan get back to the movements they love too. The way I do this is by being a licensed physical therapist and a certified GMB trainer, using different methods like training, education, and dry needling to reduce pain and move better. Contact me about movement or physical autonomy!

Ariana Fernandez

Ariana loves sharing her passion for playful movement by teaching others how to gain confidence in what their bodies can do. Coming from a once sedentary and unfit background, she understands how gaining a deeper awareness of how your body moves can improve every aspect of your life. In addition to teaching, Ariana loves traditional weight training, pilates, flexibility, and nerding-out as an amateur botanist!

Arleen Pietrzak

Arleen loves to help people feel comfortable and create positive change in their body. She believes you can become stronger, more flexible, and gain better control of your body as you age. This belief is the driving force behind her passion in personal training. Arleen became a certified GMB trainer the year she turned 50. She continues to learn and grow as she acquires new skills in her movement practice. Her bodyweight training programs focus on balance, quality of movement, control, and mindfulness to help you do the things that are meaningful to you.

Armando Torres

Armando has been an athlete since his youth, competing at a professional level in sports. Later he became a massage therapist. Armando’s training has evolved over the years and so has his perspective on exercise. Armando see this as medicine for the body. Feeling the difference in your movements and mind, when you train with a coherent system and listen to your body. He trains to move better, think better and feel better.

Ashley Higbee

Ash’s biggest passion is helping people help themselves when it comes to chronic pain, improving athletic performance and/or living a more movement rich life. She’s been in the rehab/prehab industry for over 10 years and her training continues to evolve as science changes. She’s worked with and helped people from all walks of life with all kinds of pains and conditions. In addition to teaching movement, she grew up a competitive gymnast . It’s safe to say you can find her upside-down on everything or blasting music and dancing like a maniac. Her coaching is rooted in functional movement, nervous system regulation and body weight barefoot training. If you want to MOVE better, FEEL better and stay at the top of your game, that’s where she comes in.

Azimah Azmi, Lead GMB Trainer

Azimah is a trainer who loves challenges. She has competed in bodybuilding, powerlifting, and BJJ events, and kicked some ass! When it comes to training, she’s in love with mindful movement, and how important physical autonomy is across different kinds areas of fitness. Azimah aims to continue to kick ass, monkeying around on the mats, and is always excited to have people join her!

Ben Hernandez

Ben has been a practitioner of multiple martial arts since 2012. Beyond the physical disciplines, Ben has been coaching and assisting students as an undergraduate teaching assistant, a Wushu coach and a social psychology assistant. This experience, alongside Ben’s locomotion training has given him an intense interest in all things teaching and learning. His goal is not to make you “sweat off the pounds” but to have you walk out of each session knowing you’ve improved in some way, and are working towards a life of less pain and clumsiness in your daily affairs.

Brent Lake

Brent has been a trainer since 1998. He started training at the age of 12 to improve his strength for ice hockey. Now he trains himself and others to be better at life. He loves to see his clients improve in all aspects of their physical health.

Brooks Meadows

Memphis-born coach, traveler, strategist, and dreamer in no particular order. Brooks loves engaging in his community through movement, strength, and the pursuit of play. He’s working to uplift the industry and help shift consciousness forward through self-discipline and exuberant living. He’s here to learn, live, and love what he does.

Caitlyn Grace

Caitlyn Grace is a niche movement artist and instructor, specializing in violence design and performance. She is driven to create and to support other’s creativity through imagination, learning, and play. Cait’s focus with G.M.B. is to teach mindful acquisition of strength, flexibility, and motor control for physical, mental, and emotional wellness in performers and athletes.

Caleb Chiu

As someone who grew up uncoordinated and, frankly, a bit of a wimp, Caleb’s hobbies now include choking people out in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and riding large waves in the Pacific Ocean. He is passionate about becoming a better coach and furthering his knowledge about the human body.

