Yes. Our cadre of coaches are not only certified in our methods, experienced in training, but they're also avid CrossFitters themselves. We believe strongly in living the life we promote at CrossFit Ethos.
Our coaching team consists of individually unique, high level CrossFit trainers who deliver the means for your gains.
James 'Jimi' Letchford
Human performance is Jimi's passion. In his mind, it's the number one benchmark for fitness. Everything else stands a distant second.
Jimi is a Level 2 CrossFit Instructor with extensive experience in wrestling, football, boxing, and baseball. He was a NCAA Division I wrestler at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, with a BS in Economics (with General Engineering minor). After graduating from the Naval Academy, he served honorably as a U.S. Marine Infantry Officer for five years. In 2008 he was named one of the top 25 CrossFitters on the planet.
Jimi is an owner and head coach at CrossFit Ethos. He's also part of CrossFit Headquarters Staff as Director of Business Ops and is the lead for sponsorships for the international CrossFit Games held in California. Additionally, he's the spearhead behind CrossFit's Operation Phoenix non-profit program supporting our armed services.
Contact: jimi@crossfitethos.com
Madeline Letchford
Madeline is a Level 1 Certified CrossFit Instructor, and is CrossFit Gymnastics, CrossFit Olympic Lifting Certified, and CrossFit Nutrition 2.0 Certified. She has a background in training that started with boot camp classes for pre & post-natal women. Madeline's athletic background is in field hockey, and running. She's completed running distances at 5K, 10K, 13.1, and 26.2 races.
Madeline attended West Virginia University with a major in Advertising and Business Administration. She's the mama of three children, ages 5 years old, 4 years old, and 1 year old. She ran distance through her second pregnancy, and continued to CrossFit train her entire third pregnancy. In addition to owning and coaching at CFE, she works as part of the CrossFit Headquarters Staff.
Contact: madeline@crossfitethos.com
Nick Bernatowicz
Nick is Level 1 CrossFit Instructor, also holding current certifications from N.A.S.M, SPARQ, CrossFit Nutrition 2.0, and CrossFit Kids. He has a B.A in Exercise and Sports Science with a minor in Coaching and Athletic Administration. As an alumni of Concordia University Irvine, Nick played baseball on scholarship and was fortunate enough to have participated in the 2006 NAIA College World Series, the 1st time in school history, finishing 7th in the nation. After obtaining his degree, Nick has dedicated his life to strength and conditioning of both high level athletes and the general population. He strives for perfection in his clients, as well as himself when setting and obtaining fitness goals.
As an owner and coach, Nick provides nutritional guidance and high level training in fitness and athletic performance enhancement to his clients. Nick believes that through a little hard work and dedication, anything is possible and he often portrays this in his everyday activities.
Contact: nick@crossfitethos.com
Phillip Oh
Phil is a Level 1 Crossfit Instructor, CrossFit Kids Certified, and CrossFit Nutrition 2.0 Certified. He has been CrossFitting for over three years and competed at the 2009 Crossfit Games SoCal Regional Qualifier as well as the 2009 Games as a CrossFit Laguna Beach affiliate team member.
Phil attended the University of Pennsylvania graduating with a degree in Bioengineering. While at Penn, he competed on the track and field team in the 400m hurdles. An important aspect of his strength and conditioning program was Olympic lifting which has served him well as he transitioned to CrossFitting.
The positive attitude Phil brings to training because he knows that the right frame of mind can be just as powerful as perfect form or technique. He bring nothing but great things to the community with his positive outlook, pursuit of excellence in training, and his team building attitude.
Contact: phil@crossfitethos.com
Eric Olson
Eric is a CrossFit Level 2 Instructor. He has been CrossFitting for years and has used it as his sole training method to prepare for triathlons, marathons, ultra-marathons. In the last three years he has successfully completed 11 ultra-marathons, three marathons, and two triathlons.
Eric brings training passion and perfection for movement quality to our team. His motivating attitude is reminiscent of his military background, all the while being a well loved coach. Eric is currently deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Contact: eric@crossfitethos.com
Gina Evans
Gina is a Crossfit Level One Certified Instructor, and is CrossFit Olympic Weight Lifting Certified.
She has been CrossFitting for several years and competed at the 2009 Games as a CrossFit Laguna Beach affiliate team member. Gina's athletic background is in running and weightlifting.
Her passion is to see others achieve their fitness goals. She believes the CrossFit philosophy is applicable in all aspects of life and through hard work, a strong focus, healthy eating and solid form everyone can achieve CrossFit success.
Contact: gina@crossfitethos.com
Emily Nelson
Bio coming soon!
Contact: emily@crossfitethos.com