OUr Team

Who are the Popes?

Levi and I were high school sweethearts and twenty something years later we are without a doubt more in love despite the “No Kissing Basketball Season of 1999,” my knack for backing into garage doors and Levi’s annoying throat clearing growl. We have three busy kiddos…Jack (14), Addie (12), and Henry (3 and forever baby). Levi is the world’s fittest nerd and spends his brain power developing robot software twelve hours a day and still manages to kick all of our butts in the WOD. I keep the Core engine running with all the behind the scenes scheduling, programming, planning, problem solving, future dreaming and consider myself a forever scaled athlete proudly. We are constantly on the run trying to fit as much life and coffee into our day as we can possibly experience. Not only do we own The Core but also the sweet health food store next door, the Sunshine Shoppe. I am passionate about healing our bodies with real food and supplementing only when necessary because let’s face it, we spend too much time in the drive-thru of Chick-fil-a and Starbucks and well…snot happens. We know health doesn’t mean eating grilled chicken and broccoli every day for the rest of your life. Health encompasses all areas including the sometimes necessary stress relief from a glass of wine with friends or a really good burger…with bun. For the most part we try to live what we teach which is eat for fuel, move daily and safely, forever learn, and live with the ultimate purpose of loving God and loving others. Our CrossFit box is the perfect environment for us to practice our purpose and we are so honored that God has given us the responsibility to care for our Core community by creating a family focused gym where crazy schedules, energetic toddlers, and maybe even a dislike for working out are no longer excuses….which was totally me! Of course, there is always more to our story and we would love to share our lives with anyone interested in new friends who use words like WOD in everyday conversation, possibly covered in something sticky, always running late but love to eat, drink, laugh, hug and CrossFit!!

Jess