Christopher Gaines

In 2005, Chris earned his degree in Human Biology from Stanford University. Since then, he’s worked to earn his NSCA-CSCS, Titleist Performance, and SFG Level II kettlebell coaching credentials. Chris has been strongly influenced by his unique experiences in the field of performance, including conducting performance testing for USA Rugby, attending Nike SPARQ Performance Summits, and finally as a former Nike Master Trainer. He’s enjoying exploring newfound skills and abilities with bodyweight training!

Chris McMahon

Chris is a NSCF-CPT based out of New Jersey. He is a big fan of movement and playing. Yes, “working out” is very important too, but it should be fun. He can be found climbing, balancing on his hands, or crawling around most days.

Chris Tighe

Chris started his fitness journey as an unathletic young adult and has experimented with various modalities such as CrossFit, kettlebells, and just lifting weights. While he still enjoys picking up heavy things here and there, he has discovered a true passion for hand balancing, locomotion, and bodyweight flow. Chris has also had a dedicated meditation and Qigong practice for many years that he finds invaluable in helping to develop a mindful movement practice and exploring the connection between body and mind. He loves the feeling of getting out of his own way and letting his body move the way it wants. Chris thoroughly enjoys sharing that freedom of movement and expression with others.

Chris Turner

Growing up, Chris was not involved in sports and was not athletic at all. But later in adulthood he came to practice Boxing, Muay Thai, and Yoga. He loves exploring new patterns of movement and is constantly searching for ways to improve his physical practice. He wants to show people that it’s never too late to begin your own journey to improvement.

Christy Brennand

Christy is the co-founder of More Heart, Less Body, an unconventional, mentor-guided weight loss program for women. She loves helping people achieve their health and fitness goals and believes that it’s never too late to get your body moving and have fun in the process. She’s a real-food fanatic, novice gardener, dog-lover, and a teacher of things that really matter— like feeling great in your body, finding unshakable happiness, and recognizing unconditional love when you see it.

Clint Miller

Clint is a Certified Personal Trainer with a background in weight lifting. Working as a personal trainer, he realized that he had serious knowledge gaps when it came to the understanding of anatomy/movement and working with clients who have injuries. To address he completed a two year 2200 hour massage therapy program to provide a foundational understanding of anatomy/kinesiology/assessment. As a GMB trainer, he provides a mixture of weightlifting instruction, bodyweight movement and therapy as needed to help clients attain a state of comfortable performance and resilience. Everyone deserves to inhabit a form that they can be confident will hold up to the demands of their daily lives.

Clyde Nolet

Growing up with 4 brothers gave Clyde an appreciation for unconventional strength and movement patterns. Vaudeville strongman made him realize you don’t have to choose between walking on your hands or lifting an elephant you can work toward both. Since clyde doesn’t have an elephant he chose to work on strength and control with GMB to help others improve quality of life. He juggles kettlebells, wrestles, and In a hyper focused world of exercise subscribes to a simple approach: Physical autonomy.

Colleen Erin Cole

Colleen’s movement mission is to always train and coach with positivity, variety, and joy. She has a background in Classical Chinese medicine, yoga, dance, nutrition, and interpersonal communication and psychology. She absolutely loves what she does and brings a diverse skill set to her patients and clients to ensure their unique health and wellness needs are met. Colleen is the owner, acupuncturist, and personal trainer of The Balance Point Acupuncture & Wellness in Chapel Hill.

Conrad Sherby

A lifelong explorer, Conrad has spent much of it joyfully pushing his body and hunting for knowledge. He has spent 20-years teaching. He’s studied Exercise Biology at UC Davis and has delved into continuing education studying: Z-Health, FRC, PN, Mindfulness with the CMBM. He’s enjoyed a myriad of team and martial sports before settling into his lifelong loves; climbing and outdoor endurance sport. Training is a constant process of discovery and his style reflects that with a more compassionate, playful approach.

Dan Clayton

Dan is a movement coach in Victoria, BC. His natural curiosity and love of movement has led him to study many forms of physical practice. From yoga to martial arts, weightlifting and circus arts, Dan’s pursuit of self exploration and pushing the body’s limits is what really brings him alive and what he is most excited to share with others.

