COACH KELLEN

Kellen’s path to coaching began as a career in retail management. The structure and training provided were things he took to easily- he had just completed his university degree in English and was eager to focus his energy. After 15 years in various roles, working both directly with teams and customers, and on national level projects, a much more meaningful opportunity opened up at his gym. In 2021, Kellen began his transition from general manager to coach and has not looked back. The transition has been incredible, leveraging his history with motivation and talent development to engage and support individual clients with their physical journeys and outdoor adventures.

Kellen spent his early years playing a variety of sports including volleyball, wrestling, and paddling. In 2017, he found CrossFit and loved the variety of movement and challenging workouts. The gym community was incredibly supportive and that’s what initially got Kellen thinking about a career switch.

Kellen loves a good adventure and in 2022 him and his partner (Whitney) completed a full-day kayak trip around the Na Pali coast of Kauai. He highly recommends it for anyone up for some type 2 fun in the truest sense of the term. There is nothing like a shared challenge, and a few flips of a kayak a mile from shore, to really ensure a sense of accomplishment and a good night’s sleep.

When not in the gym, you can likely find Kellen at a concert, running around the dog park with his pup (Pepper), playing dungeons and dragons, or enjoying (yet another) coffee.