MEET THE COACHES!

I came from the “Big Box” work environment of corporate America. I was overweight, overworked, unhealthy and very unhappy. After recognizing I wanted my life to have more quality health, I made the transition into the world of fitness; first becoming certified in yoga and receiving my 200 HR YTT with Yoga Alliance. I quickly followed that up with getting my Certified Personal Training certification from NASM.

After a few more certifications including TRX and Indoor Cycling, I wanted to ‘marry’ my skillset in business with my new passion, wellness. In 2014, my husband and I started FYSF and opened our first brick and mortar in 2015.

“Ageing is inevitable, but the quality of how you age is totally within your control.” I strongly believe that it is never too late to get in shape and change your life, I know, I have done it. When I turned 50, I reached a personal goal; I was in the best physical shape of my life!

I had spent 23 years in the oil and gas industry, in highly stressful and contentious positions. Most of this time was spent sitting behind a desk, developing bad habits.

Fast forward to Fall of 2013 when I had a life changing illness with a 12 month recovery period. As a result of my long recovery period, I lost my desk job, which became a blessing in disguise! During the next 12 months, I focused on everything fitness. As part of my rehab, I started my yoga practice back up. Yoga helped me recover where I could begin training and i fell in love with it.

I became strong and was hooked on the variety and consistency of fitness and exercise. I lost weight, gained muscle strength and I met a lot of really cool people. I wanted more! I had always enjoyed indoor cycling for a good cardio and endurance workout. In the fall of 2014, I attended the Schwinn Cycling Certification class. I began instructing group cycling classes and loved it.

I wanted to further expand on my health and fitness coaching. I became TRX certified and added Suspension Training classes to my repertoire. I desired more education so I also completed the Functional Aging Specialist through the Functional Aging Institute (FAI). I look forward to training you in a session soon whether it is a group class or 1:1 personal training.

Nicole is a fitness professional with many years of experience and extensive background in Dance, fitness, nutrition, corporate wellness, behavior change, and leadership. She was among the first 300 National Board Certified Health and Wellness coaches in the nation and also holds a degree in Dance Kinesiology.

She has been certified by NASM for two decades and has experience working with all types of individuals, groups, and fitness professionals on their overall health, wellness and professional goals.

Nicole was a master trainer, educator and manager in the fitness industry in the Los Angeles and New York markets. She was also a performer on both the national and international stage.

Nicole served as a Bilingual Health Coach for a number of small businesses across Colorado and structured award winning corporate wellness programs.

Nicole received her Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor of Arts in Dance Kinesiology, later titled Dance Science, from California State University Long Beach. She has maintained a National Academy of Sports Medicine personal training certification, Precision Nutrition certification, Wellcoaches certification, and is an American Heart Association CPR/AED Trainer and Working Minds Trainer.

Ashley grew up in an active and competitive family. Her mother was and still is an avid runner and her siblings all grew up playing multiple sports. Within the past 10 years she has gotten more into fitness -involving running and weightlifting, and yoga within the last 5 years.

Ashley likes to find ways to make fitness fun and interesting for herself and her clients. After years of playing sports and diving further into the fitness world, she decided that she wanted to turn her passions into a career and bring her love for athletics and fitness to others.

Ashley is excited to be a part of the FYSF team because she believes in an all-encompassing and supportive environment that is fun, motivating, and community based. Feed Your Soul Fitness is a place to not only get and stay in shape, but somewhere to meet new people, make new friends, and to build a network of positive support.
Ashley is a certified personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine and also is certified with TRX. She looks forward to getting yoga certification in the near future as well.

In her spare time, she enjoys playing soccer, running and biking, and spending time with her boyfriend and their dog Dixie.

Amber is a clinical nutritionist and group fitness instructor with an extensive background in dance, nutrition, wellness & fitness. She moved to Denver in 2019 from Los Angeles, her hometown. She has a passion for helping & inspiring others. After gaining extensive weight in college, Amber knew she needed to make a change…

She embarked on her own weight loss & wellness journey and through that experience she realized she wanted to help others achieve their health & wellness goals. Amber has a master’s degree in Applied Clinical Nutrition from the New York Chiropractic College (2015), has been a dancer for over 30 years & a group fitness instructor since 2009. She is a mother of 2 boys & 1 Lhasa Apso/Maltese named Charlee that she adores. She & her family really enjoy the mountains & all of the outdoor activities that Colorado has to offer.

