Coaches
Meet your coaches
Four certified coaches who would rather teach you well than wear you out. They learn your name, your injuries and what you’re working toward.
Tessa Ruiz
Head coach · Strength and beginner barbell
Calm and precise: she gets your form right before anything gets heavy.
Tessa started lifting at 34 after years of running injuries. She has taught barbell basics to everyone from high-school athletes to a grandmother of five, and still gets excited about a good first deadlift.
- NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
- USA Weightlifting Level 1 Coach
- CPR/AED, American Red Cross
Teaches: strength, beginner barbell
Marcus Bell
Coach · HIIT and strength
Big energy, zero ego: he shows the easier option first and counts every rep with you.
Marcus taught PE before he coached adults, and it shows: clear instructions, a good playlist and a room where nobody feels watched. He grew up in Katy and still runs on Sunday mornings.
- NASM Certified Personal Trainer
- ACE Group Fitness Instructor
- CPR/AED, American Red Cross
Mei Tran
Coach · Yoga flow and mobility
Slow enough to learn, steady enough to sweat: she cues the breath before the pose.
Mei found yoga during night shifts in nursing school and taught her first class in a church hall. She keeps the room warm, the cues simple, and always has a block ready.
- RYT-200, Yoga Alliance
- Yin yoga teacher training, 50 hours
- CPR/AED, American Red Cross
Andre Okafor
Coach · Mobility and yoga
Patient and funny: makes stiff hips and desk shoulders feel like yours again, without forcing anything.
A former college soccer player who learned the hard way that flexibility needs training too. His Friday mobility class is the one the lifters sneak into.
- Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist (FRCms)
- RYT-200, Yoga Alliance
- CPR/AED, American Red Cross
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