• CrossFit L1

Julie has been super active her whole life, starting as a young kid doing gymnastics before she found herself in the pool. She swam competitively through D1 college, and being at or in the water is still her happy place. Julie found CrossFit in 2017, after transitioning from boot camp-style training. Since then she found the CrossFit methodology to be a fantastic fit — and through it, she met so many people that she now considers some of my best friends. Julie feels fortunate to be a part of the Pacific Crest community now both as a trainer and always as a student-athlete. Outside of the gym, Julie works at the City of Portland, you can find her hiking, cooking, paddleboarding, swimming, writing, reading, watching a ton of sports… and occasionally sitting still.

• CrossFit L1

CrossFit found Scott in 2013 while he was rehabilitating a broken shoulder. Scott has not looked back since, and CrossFit slowly became responsible for Scott's sanity while he negotiated with the crushing reality of adult responsibilities.

Scott likes thrusters, cats, gymnastics, and maybe four people.

• CrossFit L1

• CrossFit L2

• The Gymnastics Course L1

Lauren (she/her) is originally from the Bay Area, having lived in San Jose and San Francisco, and has lived in Portland since 2019. She discovered CrossFit in 2015 when a member at her globo gym invited her to one of their workouts. She thought it would be just another HIIT day, but it turned out to be her introduction to her all-time favorite form of fitness. 2023 was Lauren's return to @crossfit after a four-year hiatus from the sport, which proved to be a transformative year in utilizing CrossFit's nutrition and training methodologies to optimize her health and fitness. Because of this, she pursued and earned her L1 and Nutrition 1 certificates intending to aid other community members in their journeys to becoming better versions of themselves.

Outside of CrossFit, Lauren has experience in various other activities like snowboarding, volleyball, track cycling, racquetball, and obstacle course racing. She is an XR developer by day (think augmented, mixed, and virtual reality experiences) and will jump at almost every opportunity to talk about her Siberian cat, Tacocat.

• CrossFit L1
  

Heyo! I was born and raised just outside Burlington, VT, and lived there post-college until moving to Portland in the fall of 2021. I grew up playing a number of team sports - primarily lacrosse and football, as well as skiing and snowboarding and went on to play lacrosse in college. I first got into CrossFit during my senior year of college in 2015 as my lacrosse career was ending, and I needed something to fill the void, and haven’t looked back.

In my free time, I can generally be found outside, skiing and ski touring in the winter, trail running, and mountain or gravel biking in the summer. I have an almost 3-year-old Huskeranian named Maeve, an absolute terror who loves nothing more than burning rubber out on the trails.

• CrossFit L1

Sam is an Oregon native who found CrossFit in 2017 and was instantly hooked. He coached for 2 years in Maine before moving back to Oregon in 2021 and has been at PCCF ever since. Professionally, he works at Oregon Health Authority in their Immunization Program. In his free time, he enjoys mountain biking, snowboarding, hanging out with his pup Squid, and watching his partner Ella destroy on her Roller Derby team.

• CrossFit L1

Originally from the northeast, Adam moved to Portland in 2015 and started his CrossFit journey at Pacific Crest in 2018. Adam has always enjoyed all types of sports and physical activities. He has participated in road races ranging from 5Ks to marathons, completed short distance triathlons, played in soccer and volleyball leagues, and competed in powerlifting meets. Adam loves the combination of sport, competition, and community that he has found at Pacific Crest. He uses that passion to help others identify and improve those areas of their fitness that bring them feelings of empowerment and personal growth.

• CrossFit L1

“Dr. Matt”, as he is known in the gym, is a board-certified practicing emergency physician. After completing his residency at Mt. Sinai in New York City in 2004, he stayed on as faculty there as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine until moving out to Portland in 2012 in search of the great outdoors and a healthy lifestyle for him and his family. Matt discovered CrossFit in 2015.

“I was terrified when I walked into my first class. Pacific Crest welcomed me like family from day one. I was hooked in no time and today I’m proud to say I’m far fitter at 45 then I was at 25!”

In 2018, Matt had the opportunity through CrossFit Health to join a group of like-minded physicians in Aromas, California to gain CFMD-L1 certification. CrossFit Health physicians aim to reshape modern medicine by focusing on maintaining wellness through healthy lifestyle, diet, and exercise.

“I feel incredibly fortunate to maintain not one but two jobs in the health field. As a physician, my role has been to find and fix disease when it presented. Now I’m thrilled to have another position focused on improving health and wellness and avoiding disease in the first place.”

• CrossFit L1

• CrossFit L2

• Emergency room physician

I am an Oregon girl, born and raised. A lover of the outdoors and the fresh Pacific Northwest air. I am a Mama, an avid crossfitter and a yogi. I believe in moving the body everyday whether that is through training, surfing, hiking or cycling. In an effort to keep my body mobile and healthy for my wide array of active interests, I took up yoga more than a decade ago. I believe in yoga, in all of its benefits and in sharing it with this amazing community of athletes.

Last year, I received my 200-hour Yoga teaching certification with the laser-focused goal of bringing it to the Crossfit community. I have been training at Crossfit gyms for 2 1/2 years and understand its incredible strength benefits as well as the injuries, aches and pains many of deal with on a daily basis.

• CrossFit L1

• CrossFit L2

• 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

• Certified Clinical Athlete Weightlifting Coach

• Nutrition Coach

Family, friends, health, community, education (on any level), balance

Steph is from an active family who camped every chance they could during summer; sports during the school years. From Southern Oregon she joined the Army and was stationed in the 82nd Airborne Division in North Carolina spending three years as a Paratrooper. Returning to Oregon in 2004 staying active with running and swimming then finding CrossFit in summer 2010. In 2012 she made training her career, in both CrossFit coaching and Personal Training with Manifest Athletics. "When coaching I strive for those beautiful moments of flow when an athlete sort of becomes the movement. Fitness mirrors so many facets of life, it is my favorite thing to do, and the fact that I can do with a community makes me one happy athlete."
Coach Steph

• CrossFit L1

• CrossFit L2

• Licensed EMT

• Certified Clinical Athlete Weightlifting Coach