Alyssa moved to Denver from Flagstaff, AZ where she graduated with her BS in Exercise Science. Throughout her college experience Alyssa used fitness as a way to escape and manage her stressors because it helped her feel more balanced. She has a desire to spread her passion of health and wellness onto others through teaching and personal training.

Alyssa continues to further her education at Regis University where she is pursuing a Doctorate in Physical Therapy so that she can continue to heal through exercise. Because of her specialty in body movement and science, she is eager to assist those with injuries and limitations.

Hi! I’m Meredith. I am from Little Rock, Arkansas. I have always kept active by swimming, running and hiking. It wasn’t until my 30s that I fell in love with weight training. My coach would always ask me to help the new members with their form, so that’s when I decided to get my personal training certification through ACE. I had been a stay-at-home mom for so many years, and my kids were getting older, so it was the perfect way to transition into the working world again with something that I loved to do. Eventually, I became interested in Olympic lifting and received my USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Coach certification.

I have completed the Little Rock Marathon and two half marathons, competed in Southern Powerlifting Federation competitions and many outdoor adventure races and obstacle courses.
I love coaching. I love the bond that inevitably occurs between the clients and coaches. It’s a feeling like no other when you can make a difference in someone’s life. I am grateful that I get to do something I am passionate about for a living.

Ashley originally hails from Canton, Connecticut (a small town in the suburbs of Hartford) and moved to the beautiful state of Colorado in Fall of 2103. Having struggled with poor body image and disordered eating throughout her teenage years, finding a passion for fitness became therapeutic and led her down a path to wellness. Her personal motto has since become, “It’s not about what your body looks like, but rather about what it can do.” Having completely transformed her mind, body, and soul through movement and intuitive eating, she is passionate about helping other women do the same.

Ashley is a Certified Personal Trainer and Sports Nutrition Specialist through the National Council on Strength and Fitness. She is also a trained kickboxing instructor, and getting sweaty on the bag is one of her personal favorite ways to workout!

When she isn’t at the gym, you can likely find Ashley doing marketing work on her computer, traveling the US for a Phish concert, or curled up in bed watching the Real Housewives.

Ashley is thrilled to join the FYSF community, as she loves working with clients who are new to working out, and ready to jumpstart their healthy living lifestyle!

Alma is a Colorado native, born and raised in the beautiful town of Boulder. Passionate about health and wellbeing, Alma attended the University of Northern Colorado, where she received a B.S. in Nutrition and minor in Human Services. This led her to further expand her nutritional knowledge, where she became a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), specializing in nutrition counseling.

Alma believes in a functional, whole person approach to nutrition counseling. Leaving self-judgment at the door, Alma helps her clients build a healthy relationship between food, mind, and body. She creates personalized, practical plans that support clients in achieving their goals, while discovering compassion and acceptance for themselves along the way. Combining her personalized counseling approach and nutritional background, Alma creates practical plans that help her clients to achieve their ideal goals.

Over the past six years, she has loved working in the health and wellness field, gaining knowledge from outpatient/inpatient hospitals & clinics, to private practice and elderly care. Alma honed her skills, adapting them so as to be relevant to each individual client. Similarly, her values have led her to work with community food programs, offering extended nutrition services and advocating for health and wellbeing equity.

Ever evolving, Alma expanded her knowledge and skillset further to become a certified Caritas Coach® from the Watson Caring Science Institute, a non-profit educational organization offering professional development for Health Care providers worldwide. As a certified Caritas Coach, I bring a philosophy of loving kindness in human caring for self and others; it helps me to be more sensitive and self reflective in working with others, from their frame of reference, opening to their personal journey and goals.

In Alma’s free time she loves all things Colorado, such as hiking, camping, biking around town, live music and hanging with her pup! Alma looks forward to getting to know you and beginning your journey towards health and wellbeing. Here’s to living with full permission and joy for a fulfilled, authentic life…. Salud!