Dane Leavy

Dane is a CrossFit Level 3 and CrossFit Gymnastics Trainer. Upon finishing his college soccer career, he found CrossFit and took a special interest in the gymnastics movements. He finds the GMB skill-based fitness approach to be a great compliment to CrossFit. He also has a passion for gymnastics strength training, and correcting imbalances in the body to get people out of pain. He believes that this type of fitness makes for a better life.

Daniel Spencer

Daniel was one of the original GMB clients and the first graduate of the rigorous GMB Trainer Apprenticeship. He loves teaching workshops around the country and has a passion for practicing and teaching handstands and other types of mindful movement. His goal is to teach people how they can move better today than they did yesterday and have great time doing it.

Dillon Beyer

Dillon has been training and teaching martial arts, strength and conditioning and movement skills for over 20 years, with a focus on principles-based fundamentals that apply across different systems. He believes that practice should emphasize mindful exploration and integrity, so that the whole becomes more than the sum of the parts. Training should enhance your life, not replace it.

Drew Sevel

Hoping to find new possibilities, Drew was drawn to bodyweight movement after years of triathlon training. Drew is also a practicing clinical psychologist; their work focuses on pain, the body, and trauma, with a background in somatic psychology and mindfulness meditation. Drew is involved in aerial arts and dance, with interests in freedom of movement and improvisation. When not in the air, Drew can be found playing in the grass or writing the occasional poem.

Dwayne Desloges

Dwayne is certified as a Focused Flexibility Specialist, MovNat Level 2 Trainer, Sports and Exercise Nutritional coach with Precision Nutrition, and YMCA PT. Through his experience as a martial artist, avid rock climber, and his passion for all forms of movement, Dwayne helps his clients become strong and mobile through movement and play. Real world application of skill and strength are his main focus as a teacher.

Eduardo Orihuela, Lead GMB Trainer

Eduardo is a personal trainer based in Chicago. Growing up, he experienced various styles of training including wrestling. Later he began wrestling at the collegiate level. Eduardo’s mission is to help people reach optimal health and fitness levels to reflect a strong lifestyle. Always looking for a challenge, he now participates in indoor rock climbing and obstacle course racing.

Erna Gramer

Erna is a movement specialist who helps people overcome mobility hurdles to get back to doing the things they love. She can often be found helping others or exploring new ways to move. Whether its dance, martial arts, rock climbing, or parkour, anything is worth a try!

Gabriel Colby

Gabriel Colby is professional trombonist in Pittsburgh. He is busy touring and performing a wide range of music from symphonic to chamber to jazz/funk. He has three passions in life; music, fitness and good cup of cold brew. Gabriel came upon GMB and fell in love with the challenge, simplicity, and efficiency of the program. Gabriel wants to continue the pursuit of mastering the method and share it with others.

Garrett Naze

Garrett is a physical therapist and assistant clinical professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at High Point University. He works full-time with folks with pain conditions in the department’s Pro Bono Clinic. His approach and interests incorporate health and wellness measures, health behavior skills training, and motivational strategies to address multiple body systems to promote movement and improve mindsets about the pain experience.

Garrett Seibel

Garrett is an explorer at heart and his inherent love of movement began to evolve in 2004 when he discovered kettlebells and bodyweight strength training. Garrett believes that reconnecting to the natural world is crucial to truly thriving on this planet. He is passionate about helping others reclaim their personal sovereignty through developing higher levels of self-awareness and physical autonomy.

Gonçalo Martins

Gonçalo moved to the US in 2009 where he finished his studies in electrical engineering and it was during this time that he discovered climbing, bodyweight training and movement. This was a new era of physical discovery and mental challenges for him. He realized that patience is key, however, patience is not simply the ability to wait, but rather “how we behave while we are waiting.” Gonçalo uses this waiting time to improve other aspects of his life (making music or reading) while enjoying the process of training.

Greg Woods

Greg Woods is manager and a coach at Agatsu NC in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. His mission is to provide the most accessible, thorough, balanced, and efficient strength and movement training around. Mindset is huge for Greg, and if you’re sincere in your training goals you’ll be hard pressed to find a better ally than he. Beyond training, Greg also reads a ton, writes, cooks, and loves to travel.

