MACHINE SHED - Key Persons


Fabian Calderon

Job Titles:
  • Trainer

Lynn Schneider

Job Titles:
  • Trainer

Tayler Mort

Job Titles:
  • Coach

Thomas Sampson

Job Titles:
  • Owner
  • Owner of Machine Shed Sports
Thomas is the owner of Machine Shed Sports, and as head coach, develops strength, conditioning and fitness programs. Throughout school, Tom participated in competitive sports. After high school, Tom attended Chippewa Valley Technical College for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling. After working in this role for some time, Tom discovered his love for fitness and opened the Machine Shed in October of 2015. He has competed in numerous Sanctioned CrossFit events and earned himself a win at the Midwest Championships 2014 in the Male RX division. Since then, Tom has found his true passion lies in coaching and helping others achieve their fitness goals. Aside from helping countless members strip hundreds of pounds and reach their fitness goals, he has also been coaching CrossFit and Olympic Weightlifting for over 8 years and has coached several athletes to State records, podium finishes and national meets. Tom is a USAW Advanced Sports Performance Coach, CrossFit Level 3 Coach, Certified Sports Nutritionist, Conjugate Weightlifting, Aerobic Capacity, Supervisor Skills Certificates and has Completed the CrossFit Scaling and Movement Fault Correction courses. In his free time, Tom enjoys participating in continuing CrossFit education, being active, regularly learning and playing new sports, and still participates in CrossFit and Weightlifting competitively.