Certified GMB Trainers

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.

Kirsty Grosart, Lead GMB Trainer

A level 2 gymnastics coach and an Agatsu level 2 instructor, Kirsty teaches individuals and small group classes focussing on bodyweight skills, movement and mobility. She loves helping people develop strength and flexibility at the same time as learning cool moves and tricks.

Chris McMahon, Lead GMB Trainer

Chris is a NSCF-CPT based out of New York. 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.

Henrik Berglin

Henrik has a training background in different martial arts and weightlifting (Certified Eleiko Strength Coach Level 3) and an educational background in Health Education and Lean Production. He loves seeing people progress in their training, exploring and expanding their movement capabilities to create a deeper understanding of how their bodies can move to solve the “movement puzzle” necessary to progress.

Verity Bradford

Verity works as a knitwear designer, but movement is her real passion. Her main focus is on developing body awareness – understanding where the body is in relation to the space around it. She takes a creative approach to movement and likes to see how far something can be varied and progressed.

Derik Broadnax

For the last 10 years most people would call me a strength coach or personal trainer. My goal is to evolve into a teacher. I love working with anyone possessing a high level of intrinsic motivation to become a better human. My only rule is: you have to make progress toward your goals. If you’re making progress, keep cruising. If you’re not, try another way.

Rose Calucchia

Apart from over being a Personal Trainer, Rose has been involved in Circus Arts since 2004, mostly focusing on acrobatics, handstands and trapeze. She co-owns The Radical Movement Factory, a circus training facility in Santa Cruz, CA. Rose loves the community that can be created through movement. She loves watching her students and clients discover their strength and confidence through handstands and body weight training.

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.

Mike Chomitsch

When Mike started using kettlebells and just his bodyweight to train, he started having way more fun with exercise. He discovered he was building strength he could use anytime and anywhere, not just at the gym. He also began to move better. As he kept training and learning, he naturally found GMB! Mike loves to help his students get stronger, healthier, and discover the fun in exercise. He co-owns a kettlebell and bodyweight based gym and has been in the fitness industry since 2009.

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.

Khatchig Chouljian

I grew up really active – ran track in high school and started martial arts in college. I got my degree in Cognitive Science, and right away I was fascinated with the brain. Mix that with my passion for movement and fitness, and I knew I was on to something. I’m a certified personal trainer with NASM, certified Health Coach with the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, a certified sports and exercise nutritionist with Precision Nutrition, and a master practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming. I’ve dedicated my life to learning as much as I can about the mind and body connection, and helping people live life to their fullest potential.

Jeff Clark

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

Tomislav Dolušić

Tomislav is 45 year old, with almost 25 years in fitness industry. He has a PhD in kinesiology, and is the creator and founder of the Hard Body Workout training system. He is the owner of Dream Gym in Zagreb, Croatia. His goal is to play and explore movement, to connect body and mind, and to spread GMB training and life philosophy.

Nathan Featherstone

Nathan had done a mix of sports growing up such as rugby, karate and boxing. In his late teens he found his love for martial arts again and started training and competing in MMA, BJJ as well as Dog Brother Martial Arts which he also began teaching. This led him to want to be able to move better and be stronger for doing these. After trying a wide range of training types this led to GMB and he fell in love with movement training. While he still does a variety of strength training and continues to learn, it is GMB that gave him the tools how to use his body and build strength. His love of training and teaching martial arts led him to become a personal trainer and use bodyweight training to help others move better and be more comfortable in their own bodies.

Rachel Honeyman

Rachel has been GMB’s Content Manager since 2012, and her love of movement and the GMB method eventually led to her become a GMB Trainer as well. Before joining GMB, Rachel had spent several years working through various training modalities with little progress. GMB provided a different, more targeted approach that finally helped her get stronger, more flexible, and gain control of her body. She’s especially interested in movement exploration for beginners, and in helping others gain freedom in their own bodies.

Andy Hrelja

Andy is 45 years old and lives on the far southern outskirts of Sydney with his wife and two children. Despite being an IT professional by trade, Andy has a passion for learning about how the human body works and how to make it work even better through exercise and nutrition and constantly adding to that knowledge. More importantly, he wants to use what he learns to help others get the most out of their own bodies. He loves all things outdoors but especially mountain biking, bush walking and skiing. He’s an avid martial artist currently studying Hapkido, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Tae Kwon Do. Andy also has experience with regular weight lifting, kettlebells, DVRT (sandbags) and various other training modalities. However, his love of movement and quest for strength and flexibility drew him to GMB where the programs and overall philosophy of GMB resonated with his own beliefs.

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 specialises in running popular yoga classes, movement events, workshops and gymnastic rings courses within his yoga studio.

Nick Konow

The work that Nick does is functional and inspired by human movement. He emphasizes the cultivation and the practice of grace, and encourages his clients to reach beyond where they may be comfortable, abandoning workout intensity for focused motor control, mobility for flexibility. Nick draws from over 10 years experience in the fitness industry as well as his extensive background in postmodern performance, to create a multi-modal curriculum that leaves no stone unturned.