Iyan Shuman

Iyan started his martial arts journey in high school with BJJ. And earned a black belt in Shotokan and played with Judo and JKD as well as getting involved in IU’s Breakdancing and Parkour Clubs while in college. He is currently an instructor in the Thai boxing association and still growing in his martial arts practice. Iyan love movement and physical exploration. Ultimately wants to help people pursue whatever gets them excited to be up and moving.

Jake Michael

Jake believes that increased body awareness and a strong understanding of the human body is essential in learning how to move freely and more efficiently. His creative program design focuses not only on the individuals specific needs, but also on the manner in which the information is presented. Jake spends his free time enjoying the company of family and friends as well as his 100-lb Rhodesian Ridgeback “Phinney”. He is one of the owners of Seattle Pilates Collective.

Jason Tillsley

Jason grew up playing and competing in a variety of sports such as hockey, baseball, and judo. He has always had an affinity for lifting weights and strength training in general. He learned that strength comes from the inside out, and it’s that kind of mindset he loves to share with others who are in the pursuit of becoming better movers.

Jeannie Chamberlain

Jeannie is passionate about people achieving their best and obsessed with helping individuals self-actualize. Her experience as a personal trainer, muscle specialist, well-being and nutrition coach provide a wide range of perspectives and tools on personal leadership.

She asserts that people operate at their best when they can live each day in harmony with who they are naturally, and access flow states to unleash their inner genius.

By directly challenging ways of thinking and behaving that prevent individuals from reaching their highest potential, Jeannie invites clients into a more supportive and empowering relationship with themselves, their purpose, and with others.

Excellence, outstanding results and having a ton of fun along the way are the powerful outcomes.

Jeff Clark, Lead GMB Trainer

Jeff’s personal interest in health, nutrition, and fitness led him to get a degree in Health and Human Performance. He has competed in and coached Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts. The perseverance he learned in those arts makes him a better coach. Jeff is dedicated to helping people move with safety and control. He believes that our bodies are capable of so much more than what we ask of them and he loves helping people discover the joy of movement that comes with this realization.

Jenn Lymburner

After many years of competitive gymnastics, cheerleading, CrossFit and Olympic Weightlifting, Jenn has shifted her passion for fitness to helping others. She loves teaching movement exploration and bodyweight strength training to empower individuals. “I love the looks of surprise, excitement, pride and gratitude when clients achieve something they never thought was possible. That will never get old!“

Jenn Pilotti

Jenn Pilotti, M.S., is a movement coach and educator based in Bend, Oregon. She is also a lecturer for the Navy Senior Leadership Seminar and the author of the book, “Body, Mind, Movement: an evidence based approach to mindful movement.” She has an established online practice and regularly holds workshops and retreats throughout North America. More information about Jenn can be found on her website, www.jennpilotti.com

Jesse Lall

Jesse’s passion in being of service to others has been a life-long endeavor. As a veteran of the United States Military as well as a career in Law Enforcement, he has literally put his life on the line to help others. Jesse now takes that same passion, dedication and commitment, to helping people find relief from pain, in order to get back to the physical activities they love doing. As a Certified Structural Integrator and GMB Trainer, Jesse provides life changing manual therapy and movement education to people who are ready to make the rest of their life the best of their life.

JJ Thomas

JJ is a physical therapist in private practice. As a physical therapist, she applies movement principles to the body as a whole. It is this approach that led her to GMB. JJ finds that integrating the GMB philosophy into patients’ treatments helps recovery. As a GMB Trainer, she teaches classes that use these principles. This builds a foundation that fosters physical autonomy and prevents injuries in the first place.

Jodie Watford

While searching for an adult exercise program that was both challenging and enjoyable, Jodie rediscovered her love of handstands and all gymnastics-related exercises. An I/O Psychologist by trade, Jodie reconnected with the energy of her youth when she found calisthenics training. She loves the feeling of accomplishment inspired by gaining a new skill and hopes to help foster that same feeling in her students by helping them achieve their personal goals.

