Coaches

Jeffrey Jenkins

Jeffrey is a current 4th degree certified World TaeKwonDo Federation black belt. He is also a CrossFit Level 1 and USAW Olympic Lifting Level 1 Certified.

Jeffrey has spent time training with Olympic-level caliber athletes from many different sport focuses at the Olympic Training Center, giving him advanced understanding of strength and conditioning at the elite level.

CrossFit has become a lifestyle and a passion for Jeffrey. His aim is to affect as many people as possible, as positively as CrossFit has effected him.

 

 

 

 

Andrew Shniderman

As an all-sport athlete himself, Andrew Shniderman knows the importance of incorporating different training styles to keep workouts fun and effective. Growing up playing a variety of sports, from soccer to swimming, Andrew has always been interested in health and fitness. Then, a little later on life, while attending school at the University of Miami, Andrew also developed a love for strength training.

Now holding a CrossFit Level 1 Certification, and CrossFit Kids, Andrew is teaching others just how fitness can improve every aspect of their lives.

 

Emily Baskin

Emily is a Crossfit Level 1 certified coach, certified group exercise instructor through the American Council on Exercise, and has 3 years experience as a personal trainer at the Department of Justice.  Emily was introduced to her first CrossFit-like metcon with a doozy of a 9-minute workout in 2010.  It was not until late 2011 that she found her home at CrossFit Balance.  Growing up, Emily looked forward to gymnastics practice and weekend soccer games.  After co-captaining her collegiate soccer team and earning All-American Strength and Conditioning honors in her senior year, she was searching for a new active outlet to fill the void.  She has found that CrossFit elicits the same excitement, and much more day in and day out.  She is thrilled to be able to share her joy of movement,  help challenge you to discover your own inner beastly athlete, and together prove that anybody and any body can be powerful and strong.

 

Rob Howe

Rob has been involved in sports since he was 4 years old, starting off in dance and gymnastics lessons, finally switching over to ice hockey. Over the course of 20 years, Rob has played sports? all over the world, trained under a variety of coaches and experienced a number of different training methods.

Rob got into CrossFit in a roundabout way. After becoming a power-lifter during college, squatting nearly 650 lbs., he realized he couldn’t do a pull-up or run a mile. At that point, Rob decided that it was important to focus on “true” fitness, changing his training regime to more high intensity, functional movement circuits. He soon started incorporating some of the main site WOD’s into his training and later switched over to the much higher volume SealFit training. This is when Rob fell in love with CrossFit, figured out how to do a pull-up, and became the great fit he was looking for.

Last summer, Rob moved to Colorado in order to pursue some personal goals in his life. While there, he became a member of CrossFit Venture and became a staple of their gym, learning many of the fundamental concepts of CrossFit first hand. He focused primarily on becoming a better athlete and strengthening his weaknesses, but also got his first chance at helping others progress as athletes.

Fitness and working out has always been a huge part of Rob’s life. Helping others progress in their fitness goals and stay safe has always been a passion of his, he loves seeing members reach their potential and become valued members of the Balance community.

Rob’s favorite part of CrossFit is the constant variance and the fun, but competitive atmosphere that fosters a strong tight knit community. Rob loves competing in team CrossFit competitions and helping others do things they never thought they’d be able to do.