Becky fell in love with group and personal training after getting into weight training in college. She began coaching friends and family and enjoyed being able to help others with their healthy, sustainable lifestyle that fits their goals.

She has been a NASM certified personal trainer since 2018 and does not think she will ever stop personal and group training.

Becky has trained individuals of all various ages and experience, from 18 years to 75 years of age and has loved every client she has had! She loves teaching those who are learning how to start a healthier lifestyle and show them how sustainable and fun it can be!

She is strength focused so you can find in her classes movements that will aid in gaining strength, help with joint support, all while maintaining proper form and having fun! She cannot wait to meet each person who walks through the door and watch them fall in love with fitness the way she has!

I am a Colorado native and spent four years at The University of Tampa where I received my BS in Allied Health with a focus on medical sciences and played on the women’s lacrosse team.

Unfortunately, I sustained a complex knee injury that ended my college lacrosse career a year early. During this time, I found my passion for health and fitness. I am currently working to receive my doctorate of physical therapy at Regis University!

My fitness background consists of my experiences working at a sports and physical therapy facility where I helped athletes recover from injury or train to get stronger! I am a big advocate for injury prevention and healing through movement. I believe that exercise is the best medicine for both physical and mental health and can’t wait to share my passion with everyone. In my free time, I enjoy being outside and staying active doing things like skiing, running, and working out!

Hi, I’m Samm! Avid weight lifter here! I played softball my whole life as a catcher which kept me pretty active until I got to college which is when I began struggling with body dysmorphia and an eating disorder. I carried this with me through all 4 years of college. It wasn’t until I graduated college and moved to Denver that I started to really get into fitness.

I began weightlifting and man, did I fall in love! Once I turned my focus from becoming thin to becoming strong is when it all clicked for me and I never looked back! I have been lifting weights for about 4 years now.

I am also huge on mobility/flexibility and recovery, as well as cardio and functionality. I love getting a mix of everything with lifting being my focus. There is absolutely nothing like the empowering feeling I get when lifting weights!

I have a bachelors in sociology as well as my certified personal training certification through NASM. I’ll continue my education further with a corrective exercise certification as well as nutrition coaching. I love meeting people from all walks of life and I can’t wait to help you reach your goals!

Allison KT is an enthusiastic and holistically supportive coach here to help you connect with and love your body. She is an ACE Group Fitness Instructor, competitive powerlifter, and certified mindset coach whose goal is always to help you listen to and surprise yourself with every workout.

As soon as you meet Coach Allison, you’ll see she’s big energy in a small package (she’s just barely 5 foot). This is what originally drew her to weightlifting in late 2015.

It sounds silly, but she realized in her mid-20s that she probably wasn’t going to “get taller and lean out” like society told her she should. She is naturally a shorter, stockier human, and instead of fighting this… what if she leaned in? This started a journey of loving her body and figuring out how to become very strong and powerful by her actions inside and outside the gym. Her wellness motto is: “You are worthy of supportive decisions.”

Since 2015 she has competed in CrossFit, Strongman, and USAPL powerlifting. She has also supported and encouraged many of the strong ladies in her life to join her on the competition floor. 🙂 With big “Team Captain” energy, you can count on Allison to get you through that set of burpees, to remind you to listen to your body without comparing yourself to others, or to grab some heavier dumbbells or throw a little more weight on the bar if you’re feeling good! You are stronger than you realize (and in more ways than you realize) and Allison loves nothing more than helping you tap into that power!

Meet Ashlee, the fitness fanatic who swapped snow for mountains and found her happy place in Colorado! With over 8 years in the fitness game, Ashlee’s journey to the Rocky Mountains has been a dream come true.

For Ashlee, fitness isn’t just about breaking a sweat—it’s about turning every workout into a party and inspiring others to join in the fun. “Why dread the gym when you can’t wait to hit it?” she says. Specializing in boxing, mobility flows, and high-energy circuit training, she’s all about keeping it fresh and exciting.