Joe Maldonado

Seeking a lifetime of physical activity through fitness and sport, but most importantly PLAY. Joe considers himself an outside-the-box thinker with a desire to provide transformational (not transactional) learning experiences.

Jonathan Magno

Jon started out in martial arts and traversed his way through different fitness and active mediums until he found Movement and the search for Physical Autonomy with GMB. Human Performance, adaptability, and helping people find their passions is what drives him to continue doing what he does!

Julianne Millar

Julianne lives in Southern NJ and come from a background of traditional weightlifting, HIIT, running, etc. She is passionate about training BJJ. Julianne discovered GMB about two years ago and it completely restructured the way she approached her training. Julianne still enjoys the occasional high-intensity work, but has learned to balance it with mindful, playful movement. GMB has melded perfectly with her BJJ training. One of her big goals is to improve her handstand!

Justin Leonard

Originally from Tampa, Florida, Justin fell in love with the mountains and foothills of North Carolina. A conservationist by education, a biology professor by occupation, and a naturalist at heart, Justin loves his family and healthy forests full of wild creatures—especially mushrooms and songbirds. Justin’s training interests include handstands and calisthenics. Justin wants to train people to develop the strength, mobility, and control necessary to attain their fitness goals.

Katie Kilway

Katie loves to be active and move more than anything else. Initially drawn to movement and fitness through participation on sports teams as a child, she has progressed from team sports, to running obstacle course races and long distance, to aerial dance and acrobatics: training, performing, and teaching. Katie firmly believes that fitness should be mindful, sustainable, and most of all, fun!

Kavin Coleman

After a 5-year hiatus, Kavin’s return to fitness was a humbling one. Quickly learning how difficult it was to pick up where he left off, Kavin turned to calisthenics and (self taught) yoga. Though he discovered much therapy through movement, Kavin also discovered a world of limitations and reoccurring injuries. It wasn’t until finding GMB and subscribing to the GMB method did he begin to live pain free and start yielding sustainable results. This path to liberation began with locomotion. Now it is a fundamental staple in his programming as well as an avenue for exploration and play!

Khatchig Chouljian

Khatchig is a certified personal trainer, nutritionist, and health coach workout out of Glendale Ca. He has a private studio where he teaches fundamental bodyweight strength and flexibility exercises. He provides safe and effective workout plans to help his clients systematically make progress towards their goals. Hit him up if you’re in the LA area and need some help with your health and fitness goals.

Larry Franks

Larry has been a bee keeper, farmer, knowledge worker, and now a personal trainer. After discovering a love for fitness in his 50’s, he wants to help others learn how to move better and explore their bodies’ capabilities.

Laura Slavin

Laura did her first freestanding handstand, her first straddle press handstand and her first strict pull-up all over the age of 30. As result, she understands the unique challenges and concerns of adult students. Her teaching emphasizes helpful cueing, smart progressions, and humor. She believes that goals are achieved through consistent, intelligent practice. Laura has a B.A. in Economics from Wellesley College, an MBA from the Yale School of Management, and is also a NASM certified personal trainer.

Leah LeVine

Leah has been a coach for about 5 years and works with clients in person and remotely, primarily women ranging from youth/teens to age 75+. She loves training gymnastics rings, handstands, weightlifting, and martial arts and loves trying new challenges like snowboarding, surfing, and dance. Her favorite goal to work on with clients is getting that first pull up. Leah is also a certified GMB Eating Skills coach and is excited to be integrating this into her coaching offerings. When not coaching or doing her own training, Leah co-manages her company Spar Soap.

Leon Aldrich

Leon has enjoyed a life full of physical challenges, from playing baseball to MMA and CrossFit. He has been involved with coaching and training for the past 15+ years, since earning his B.S. in Kinesiology. He has owned and operated his gym, Tacoma Strength, for the past 6 years. Becoming a GMB trainer was part of the next evolution in the way Leon thinks about training, moving, and being a better human being.

