About Us

The Trainers


Rusty Mirasol	CrossFit Certified Trainer: Level 1 I.S.S.A. Certified Trainer A.A.S.I. Certified Snowboard Instructor: Level 2 What I’ve learned about myself is that I enjoy being fit, staying active, and seeing results from my teaching or consulting efforts. I love the feeling of teaching someone to ride a snowboard for the first time or hear that a person’s clothes are fitting better because of my training efforts or see that a business is earning more money because I helped make a process more efficient. I’ve also learned that to maintain a high level of satisfaction in helping someone attain their goals, I need to constantly improve my efforts in these areas. I know that to be an inspiration and to teach others successfully, I needed to hold myself to high standards. In the fitness world this was difficult for me, as I’ve always hated the monotony and lack of results from traditional methods of working out. When I initially found CrossFit, I learned that the WOD’s are tough, unconventional, and exhausted me fast. I liked it and wanted more.
Brittney Russell	B.S. Exercise and Sports Science Crossfit Level 1 Certified CPR and AED Certified Ask me what fitness is and my reply will be simple: Fun! Competitive sports and exercise have been a huge part of my life since I can remember. I was enamored with basketball as a child and competed at many levels, including college. But once I left competitive basketball, there was a void in my life. I fell into a dangerous state of depression. After traveling a road of self-destruction, I found the gym and exercise to be my solace. Most people start exercising for physical gain; I started exercising to keep a smile on my face. Through my passion for exercise and fitness, I earned a Bachelor of Science in exercise and sports science from Texas Tech University. Wanting to better understand the human body, I also went on to earn a technical degree in massage therapy from Virginia Career Institute. I’ve been a personal trainer for more than five years, working one-on-one with people from various fitness levels and age groups. There is nothing more rewarding than helping people gain self-confidence through physical-performance gains and achievements. Although I’m passionate about helping others, I started feeling burned out; I grew tired of the monotonous, predictable training regimen expected in the “globo-gym” setting. Then I found CrossFit. CrossFit has been a breath of fresh air that sparked a passion and excitement in me that had been missing since I left basketball. The void is filled. To me, CrossFit is the truth; through hard work it will make you tough physically, mentally, and emotionally. My goal is to gain as much knowledge and education in fitness as I can to teach others. By being a CrossFit trainer, I would love people to experience the passion of fitness through hard work, perseverance and dedication. I also want to inspire self-confidence and demonstrate how much fun being fit can be!

Rusty Mirasol

CrossFit Certified Trainer: Level 1
I.S.S.A. Certified Trainer
A.A.S.I. Certified Snowboard Instructor: Level 2

What I’ve learned about myself is that I enjoy being fit, staying active, and seeing results from my teaching or consulting efforts.

I love the feeling of teaching someone to ride a snowboard for the first time or hear that a person’s clothes are fitting better because of my training efforts or see that a business is earning more money because I helped make a process more efficient.

I’ve also learned that to maintain a high level of satisfaction in helping someone attain their goals, I need to constantly improve my efforts in these areas. I know that to be an inspiration and to teach others successfully, I needed to hold myself to high standards. In the fitness world this was difficult for me, as I’ve always hated the monotony and lack of results from traditional methods of working out. When I initially found CrossFit, I learned that the WOD’s are tough, unconventional, and exhausted me fast. I liked it and wanted more.

Brittney Russell

B.S. Exercise and Sports Science
Crossfit Level 1 Certified
CPR and AED Certified

Ask me what fitness is and my reply will be simple: Fun!

Competitive sports and exercise have been a huge part of my life since I can remember. I was enamored with basketball as a child and competed at many levels, including college.

But once I left competitive basketball, there was a void in my life.

I fell into a dangerous state of depression. After traveling a road of self-destruction, I found the gym and exercise to be my solace. Most people start exercising for physical gain; I started exercising to keep a smile on my face. Through my passion for exercise and fitness, I earned a Bachelor of Science in exercise and sports science from Texas Tech University. Wanting to better understand the human body, I also went on to earn a technical degree in massage therapy from Virginia Career Institute.

I’ve been a personal trainer for more than five years, working one-on-one with people from various fitness levels and age groups. There is nothing more rewarding than helping people gain self-confidence through physical-performance gains and achievements. Although I’m passionate about helping others, I started feeling burned out; I grew tired of the monotonous, predictable training regimen expected in the “globo-gym” setting.

Then I found CrossFit.

CrossFit has been a breath of fresh air that sparked a passion and excitement in me that had been missing since I left basketball. The void is filled.

To me, CrossFit is the truth; through hard work it will make you tough physically, mentally, and emotionally. My goal is to gain as much knowledge and education in fitness as I can to teach others. By being a CrossFit trainer, I would love people to experience the passion of fitness through hard work, perseverance and dedication. I also want to inspire self-confidence and demonstrate how much fun being fit can be!

Our Story

Crossfit is a breath of fresh air. We are a group of trainers, athletes, and regular people who have grown tired, bored, and disgusted with traditional methods of physical conditioning. You may have tried, in some form or another, isolation movements, 4-week periodizations, several hour workouts, aerobics, etc. only to gain marginal results. The worst aspect of our past efforts was that we absolutely hated “working out”. CrossFit has rejuvenated our lives and our pursuit of absolute physical fitness.

When we started doing the WOD’s (workout of the day) we were skeptical, as you may be right now, but we were hungry for a change. We began working out “CrossFit” at a local “globo” gym. The workouts were intimidating and brutal to say the least, but the results were literally immediate, which the “gym regulars” quickly took notice. They constantly expressed concern as they’ve never seen anything like what we were doing.

We quickly outgrew the “globo” gym as it is typical of every other gym in the area in that it was packed with various weight training and cardio machines with very little open space. Not only do “globo” gyms lack open floor space, they also do not have the necessary equipment such as, Olympic bumper plates, sufficient pull up bars, kettle bells, and gymnastic rings for continued and safe improvements.

We look forward to meeting you and helping you attain your life fitness goals.