He encourages the importance of creativity and discovery in developing a movement practice that is adaptable, sustainable, and above all, Fun. This is where he works with clients to begin to cultivate the essence and the practice of grace.

Jeannie Landis

In addition to being a GMB Trainer, Jeannie is a Muscle Activation Techniques Specialist™, a Life Coach, and a Kitchen Ninja. With her love for movement, intense curiosity and commitment to learning, Jeannie brings years of knowledge and experience to helping people be better at everything they do.

She understands how important physical autonomy is in allowing people to excel, and is committed to helping people build happier, healthier lives. When Jeannie’s not coaching or playing with movement you’ll find her outside taking pictures, heating things up in the kitchen, or sketching recipes.

Jonathan Magno

Jon started out in the 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!

Ezequiel Martinez Vazquez

Ezequiel’s first contact with fitness was through martial arts. Doing Karate as a child and Fencing in his teens, he settled for Filipino Martial Arts, with a dash of occasional BJJ. Bodyweight training is his favourite tool for physical training, especially if parallettes are involved! He is passionate about teaching movement and improving people’s relationships with their bodies in a holistic way.

Neil McTeggart

With over 20 years 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 compliment his GMB training with everything from BJJ and gymnastics to parkour and power lifts.

Nuno Pereira

Nuno has been training for about 4 years, primarily with basic bodyweight and calisthenics, along with some Kettlebell practice. Nuno loves hanging on the rings and being upside down on his hands. He is constantly exploring more and more body movement in order to understand and respect his own body. He loves to teach people who want to learn how to be a ‘child’ again.

Jenn Pilotti

Jenn has been a personal trainer since 2001, and owns a personal training studio in Carmel, CA. When she isn’t helping people realize their physical potential, she can be found playing outside, working on her handstands, or reading. She believes practice makes progress, and cares deeply about helping people connect to exercise in a mindful, playful way.

Maarten Pijls

Maarten played a lot of sports in his teens/twenties/thirties (mainly basketball!) 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 for the looks. That was a big eye opener and now he’s is constantly learning, training and teaching how people can get more control over their bodies so they can enjoy life even more!

Gayle Pocock

Gayle’s passion is coaching people how to move better while getting stronger and loves to find that spark in everybody when they achieve things they never thought possible. She believes that it’s essential to play. Her way of teaching ensures that you’ll reconnect with your body and mind to make the best progress for everything you want to achieve in life. Gayle is the head of GMB UK.

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.

Ammar Rajab

Ammar’s background is in martial arts, gymnastics, calisthenics, bar bell, and kettle bell strength training. He has been obsessed with movement and training and loves teaching and sharing his knowledge. He offers adults and kids classes and strives to keep his trainings practical and simple for his clients.

Garrett Seibel

Garrett is an explorer at heart. His love of movement has been growing since his first breath but really began to evolve in 2004 when he discovered kettlebells and bodyweight strength training through the martial arts community. Today, Garrett believes that reconnecting to the natural world is crucial to truly thriving on this planet and is passionate about helping others reclaim their personal sovereignty through developing higher levels of self-awareness and physical autonomy.

Daniel Spencer

Daniel was one of the original GMB clients and the first graduate of our rigorous 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.

Stephen Stern

At 65 years old, Stephen brings vast experience and knowledge with regard to fitness, overcoming injuries, nutrition and health. Rather than ‘working out’, his emphasis is to explore mindful movement in ways that are safe, creative, fun and sustainable. He knows that a person of any age can get stronger, improve flexibility and move with greater ease and agility. Professionally, for over 30 years, he has provided chiropractic care in his family practice.

Wendy Strack

Wendy lives in a rugged area in Washington state which is a wonderful playground for every kind of outdoor activity a person can imagine. She has a degree in kinesiology, with an emphasis on wellness, which she uses in her job as fitness coordinator for the Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho. She loves sharing GMB with the fitness center – playing, laughing, and moving.

Michael Terborg

You are how you move and your current state of function creates your personal reality. Mike has been a Movement Coach since 1998 and helps folks redefine their personal reality by upgrading their functionality. He specializes in identifying the mobility prerequisites for the movement skills that foster physical autonomy.

Mar Thorarinsson

I am a very active person that used to compete in sports at professional level, and I’m still trying to get the competition way of thinking out of my head. Then again, I want to keep some of it. Before GMB, I was a team handball player and trainer, certified in Olympic weight training, have done a couple of ultra-marathon running (55km) and consider myself a specialist in making interval training programs. My latest and greatest venture is yoga flow, for which I’m going for the instructor diploma. I love training with the GMB method every day when I exercise. Other things that I do to keep me and my family happy include skiing, hiking, playing with my 4 kids, learning new skills, training my mind, and keeping smiling.