Meg has always been very motivated by physical fitness, being strong, and proving there are no barriers because she can do anything she sets her mind to. In early grade school, she was OBSESSED with monkey bars (and climbing anything and everything!) and that’s truly what started it all. She went on to play basketball for the Banting Broncos and the London 86ers’ travel team. She also ran the 100m and the 4×100 relay, and pole vaulted, for Banting and London Legion Track Alliance (LLTA).

Meg worked as a roofer in Sarnia, and even travelled to Fort McMurray Alberta where she worked as a scaffolding apprenticeship in the Oil Sands. While out West, she completed her Personal Training Certification. Next, she decided to buy a house and move back to her home town of London where she worked at Lululemon before discovering Hybrid Fitness.

Merritt has an impressive gymnastics background. She competed for over 15 years—eight of which were as a provincial level gymnast where she had success at several championships even winning Gold on beam at event Finals. She competed at the Master’s level as well. Merritt was also a National Level6 cheerleader (for PCG Vipers in London) and her team won three consecutive National titles. She is an NCCP Level 3 (National level) Gymnastics coach in Women’s Artistic and has her NCCP Level 2 in Men’s Artistic, and Trampoline. Merritt is a Provincial Level Gymnastics Judge, the current Program Director/ WAG Head Coach at Forest City Gymnastics, and the Founder and Head Coach of Strongnastics.

But that’s not all! Merritt has been a CrossFit athlete since before it was even a sport and has had three Sectionals/Regionals competition experiences. She has also had podium finishes in many Rx and Elite division competitions and attended Provincials in 2014 for Olympic Weightlifting.

Merritt’s main love in life is watching people learn and grow in ways they couldn’t before. Watching an athlete persevere and achieve goals is what inspires her every day and is what keeps her motivated. She loves coaching all types of people and loves that every day is both a new challenge as well as an opportunity to make someone else just a little bit more amazing.

Jordan has lived in Canada, Ireland, and the UK and has done a lot of strange things.  He has been part of improv comedy and musical theatre groups, worked as a barista, owned a Bed and Breakfast, run a landscape construction crew, worked for a wine-importer, coached a golf team, played tennis, badminton, and hockey, and earned a PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science.  His interest in fitness began with endurance sports, but nagging injuries introduced him to the world of strength training.  His own training now incorporates yoga, running, CrossFit, gymnastics, Olympic lifting, as well as regularly learning and playing new sports.  As a coach, Jordan’s goal is to help clients manage heavy loads through large ranges of motion under varying levels of intensity and fatigue.  Jordan believes that strength, control, conditioning, and range of motion are the keys to athletic success and injury prevention.

Tony is a Certified Personal Trainer who also completed the Police Foundations Program at Fanshaw. Tony has a passion for health and fitness and played hockey and soccer prior to attending college. He currently enjoys training in CrossFit five to six times each week and competing locally when the opportunity presents itself. His favorite part about working at Hybrid Fitness is interacting with the people. Fun facts about Tony? He has been pepper sprayed (you’ll have to ask him about it if you want more details), and he loves to travel. To date, he has been to Mexico, Germany, Australia, Vietnam, Thailand and Italy and he hopes to jet off to Columbia, Peru, or any third world country in the very near future.

Eric has a love of competing in Olympic weightlifting. He also enjoys watching it so much that he’s travelled to Toronto to watch the Pan American games and to Rio De Janeiro to watch the Olympics. Eric has coached all types of clients and especially likes helping people achieve their goals and pushing them to work hard.

Keegan grew up playing football, running track, and Tae Kwon Do. He says he was never the superstar, but he loved competing, being active, and pushing his limits. After years of working out on his own, Keegan found his way to into CrossFit in 2012. Since then his interest has shifted from recreation, to competition, to coaching. Keegan moved to London in 2015 and has been part of Hybrid ever since. His coaching style is a balance between having fun, throwing down, and making steady consistent progress.

Natalie is a fitness enthusiast who is also an Honours Kinesiology graduate of Western University, a Certified Personal Trainer, and Certified Precision Nutrition Coach. She has competed as an International and National Level figure skater for Team Canada, and is currently a competitive Olympic Weightlifter. Natalie has experience with athletes of all ages, and has coached adults, group classes, teams, and weight loss/transformation programs both in Toronto and London. She loves sharing her passion, knowledge and experience in health and fitness with others and is inspired by helping and watching individuals transform not only their bodies but their minds. She believes in self care and understands that every individual must learn how to find a balance in their life that works for them. Natalie loves the community at Hybrid and wants her clients to know that, “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. Life is too short to be anything but happy!”

Rebecca is a Certified Personal Trainer (Canfitpro Personal Training Specialist) with a degree in Kinesiology from Western University and is working toward her Precision Nutrition Coaching certification. She has an extensive athletics background in rugby, wrestling, volleyball, basketball, track and more. She was a member of the Western varsity rugby and wrestling teams where she earned the distinction of OUA All Star and Academic All Canadian, and represented Ontario winning two National Rugby Championship titles. Rebecca’s involvement in rugby didn’t end there—she’s now a Canadian rugby referee at the national and provincial level and is working towards refereeing higher levels of the sport. Rebecca has worked with all types of clients, coaching boot camp classes, strength and conditioning camps, sports camps, and her one-on-one clients. She says: “Whether you’re a beginner who has never stepped foot in a gym, trying to stay fit and healthy, or are an elite athlete trying to get better in your sport, everyone has their own unique story and goals and I love helping individuals accomplish their goals and reach their potential”.