Luke Andresen

Luke enjoys nothing more than being a professional trainer. As a former strength & conditioning trainer of US Special Forces, he is certified in SFG Level I Kettlebell, FMS Level II Correctives, as a GMB Trainer, and is currently in training for his 200 hour RYT (Yoga). He emphasizes a holistic, low-ego approach to fitness, and having as much fun as possible during the process of getting stronger.

Marcia Templin

Marcia was a suburban mall child who became an active adult. She is convinced it is never too late to try something new if you are willing to start where you are and work with what you have. She sees training and coaching as the privilege of guiding someone through to the other side of something they at first thought impossible. She offers both bodyweight and kettlebell training for her clients.

Marco Festejo

Marco is a software developer, pianist, and a Filipino Martial Arts practitioner. He’s explored distance running, strength training, and when he discovered GMB Fitness, he decided to focus on movement/bodyweight training. GMB has changed the way he views fitness and is dedicated to share his personal (and very positive) experience to help regular folks attain what their body is really capable of.

Mario Carlomagno

Mario has been helping people get fit for more than 15 years. He began his coaching career as a self-defense and fitness instructor teaching Krav Maga, yoga, and kettlebell lifting. Over the years he has branched out in a wide variety of training modalities including StrongFirst, CrossFit, Olympic Weightlifting, Functional Range Conditioning, Weckmethod, and of course GMB. He has developed strength and conditioning programs for professional athletes and helped working moms and stay at home dads get ready for swimsuit season. His passion is in exploring natural movement and helping others learn to reclaim their freedom to move like human animals–to crawl, lift, carry, and run without pain or limitation.

Mark Vidunas

Mark grew up playing team sports and was introduced to kettlebells, kickboxing, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in college. He later discovered GMB and fell in love with its skill-based movement methodology. Mark loves exploring the details of why things work and brings this to his coaching. His favorite thing as a coach is helping people find their own “ah-ha!” moments and showing there is plenty of room for play in skill development.

Matlock Hargrove

After reconstructive surgery left them sedentary for several years, Matlock has since rediscovered a passion for movement and exercise. From the 1000 lb club to freestanding handstands, they’ve achieved all of their major fitness milestones over the age of 30, and so understand the challenges of training and recovering from major injuries and as an adult. They focus on a mindful approach to training that emphasizes GMB’s principles of strength, flexibility, and control to help their clients develop confidence in what their bodies are capable of, and discover the same physical autonomy Matlock has.

Mercedes Pollmeier

Mercedes is a climber and strength coach based out of the Seattle Bouldering Project. She specializes in online training programs and teaching group movement classes.

Michael Cruz

Michael is a personal trainer, software writer, and student of life. He loves helping people establish sustainable and compelling habits that take them on the journey of becoming the kind of person they want to be. He believes that simple, humble, consistent steps are the key to profound transformation and fruition.

Mike “Loco” Uyboco

As a retired Navy SEAL, Mike (aka Loco) has always had a passion for fitness and instructing others. While on a one year RV trip around America with no gym or equipment, he devised innovative ways to maintain physical fitness. His unique teaching method incoporates best accountability practices from the SEAL teams with the practical movement skills of GMB to provide the working professional with the tools they need to thrive in their environment.

Naushad Godrej

Naushad is a health nut and outdoor adventurer who believes you should find fun with any physical activity you choose to do. He grew up playing soccer and went through the wringer with injuries leading to chronic pain in his late teens. Through his journey with recovery, he became passionate about helping others build resilience in their bodies and moving better with less pain. As a certified health coach, yoga teacher, and trainer, he helps people transform their health through an integrative approach of movement therapy, mindfulness, and habit & lifestyle changes.

Nick Bacon

As a Professor of Exercise Science, Nick does more than fumble around with lab coats and goggles. With more than 10-years of teaching experience, he’s constantly implementing groundbreaking and effective approaches to improve an individual’s strength, flexibility, and control. Nick wants you to get better at whatever you want to get good at. He also works with university students, runners, and climbers, as a professor, coach, and movement specialist.

