Samantha Lane

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

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

But wait, there's more!

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

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

Jill Nieto

Jill is a dedicated CrossFit Coach passionate about transforming lives through fitness. Your journey to strength and resilience starts with personalized training, unwavering support, and a commitment to unlocking your full potential.

She has been Coaching for 5 years, with an athletic background in competitive sports and performance. She is a mother to her 10-year-old daughter, a student, and a mindset enthusiast. She believes the physical transformation CrossFit delivers is just the byproduct of the lifestyle and mindset transformation CrossFit provides.

As a CrossFit Coach she will guide you through dynamic and challenging workouts that push your limits and unleash your full athletic potential. Outside of group classes she thrives on 1:1 coaching session, spending time working through foundations, technique, body mechanics and the nutrition components. She will guide you through your warmups, skills, strategy, and stimulus of the workout, helping you feel comfortable and confident going into your CrossFit class.

Beyond the physical realm, she is also a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, specializing in mindset transformation and mental resilience. Her expertise and extensive training in Hypnotherapy allows her to address not just the body, but the mind – the epicenter of true transformation.

Whether you're a seasoned athlete or a beginner taking the first steps toward a healthier lifestyle, her mission is to ignite your potential and help create a life of longevity you don’t need to escape from. Together, we'll sculpt a resilient body and cultivate a mindset that propels you towards success, both inside and outside the gym.

Michelle Kidwell

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

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

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

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

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

Carisa Sherwood

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

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

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

Brad Rivera

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

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

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