Trainers

Deanna Whiteley

Owner/Head CrossFit Coach

Nick Name: Angry Kitten
Favourite WOD: Filthy Fifty and Helen
Goat: Running and AMRAP
Favourite Lift: Deadlift and Cleans
How did you get into CrossFit? Where I used to work training young athletes, my boss at the time came across it. CrossFit convert ever since!
How long have you been doing CrossFit for? My first WOD that I did was I think in November 2005, so coming up to 5 years
Benchmark PR: Clean 130lbs, 10 Handstand Pushups & Cindy 19 rounds
Hobbies: I love CrossFit! Hiking, rollerblading and playing baseball and helping people change their lives.
Goal: Be able to do 5 muscle ups… but have to start with one and Snatch 95lbs! Competing in the 2011 CrossFit Games!

Credentials:
CrossFit Certified Level 1
CrossFit Certified Level 2
CrossFit Olympic Lifting Certified Level 1
ACE Personal Trainer
BCRPA Certified Personal Trainer

Cam Birtwell

CrossFit Victoria BC - Cam Birtwell

Owner / CrossFit Coach

Nickname: Turts, aka the Turtle
Favorite Workout: Fran, Fight Gone Bad, anything with double unders!
Favorite Lift: Weighted pullups, muscle ups, Olympic lifts
Goat: Overhead Squats
How did you get into CrossFit? Heard about it from a firefighter friend, went to the website, thought “this looks easy”, did a workout and got destroyed. The rest is history.
How long have you been doing CrossFit for? I’ve been mixing it in since January 2008
Benchmark PR: Christine 9:35 (3x row 500, 12 Bodyweight Deadlifts, 21 Box Jumps)
Hobbies: Indoor rock climbing, mountain biking, trail running, rugby
Goal: muscle ups 20/30 reps consecutive, Fran <3:30 min, 400m run <60 sec, clean and jerk 220lbs, 1.5 mile run <9min

Credentials:
Msc Exercise Physiology (UVic)
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, NSCA (2001)
NCCP Olympic Weightlifting Level 1
Strength and Conditioning Coach, Canadian Sports Centre Pacific and Rugby Canada (2007-present)
CrossFit Level 1 certified

Shannon Jones

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CrossFit Coach

Nick Name: Bones
Favourite Workout: Annie and Diane are tied in my books!
Favourite Lift: Split Jerk and Power Clean
Goat: Snatch
How did you get into CrossFit? I was really into fitness, but always got bored easily. I was constantly looking for a new challenge, and was frustrated from having to work through a lot of recurring injuries from the type of training I was doing at the time. I found CrossFit online, and it seemed to be the answer to my problems. After the first WOD, I was hooked! My body has never responded like this before, and my results continue to amaze me every day. Crossfit is hardcore, and I LOVE hardcore!
How long have you been doing CrossFit for? Since November 2008
Benchmark PR: 64 Double unders, Annie 6:23
Hobbies: Of course, I love CrossFit! I also like running, reading, getting outdoors, hanging out with friends and laughing as much as possible.
Goal: To increase my lean body mass, and get 17 rounds of Cindy by increasing my upper body strength and cardio endurance.

Credentials:
CrossFit Certified Level 1

Krista Kitson

CrossFit Coach

Nick Name: KDF
Favourite WOD: any of the 21-15-9 WODs or ones that include handstand pushups.
Favourite Lift: Deadlift…and Squat…my squat sucks!
Goat: Muscle Ups!
How did you get into CrossFit? I used to watch and share xfit videos with former teammates and really wanted to try the workouts! Then I found Deanna on Facebook and have been crossfitting ever since.
How long have you been doing CrossFit for? I started crossfit in early April 2008
Benchmark PR: Push Press 1 Rep max 120lbs, Helen 11:26
Hobbies: anything to do with working out…I love the challenging of seeing what my body is capable of. I’m a former competitive paddler (outrigger & dragon boater) but now my activities include CrossFit, running, and most recently surfing!!
Goal: To be powerful and ripped…while appearing somewhat feminine! AND to finally be able to do a muscle up.

Credentials:
CrossFit Certified Level 1
BCRPA Strength Trainer

Heather Bailey

CrossFit Coach

Nick Name: HBomb
Favourite WOD: Christine, Nancy, ANYthing that involves working as a TEAM!!!
Goat: Double Unders, Handstand push ups, Wall balls ~ but they are all improving
Favourite Lift: Deadlift, ANY squat
How did you get into CrossFit?: I had been looking into it since the fall of 2009 and wondering how it was different from the workouts I was currently doing. A friend of mine in the fitness business knew Deanna and suggested that I would probably get along really well with her and I should go and check out the Zone. So after much contemplation I decided to come to an Intro session. The rest is history as I fell in love on DAY 1…

How long have you been doing CrossFit for?: unofficially I have been doing met-con/calisthenics for years (10 years) Crossfit Officially for 4.5 months.
Benchmark PR: “Nancy” 12:27 or “Christine” 12:01, or Baseline “5:07″ or 1RM Deadlift 275
Hobbies: I pretty much tell everyone that all I do is fitness cause that’s what it feels like between work, bootcamp, CrossFit, and working out with friends I like to hike, drink coffee, hang with Tupper, cook/bake, spend time with friends, climb/boulder.
Goal: CrossFit related: pursue CF Level 1 (July 31/Aug 1) and Olympic lifting certs. 300lb Deadlift, perfect snatch technique, 1 handstand push up head to the floor. Life Goal: be as present as possible in the moment to be able to look back and have no regrets. To see the good side and the learning experience in all situations. To love the life I am living or change it.

Credentials:

B.A. LSA (Basically Recreation Management). All BCRPA: Personal Trainer, Strength Trainer, Fitness Instructor, Water Fitness Instructor, Spin Instructor, Third Age Instructor (older populations)
CrossFit Certified Level 1 (Coming soon….)

Lucas Parker

CrossFit Coach

Nick Name: Scooter
Favourite WODs: Mary and Nate
Goat: jerks, wallballs, and long runs.
Favourite Lift: Snatch, Turkish get-up
How did you get into CrossFit? I was exposed to it back in high school,
around 2005, while training for Rugby. We didn’t do vanilla CrossFit, but
the methods and philosophies influenced our training and intensity. This
shaped the way I approached exercise in the years to come.
How long have you been doing CrossFit for? I officially started following CrossFit.com WODs on July 11, 2009 (although I’ve had the kool-aid running through my veins for far longer!). My first Hero WOD was Nate, and my first girl WOD was Nancy.
Benchmark PR: Fran- 2:39. Back Squat- 440 lbs.
Hobbies: Video games. People-watching. Preparing for the zombie
apocalypse, both physically (CrossFit!) and strategically (Zombie
movies!).
Goal: get at least 300 lbs from the ground to overhead by the end of the
year.

Credentials:
BCRPA Fitness Leader
B.Sc. Kinesiology (in progress!)

Sean Lind

Gymnastics Coach

Nick Name: TBA
Favourite WODs: Anything with body weight conditioning
Goat: Wallballs
Favourite Lift: Turkish get-up (with a human), Snatch
How did you get into CrossFit? Through the Victoria grapevine, I met Coach D. Doing her ghetto WOD’s at the Gorge Park
How long have you been doing CrossFit for? On and off for 2 ½ years
Benchmark PR: One arm lift to flag for ariel straps
Hobbies: Circus, gymnastics, motorbiking, outdoor activities and coaching
Goal: Monte Carlo (It’s the Olympics for Circus)