Nick Huemmer

Nick is a certified health coach and GMB trainer who specializes in helping men over 40 lose excess weight, get stronger and move better. He has a lifelong interest in science, nutrition and fitness which carried over into a 20-year career as a food scientist. He can tell you all about what’s on a packaged food label. As a kid, he didn’t care much for most sports and was overweight, but lost it all through good nutrition and doing outdoor sports. He now enjoys different forms of movement, strength training, hiking, bicycling but most of all playing with and teaching his kids.

Olga Leonova

Olga has been exploring movement her whole life. Starting with ballet at the age of 7, she has enjoyed weightlifting, cross fit, Krav Maga, yoga and GMB. She has become particularly passionate about GMB method after the birth of her child because of its emphasis on functional movement. Pregnancy and post-partum period of a woman’s life can be filled with joy and also with necessity for adaptation to the many changes the body goes through during those periods of life. She uses the GMB method and nutritional support to help her clients build strength, mobility and create a new connection to their changing bodies during pregnancy and the post-partum period.

Patrick Brunetti

Patrick has been teaching and training for the past 25 years. As an instructor of fitness classes teaching boxing, kickboxing, boot camp, Tabata, progressive calisthenics, and body awareness, his goal is to continue to learn and teach to bring about dynamic and effective training to his clientele.

Ray Humphrey

Ray believes that movement is medicine. He is a certified Pilates instructor and GMB trainer – both methods that emphasize whole-body, functional movement. He loves helping clients learn movement patterns that balance strength and flexibility in their bodies in order to support all their life activities.

Rebecca Rashkin

Rebecca is an engineer and fitness trainer, but most of all, an educator. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge, whether it be about movement or computers. Handstands elevate her spirit, and she is thrilled for the opportunity to help others experience this joy for themselves. Besides handstanding, Rebecca enjoys locomotion, road cycling, and rolling around in the grass.

Rich O’Connor

Rich was born to move – from the playground, when he thought jumping off the top of the slide was a better option than sliding down; to today, as he trains for the next Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competition. His entire professional career has been focused on working with athletes, teachers and clients of all levels to refine their movement and increase their natural mind-to-body connection. In addition to being a GMB Certified Trainer, Rich is a Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis Master Trainer, a ChiRunning Senior Instructor, and a Movnat Level 2 Certified Trainer.

Rose Calucchia, Lead GMB Trainer

Rose Calucchia has been in the fitness industry for over a decade. These days she gives most of her time to the GMB community, coaching the GMB Trainer Apprenticeship program, supporting clients, and helping the GMB Trainers with business development. Rose loves watching clients discover their strength and confidence through handstands, body weight skills, and life skills using the GMB method. She is a GMB Focused Flexibility Specialist and a GMB Eating Skills Coach. Apart from her work at GMB, Rose has been involved in Circus Arts since 2004 mostly focusing on acrobatics, handstands and trapeze.

Ryan Trificana

Ryan has been a student and practicioner of many different physical practices his entire life from competitive sports, CrossFit, martial arts, fitness, gymnastics, yoga, and running. Ryan’s current passion and interest is exploring the limitless world that comes with a movement perspective. He believes that by moving outside the perception of what fitness is, we can take a wholistic, and often more fun and playful, approach to developing strong, mobile, and pain free bodies.

Sarah Reppert

Sarah is driven by her passion for movement. With an athletic background in competitive sports, she understands the need for physical autonomy and mindful movement. She is a certified personal trainer, chi running specialist, and TRX certified. Sarah co-owns a HIIT fitness studio in Montclair, NJ that specializes in training clients in strength, mobility/flexibility, and endurance.

Sara Scott

Sara Scott enjoys teaching people how to move their bodies while creating life long habits that cultivate physical health and mental wellbeing. With over 20-years experience teaching and coaching people how to train their dogs, Sara’s comprehensive teaching and behavior modification skills allow her to get you the information you need to be successful in reaching your fitness and movement goals. As an experienced yogi and certified GMB fitness trainer, Sara believes exercise should be a fun and enjoyable experience that you’ll want to partake in for years to come.