With a degree in media studies, a diploma in print and broadcast journalism, and a diploma in medical office administration, Sara’s eclectic background has made for an interesting career! Not only has she worked as a patient coordinator in the world of dentistry, she also worked in broadcast television on shows such as So You Think You Can Dance Canada and Cover Me Canada, live music award shows such as the JUNOs and The Geminis, and several Much Music Video Award events. It was an exciting part of Sara’s career, especially working with people like Justin Bieber and Adele to name a few. The excitement and adrenaline of live television forces anyone to work well under high pressure!

Sara’s busy years in television are what led her to fitness, because she realized that her crazy hours could affect her health and happiness long term. She began with CrossFit and eventually decided to focus on Olympic lifting from there. After moving to London in 2014 Sara began at Hybrid Fitness as a member. She worked out at the facility before and after her pregnancy, and feels lucky to have started her career at Hybrid already knowing so many people. Sara says she loves what she does at Hybrid and the greatest part of her role is being able to see truly inspiring people work towards bettering their health every day. If she’s not training in the gym, you’ll find her running after her daughter Maxwell and spending time with her husband Jeremy.

Steph brings a strong fitness and athletic conditioning background to the Hybrid team. Her specialties are strength and conditioning, women’s fitness, and pre- and post natal fitness. She holds a Master’s Degree in Kinesiology from Western University, and worked as a Strength and Conditioning Coach to the Western Football Team. In addition to her S&C experience, Steph is a Mom and Baby Fitness Instructor and has launched her own company, StrongHer Fitness, dedicated to improving women’s health and body image. She is a part time Instructor at Western U (Kinesiology) and Fanshawe (Fitness & Health Promotion) and will be beginning her PhD in Exercise and Pregnancy in the fall.

Steph’s favourite part of her job? “Watching clients progress to meet and surpass their goals is the best part of my day. Knowing that I had a small part in their accomplishments is an honour.”

Brent has been involved in weight training for over 10 years. In 2013, he decided to focus his efforts exclusively on Olympic weightlifting, with the goal of achieving national caliber weights. Within the first year of competition, Brent was able to meet his goal and participate at Nationals in Saskatoon (2014). Since then, Brent has been to every subsequent national senior event, even earning himself a few podium finishes. As a weightlifting coach Brent is constantly trying to fine tune other athletes to help them meet their goals. Those goals can include preparation for a first weightlifting meet, improving numbers, or even meeting provincial or national standards.

As a young man Connor transformed his body and realized that exercise is a catalyst for success in all aspects of life. He began training and transformed his physique, athleticism, and confidence. He played varsity rugby for two years, practices jiu-jitsu, and is currently focusing on mobility and movement. Connor wanted to share the amazing benefits he experienced with as many people as possible, so he began studying strength, conditioning, and body composition in 2009. He graduated from Western University in 2017 with a specialized degree in Kinesiology and Fitness Prescription and is now a dedicated and full time personal trainer.

Charlotte was a national level track field athlete in long jump and sprint hurdles and has coached track and field for the past 7 years. She has a BSc in Kinesiology with a certificate in health and fitness and a MSc in Health and Aging. Since retiring from track and field, Charlotte has taken up rock climbing. She hopes to climb in Europe one day!

Narlon completed his BSc in Physical Education in Brazil. He is currently a PhD student at Western University in the School of Kinesiology where he’s studying the effects of exercise and cognitive training in older adults at risk for dementia. His specialties include exercise training for older adults with multiple health conditions, including hypertension, osteoarthritis and dementia. His hobbies include working out, playing basketball, and writing poetry.

Elsa Rose Eastabrook has been practicing, learning from and loving yoga since she was 17 years old, although it was not love at first pose.

Elsa came from a multi-sports background. Her journey into a yoga practice began when her boxing trainers suggested she do yoga as a compliment to the high impact training she was doing for the sport. At first, she loathed this mandatory part of training, but something kept her coming back. Each new milestone in life brought a deeper connection to her practice, a better understanding of how the body works and reacts to things.

After multiple injuries and motherhood took a toll on her body, yoga took front and center in rehab, strengthening better than before. Elsa naturally approached Power Yoga like it was a sport, training, setting goals and passionately pursuing knowledge and understanding the functionality of the practice. Elsa has since become a leading expert in yoga for athletes working with teams and individuals from the national and Olympic levels to casual athletes and general sports enthusiasts.

When she is off her mat, Elsa has two amazing daughters, plays in a band called “hot Jiggle” and works behind the scenes with her husband at Growing Chefs! Ontario.

Kari has a background in sales and marketing. She took some time off from working at a marketing agency to spend more time with her two little boys. Kari fell in love with fitness after having her second baby, and enjoys CrossFit and yoga. She became a member at Hybrid a year and a half before becoming a staff member and says she “loves the Hybrid community—it’s what makes Hybrid so special.” When Kari’s not at the gym you can find her playing with her kids and her lab, Macy; at the cottage where she enjoys swimming and paddle boarding; or skiing down Boler “Mountain”.

Kelly has a passion for fitness, especially gymnastics and movement. She played women’s hockey at Western University for five years as the starting goalie where she was named Western’s favourite female athlete of the year two times. She also represented Canada at the Universiade games in Trentino Italy. Kelly has her commercial pilots licence, a degree in Commercial Aviation Management, and a Major in Criminology. She is currently training for her firefighter fitness testing, while coaching at Hybrid and elsewhere as a goalie coach.

Stephanie is from London, Ontario. She enjoys playing sports for fun, loves yoga, and has been participating in Olympic Lifting for almost a year. When she’s not at work, you’ll probably find her with a guitar. She loves playing guitar, especially acoustic.