REVIVAL STRENGTH - Key Persons
Adam Fetter has been captivated with fitness from a young age. Growing up in the Chicago area, he remembers performing bodyweight circuits of pull-ups and pushups with his brothers in the bedroom before going to bed. At this time fitness was a means to performing better on the soccer field; little did he know this would be the beginning of a lifetime pursuit of physical and personal development.
Soccer was Adam's primary focus in his pre-university years. The majority of time not spent in school was devoted to playing soccer, leading to an invitation to play for the Chicago Fire Academy (a part of Major League Soccer's Youth Development Program). During this time he was stricken with several injuries that led to reconstructive surgery, including a pelvis fracture and torn ACL. Adam recovered well from these injuries, but turned down a college soccer career in order to pursue a career in physical therapy.
The first step to obtaining a Doctorate in Physical Therapy required a Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science. During his studies, Adam worked with Saint Louis University Division I Athletics. As a student assistant strength and conditioning coach, he primarily worked with athletes in soccer, basketball, volleyball, and swimming. After experiencing his first official job in fitness, he wanted more.
While still an undergraduate student, Adam found a job at The Lab Gym in Saint Louis. Owned by the late Justin Thacker, Adam had the opportunity to learn under him for several years. While at The Lab, Adam worked as a sports performance coach, CrossFit coach, and personal trainer. While not in the classroom, Adam could be found at The Lab trying to absorb as much knowledge as possible or training his ass off as a competitive Olympic weightlifter and CrossFit athlete. This time at The Lab Gym was a huge step forward in helping Adam develop his philosophy of health and wellness, along with learning how to help others with their personal pursuits of fitness.
Following the completion of his Doctorate in Physical Therapy, Adam took a physical therapy position in San Francisco with EXOS. EXOS is a company focused on human performance by addressing four pillars of health, including mindset, nutrition, movement, and recovery. During his time in San Francisco, he did not want to lose touch with the fitness industry. This led Adam to additionally take a position working for Marcus Filly, the founder of Functional Bodybuilding. Under Marcus's wing, Adam learned and lived the Functional BodyBuilding lifestyle of "Look Good and Move Well."Adam continued to work for EXOS in a new location; Austin, Texas. During this span of time at EXOS, Adam had the opportunity to rehabilitate and optimize movement patterns with professional athletes from the NFL, NBA, MLB, and UFC, as well as several collegiate athletes. To continue to stay fresh in the fitness realm, Adam started coaching clients under his own personal remote coaching business.
Adam had a great career ahead of him, but he was disenchanted with the field of physical therapy. Physical therapy primarily focuses on movement, and he knew this was only one aspect that needs to be addressed in order to optimize the human experience. Adam saw the alignment of his personal beliefs of health and wellness and the platform that Functional Bodybuilding created to help individuals on their fitness journey. In his new career he has aspirations of helping individuals in profound ways by addressing ALL aspects of the human experience.
Andrew Simmerling is a career coach with a background in athletics, Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, Performance Testing and Research, and Personal Coaching. He is a former NJCAA Collegiate Baseball Player and Pitcher in the competitive Panhandle Conference at Tallahassee Community College.
After retiring from his baseball career, Andrew went on to achieve his Bachelors in Science degree at Florida State University in 2014 with a focus on research and human performance. He held a job while acquiring his degree as a coach part of the Michelle Obama "get moving" initiative for kids at local schools. He and his team focused on a combination of circuit training and sports for kids to inspire them to make health and movement a part of their everyday life. Also while in school at FSU he worked as an assistant at an outpatient Physically Therapy clinic, where he would accumulate over 3,000 hours of experience and cemented his passion to pursue a career path in health and fitness.
Seeking a new avenue to connect with people and clients looking to better their health, he earned his CPT from the American College of Sports Medicine and began Personal Training clients in Chicago, IL in 2016. Starting his career at Equinox, he earned Tier 3 Status within 1 year and changed the lives of over 50 clients in his 2 year career there. Andrew continued coaching in Chicago with Fast and Fit Coaching, learning from prominent local Strength Coach and Endurance specialist, Mike Thomson. While utilizing online coaching, personal training, nutritional consults, and teaching group classes, Andrew became specialized in coaching clients for Weight Loss, Body Composition Transformations, and Strength Performance Goals.
After becoming exposed to Revival Strength through his girlfriend Sarah's family (long-time clients of the gym), Andrew decided to become a remote client, coached by Brianna Lamb, to better his training and increase knowledge and awareness as a coach when it comes to the online and in-person experience. He was completely inspired by the Revival Strength approach to training and message to the community of long term health and fitness. He felt a gravitational pull to become a part of that movement and unique opportunity coaches have to connect to their clients on a deeper level.
Dominic Scalzo has been working out to some capacity as long as he can remember. He started playing sports very young and then around 12 years old began weight training with his mother before school started every other day. From the constant training in sport and aesthetics, he eventually went off to a few colleges to play lacrosse. He bounced around a bit, from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, to Onondaga Community College, and eventually to Rutgers University. Winning National titles, All-Rookie Team and All American Honors. He studied Business Administration and then made a switch over into Exercise Science.
During that time he fell into a dark place. Dominic found drugs and alcohol and was lost for some years. He stopped training and was asked to leave Rutgers and not be allowed to participate in the season that year. After a hard battle, he found some hope in 2012. He sought out treatment and began his sober journey! During that time, he rode his bike to the gym every day and began putting some things he learned in school to practice. Dominic was able to play some Club Lacrosse at Palm Beach Atlantic University, where he soon fell in love with CrossFit. He began coaching kids lacrosse and picking up shifts at the local gym, coaching classes and doing private sessions. As well as started his competitive career in CrossFit.
He competed for 7 years and eventually decided to hang it ip after a handful of injuries. Instead, Dominic focused on his career of coaching individuals for the CrossFit games. He had the opportunity to be mentored under James Fitzgerald, Jason Leydon, and a few others. Most recently, he began feeling quite burnt out from the CrossFit scene and has been focusing on people who have competed in the past and are looking to just feel better during training, without being run down. This is where Functional Bodybuilding proved to be a perfect fit for his coaching style.
He has his certifications with Opex, Precision Nutrition, WAG Nutrition Certification and many others. Dominic's experience as an athlete and later training athletes has led to his well rounded coaching abilities that make you Look Good AND Move Well.
Job Titles:
- ACSM Certified Personal Trainer
Shanna Guzman swam for the Terrapin Swim Team in Concord as an age group swimmer and through high school. She went on to compete for Southern Methodist University and later transferred to University of San Diego and finished her college swimming. Post college she competed in olympic distance Triathlon, Master's Swimming for The Olympic Club, and competed in marathons. As a Master's swimmer she won a world Championship in the 200m Back in 2006 and multiple national titles from 2006-2012. She also qualified and ran in the Boston Marathon in 2013. In 2016 she started her journey as a Master's athlete in CrossFit.
Shanna's background in coaching fitness stems back to 2004 when she first got her NASM Personal Trainer Certification. In Santa Cruz, she began coaching through personal training and group fitness classes at Optimal Health and Fitness. At that time she coached age group swimming for Santa Cruz County Aquatics and Masters Swimming at Simpkins Swim Center. In 2010, she made her move to San Francisco and continued her personal training and coaching at Breakaway Performance. She soon came across the sport of fitness at TJs Gym in Mill Valley and had started to implement CrossFit for her own training in endurance sports. In 2012, she began her career as a coach in the sport of fitness. She continues to do individual program design for athletes that have a variety of goals, that stem from health and longevity to athletes competing in CrossFit.