MEET THE TEAM
OWNER | HEAD COACH | L3
COACH DREW
As a former Army Staff Sergeant and two-time Combat Veteran, focusing that same level of dedication and passion into CrossFit was an easy next step for Be Strong Owner, Drew Whitted.
Drew holds the title of a CrossFit Level3 Certified Trainer, is a Healthy Steps Nutrition certified nutrition coach, and is a Certified Functional Strength Coach, including thirteen other CrossFit certifications. Drew has also set multiple Powerlifting World Championship Records in multiple federations. Drew believes that a great coach is constantly learning and striving for embetterment and is currently enrolled in Affiliate University's Coaches Development Course.
Drew has also been featured on CNN, Morning Express with Robin Meade, People Magazine, Business Insider, Fitness Volt, New York Daily News, Business Insider, and was published in The Pro Coach CrossFit.
POWER COACH | L1
COACH DAVE
Dave has been a member of Be Strong since 2016 and shortly after became a Power Coach in 2018. Dave is proud to be a USAPL certified Power Coach, trained in CrossFit conjugate training method, is CrossFit certified in scaling, Masters coaching, and CrossFit judging.
Dave is married with three adult children and three sweet granddaughters. He enjoys retirement.
Fun fact: He has built a cedar strip canoe.
L3
COACH CALEB
Caleb has been competing in CrossFit since he was 12 years old and is a three-time CrossFit Games athlete. We are proud to have his skills on our coaching staff at Be Strong! After visiting every CrossFit gym in town, he ultimately ended up at Be Strong because the coaching is top notch and the community is even better. He's a big fan of country and worship music while he works out and enjoys the outdoors in his free time.
NUTRITION COACH
ANNA
Anna has been working as a nutrition coach since 2019 after earning her Master’s Degree in Kinesiology and Health Promotion. For 7 years, she worked in the fitness industry as a group fitness instructor and personal trainer, and has a huge passion for health and wellbeing. She has been a dedicated crossfitter for 2 1/2 years now, and is thrilled to be helping launch the Happy Healthy Strong Nutrition Program for the BeStrong family. Anna’s personal mission is to guide every client to sustainable and healthy lifestyle changes, and to make nutrition simple again. Simplifying nutrition and creating automatic, healthy routines provides you with energy and mental freedom to focus on the things in life you love the most.
L1
COACH TISH
L3
COACH SAM
Coach Sam is a L3 Certified CrossFit Trainer and Pediatric Physical Therapist Assistant with a passion for coaching and empowering others. With over five years at Be Strong, Sam is the head coach for the Be Strong Kids and Teens Programs. A personal transformation story: Coach Sam lost over 75 pounds and now lives a life focused on being happy, healthy, and strong - always striving to be 1% better every day. Sam is dedicated to giving back to the Be Strong community that has offered so much support. Sam prides herself on being an iced coffee connoisseur and mom of three incredible kids.
L2
COACH ALLI
Alli is one of our Level 2 Trainers. Throughout the past 6 years, Alli has coached for several different gym and ultimately ended at Be Strong due to the strong community and coaches development under Drew's leadership. Alli's passion is to help others reach their full potential.
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
LEAH
ADMIN
JENNA
Jenna is the behind-the-scenes work of all things Be Strong. If you've ever attended one of our events, received our weekly newsletter (or heck, visited our website), you have Jenna to thank. Jenna is a stay-at-home mom to the two cutest girls you ever did see and loves that she and her husband are able to make fitness an integral part of their family life, thanks to the supportive "mom-community" at Be Strong.