Saul Cervantes

I grew up a soccer player and a skateboarder, and was always trying something new. I got into fitness after suffering from an injury, wanting to learn how to heal myself. I took this passion to a new level by getting certified as a Personal Trainer, and it became my career. After years of training and trying various methods, I found my passion in bodyweight training and movement. My favorite pastimes are balancing on my hands and learning different ways to move my body like my favorite superhero – Spiderman! When I’m not training, you can find me at comic-conventions portraying the famous web-slinger.

Sendolo Diaminah

I help leaders make extraordinary impact and live fulfilling lives through personal coaching and physical training. I have 17 years of experience building powerful organizations and have been coaching leaders since 2014. I ground my work in mindfulness, rigor, and play drawing from my training in generative somatics, the GMB method, and meditation. I am most passionate about supporting leaders of social justice organizations, so if that’s you and you’re looking for coaching that’s practical and spiritually grounded, hit me up!

Simeon Hoover

Simeon was very active at an early age, learning a variety of indoor and outdoor sports. This has laid the foundation and passion for movement that Simeon still carries with him today. He has spent a lifetime learning how things work as an artisan builder. Fueling a certain need to digest every detail in a task, and to gain a deep understanding of things. Simeon imparts his knowledge of physical movement much in the same way. To help his clients discover their own learning patterns, abilities, and guide them into creating the autonomy they want, to live the life they deserve.

Stacey Pardini

Stacey is a certified GMB Focused Flexibility Specialist and GMB Trainer. Stacey likes playing, mindful movement, bodyweight skills, mobility, and being able to do whatever random adventurous thing she desires. She loves helping people move beyond limitations to rediscover the fun and joy of physical activity. She trains for fun and function.

Stephen Stern

As a trainer in his 70s, Stephen brings vast experience and knowledge with regard to fitness and health. Rather than ‘working out,’ his emphasis is to explore mindful movement in ways that are safe, fun, and sustainable. He knows that a person of any age can get stronger, improve flexibility, and move with greater ease and agility. Professionally, since 1984, he has provided chiropractic care.

Steve Goldshein

Steve Goldshein began his fitness journey through martial arts, obstacle course racing, and scuba diving. With a background in music technology and composing for video games, Steve quickly fell in love with the GMB Method of skill development. Steve focuses on helping people improve their skills safely and naturally, through mindful practice and habit building.

Steven Riddle

Steve has been involved in sports his whole life, but at the age of 20 he was 215lbs and knew he had to change. He started working out and changed his nutrition and fell in love with fitness. This led to a career change and becoming a Personal Trainer. His passion is still as strong as it was when he first started. His goal now is to help the clients he works change their lives through fitness like it did for his. Currently Steve uses calisthenics and kettlebells as his main training tools, and currently competes in Kettlebell Sport.

Trevor Hash

Trevor’s passion is teaching movement to those who genuinely want to improve. He believes movement is a necessary aspect of the human experience, so why not have a little fun with it? His training philosophy involves meeting every individual where they currently are, and progressing them towards movement goals by using any modality necessary; from corrective exercise to structured play. He practices gymnastics, Jiu-Jitsu, dance, capoeira, powerlifting, and more.

Troy Obrero

Troy is a father of two and the youngest of eight. He is a semi-retired serial entrepreneur, a former powerlifting champion, an average cook, a published poet. He’s the owner of dozens of musical instruments, and the master of none. Convinced he should have been a dancer or surfer, but is assertive that he wanes in talent, with regard to either. Teaching GMB, he hopes to help people get to know their ever-changing selves. And treat themselves with gentleness.

Vladimir Kalashnikov

Vlad is a former competitive kickboxer, personal trainer, group fitness instructor with a degree in physical education and a passion for mindful movement and outdoors. He truly believes that moving MORE helps us hurt LESS. Of course, if it is done mindfully :upsidedownface:

William Nollenberger

William is an engineer turned strength and mobility trainer. William found a passion for coaching through martial arts, and loves to help people become stronger, more mobile, and able to do things they never thought they could do. William works with all ages from teens wanting to get stronger for sports to 60+ wanting to improve their quality of life.