About Us

Qualifications: NSCA Certified Personal Trainer, Pain-Free Performance Specialist Certified (PPSC), CrossFit Level 2 Trainer, CrossFit Weightlifting Level 2 Trainer, CrossFit Gymnastics Trainer, USA Weightlifting Level 1 Coach, First Aid/CPR/AED certified Sports and fitness have been at the center of Josh’s life from an early age, playing football and baseball through high school and continuing to play baseball in college. After college, his focus transitioned from competitive athletics to a more comprehensive and general physical preparedness required for military service. Prior to transitioning full time into the health and fitness profession, he spent 17 years as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps, growing and refining his knowledge of human performance and effective training methods. He loves working with individuals and small groups to achieve their goals and is passionate about utilizing his knowledge and experience to help people improve and maximize their potential.

Qualifications: CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Laura was never athletic growing up. While she loved spending as much time outdoors as possible hiking, backpacking, and camping, she never participated in sports or fitness. She tried taking up running in graduate school, but it never “stuck”. In 2015 preparing for a move from Illinois to Colorado, after gaining significant weight, she was unable to help her partner Rick move furniture or carry boxes across the house without putting them down. She vowed to improve her fitness and, on a whim, decided to join a CrossFit gym. Despite not being able to lift a 35 lb bar or hang from the rig, she instantly fell in love with trying new skills (weightlifting in particular) and has never looked back, eventually competing and even placing in local competitions. She firmly believes that great coaching, community, and most importantly having fun are key components in getting fit and healthy for life, and she loves sharing this feeling of accomplishment with others. She is dedicated to helping people achieve their goals, whether it’s to lift more weight, move without pain, meet a new challenge, or simply be in better shape for things they love outside of the gym.

Qualifications: CrossFit Level 2 Trainer, Pain-Free Performance Specialist Certified (PPSC) Ashley’s fitness journey began in 2011 trying various personal trainers and group fitness through a group of moms. After moving to Honolulu, Hawaii she met friends that were retiring out of the military and opening a CrossFit gym. Ashley participated in their first On-Ramp class learning the fundamentals of CrossFit and functional fitness. She fell in love with the community, the personal coaching, challenging herself and the bit of competitiveness that came with CrossFit. Shortly after moving to West Point, NY she found coaches and a community that led her to competing in local competitions and grew into a desire to coach others as well. Ashley is very excited to be a part of the Norman Strength Team, and looks forward to the opportunity to help our community crush fitness goals and have fun while doing it.

Qualifications: ACE, NASM, and ISSA Certified Personal Trainer, Precision Nutrition Level 1 Nutrition Coach, AED/CPR Certified Sarah has been in the fitness industry for 4 years. She got her start in the gym at 9 years old when her mom would take her along and teach her how to lift weights at their community YMCA. Watching her mother help others, especially the ones who were new and needed some guidance, is what really inspired Sarah to pursue her own journey into health and fitness. Helping people achieve their goals is something she if very passionate about, so working as a personal trainer has been a dream fulfilled. She believes watching people grow stronger both physically and mentally is a wonderful experience and she is greatful for every opportunity to help people succeed in their own journey.

Qualifications: NSCA Certified Personal Trainer, CrossFit Level 1 Trainer A local Normanite, Chandler has always excelled as an athlete and takes the same dedicated approach in putting those considerable skills to work as a coach. She has experience as both a gymnast and track and field athlete, and was a state champion and all-state pole vaulter at Norman High. She’s continued vaulting in college and is currently pursuing a degree in Health and Exercise science. She’s been a member of the Norman Strength family since 2015 and has competed in numerous local competitions, as an age-group on-line qualifier for the CrossFit Games, and as a national qualifier in the Granite Games.

Qualifications: CrossFit Level 1 Trainer, Burgener Strength Weightlifting Level 1 Rick found fitness later in life. He and his partner Laura tried to get into running and yoga in and after college but it did not really take. After a challenging move to Colorado, Laura took up CrossFit and convinced Rick to follow suit some months later. It was through CrossFit Rick discovered Olympic Weightlifting and the rest is history. Realizing how much both of these improved their lives, Rick started down the path to passing on what he had learned. Starting with their gym’s yearlong internship program and getting his CFL-1, Rick has progressed to becoming a certified Weightlifting trainer. Rick is very excited to be part of the Norman Strength team and helping others reach their goals in and out of the gym.

Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Applied Physiology & Kinesiology - Exercise Physiology, NASM Certified Personal Trainer, ACE Certified Group Fitness Instructor, First Aid/CPR/AED Certified Ty started his journey in fitness at the ripe age of 12 when he joined his school’s track and cross country teams and his father introduced him to the weight room. His mother would often joke, saying “I guess I should be happy that you’re spending too much time at the gym instead of doing something illegal.” He eventually transitioned from endurance sports to heavy weight training, and carried his passion into higher education as he sought his B.S. APK from the University of Florida and, now, his Master’s. He has spent the past 5 years working in the fitness industry as a group coach, a personal trainer, and a gym manager. Ty’s career in fitness has carried him from the state of Florida here to Norman, OK where he’s excited to continue growing and learning alongside the Norman Strength family.

Qualifications: ISSA Certified Personal Trainer, First Aid/CPR/AED Certified Casey born and raised in Manchester, New Hampshire. He first got into fitness at the age of 14 playing football and track for his school. Casey was introduced to personal training/weight lifting from both of his parents, and after high school shifted his focus from sport-specific Casey to more generalized strength training. He loves to work with individuals, teaching the fundamentals of training and the importance of it for healthy lifestyle. Casey moved to Norman, Oklahoma to improve his life, pursue his passion, improve the daily life of others through training and pushing them past their limits to become their best self.