When Ashlee’s not pumping iron or perfecting her warrior pose, you’ll find her kicking back with her hubby, gearing up to welcome a new furry friend into the family. Whether they’re jet-setting around the globe, sampling the local cuisine, or hosting epic gatherings, Ashlee’s zest for life shines through in everything she does. So lace up those sneakers and get ready to sweat with a smile—because with Ashlee, fitness is always a blast!

Mary has and expansive background in teaching; she has taught group fitness, dance, mobility and yoga classes for close to two decades!

Her passion for assisting others in the path to feeling better in their bodies has been the driving force that always brings her back to the fitness and wellness industry.

With special attention to proper form queuing and working from a safe place, Mary’s main focus in teaching is for the client to walk out feeling better than when they walked in.

She hopes to meet everyone in class soon!

JoJo’s fitness journey began over 22 years ago when she turned to running and weightlifting to shed baby weight after two pregnancies. What started as a personal goal quickly grew into a lifelong passion for fitness, and it has been an integral part of her life ever since.

Nearly nine years ago, JoJo became a certified personal trainer, and since then, she has worked as a personal trainer, fitness consultant, and group fitness instructor. Over the years, she’s had the privilege of working with clients of all shapes, sizes, ages, and ability levels—from elementary school-age kids to senior citizens. She also has extensive experience tailoring workouts for individuals recovering from injuries, surgeries, or other health challenges.

JoJo has taught a variety of fitness classes, including HIIT, Circuits, Spin, Boot Camps, Strength Conditioning, and Core Conditioning.

Some of her favorite parts of being a fitness instructor are building connections with her clients, getting to know them on a personal level, and watching their progress over months and years of training. Sharing her love for fitness and helping others on their fitness journeys brings her incredible joy.

In her personal life, JoJo recently relocated to Denver after living in Northern California her entire life. She’s having a blast exploring the incredible trails and vibrant city life Denver has to offer. Whether she’s trail running, discovering new places in the city, or meeting new people, she’s focused on building community in her new home.

JoJo is thrilled to be part of the Feed Your Soul Fitness team and looks forward to meeting you. Please don’t hesitate to say hi—she’d love to connect and help you on your fitness journey!

Nadine first started at Feed Your Soul Fitness as a client. She loved the community and felt that as she was working towards her own health goals, she would also love to share her passion for yoga as a member of the staff. She’s been practicing yoga for 17 years, and it has been a transformative part of her life. She decided to get her 200 hour YTT (Yoga Teacher Trainer certification) in 2020. Her journey with yoga (teaching and taking) has deepened her understanding of movement, mindfulness, and inner balance, and she’s excited to share that with others.In Nadine’s classes, she focuses on creating a welcoming and supportive space where students of all levels can explore their practice. She also brings a sense of humor to every class with relatable context. Whether you’re looking to build strength, increase flexibility, or simply find a moment of calm in your day, she is here to guide you through the process.When Nadine is not on the mat, you can find her teaching Art or in her garage studio making stained glass Knick-knacks by hand. She’d love to have you join her in class and be part of this incredible journey together!

Meet Coach Catharine! You can call her Cat! She moved to Denver after finishing her dietetics program. Shortly after settling in, she began working at a health and fitness center and that is when she began shifting her career focus from clinical work to health and wellness specifically in the training realm.
In the gym environment, she was consistently challenged by her peers, pushing her career and fitness beyond what she had previously believed possible. Discovering new movements and increasing her strength became a source of motivation, and as her confidence and persistence grew in athletic pursuits, it also extended to other areas of her life. She completed her CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, NSCA) and began coaching youth athletes from ages 8-18. Additionally, Cat also got certified as a USA Weightlifting Coach Level 1. Needless to say, Coach Cat is serious about her weight lifting and is passionate about helping people get stronger!
Working in personal training and group fitness has been incredibly rewarding for Cat, as it allows her to challenge, motivate, and inspire others. She strives to create an inclusive and supportive environment where individuals can show up as their best selves each day—whatever that may look like.

Outside of the gym, she enjoys hiking, snowboarding, and golf, finding motivation in how training enhances her everyday activities and hobbies. Her goal is to help others discover that same drive and passion for movement.