Brandon Bartz

My passion is helping people enjoy fitness and teaching them to continue to enjoy it throughout their long, healthy lives.  Whether you’re a 55-year-old grandpa or his 5-year-old grandson, you were designed to move.  Through correct nutrition and movement, everyone has the capability of increasing their health and fitness level, no matter what current shape they are in.  My goal as a coach is to provide that opportunity and equip you with the tools and knowledge to make it possible.

As an athlete, CrossFit has made it possible for me to physically and mentally take on any challenge that I am faced with.  I have become more and more drawn to challenges like Spartan races, Adventure racing, and taking on business opportunities with enthusiasm and confidence.  My hope is that every QCCF member challenges themselves the same way, expanding their comfort zone into things previously thought impossible.  I look forward to seeing you at the gym!

Qualifications:

- CrossFit Level 1 Certified
- Olympic Lifting
- CrossFit Kids
- CrossFit Endurance

Josiah Lorentzen

I’m most passionate about leading people away from Western conventional wisdom of health and fitness.  My hope is to steer them towards a life of eating real food combined with Functional Fitness. Strength is my favorite element of fitness. I want to see people get strong now to prevent a life of injuries, back problems, etc. I believe strength is under-appreciated in traditional fitness today. I’m also passionate about the community of QCCF. I want to help create a place where people can feel like they are a part of a family or community that supports their decision to seek a healthier life.

Qualifications:

- CrossFit Level 1 Certified
- CrossFit Football
- Powerlifting
- Olympic Lifting
- Certified Holistic Health Counselor
- AADP American Association of Drugless Practioners

Sinan Gocmen

I truly enjoy working with people who are new to CrossFit, despite their fitness background and helping them achieve goals and do things that they never thought they’d be able to do. Watching our members set new PR’s, learn how to climb a rope, or get their first pull-up is great to be a part of! I love being a part of a group of people who give every workout their all, hold nothing back, and keep trying new things and continually challenging themselves.

Qualifications:

- CrossFit Powerlifting Certified

Accomplishments:

- 2010 Heart of America Affiliate Cup 1st Place Team
- 2011 Crossfit Games Open 9th Place Finish in the North Central Region
- 2011 GrossFit Games North Central Region 20th Place
- 2011 Heart of America Affiliate Cup 3rd Place Team
- 2011 Garage Games Ice Bowl 3rd Place
- B.S. from Northern Illinois University
- Student at Palmer College of Chiropractic

Jennifer Bartz

I have been doing CrossFit for almost 3 years now, minus the 4 months I took off when pregnant, and I am hooked. Before this, I had never lifted a barbell, let alone a barbell with weights on it. I had never attempted a pull-up, a handstand push up, or a muscle up – never before had I run a 5k. Needless to say CrossFit has turned me into the athlete that I never thought was in me.

My passion and my primary aim as a coach has been to help people break through the unthinkable – to help those who think that a pull-up, a muscle-up, or a clean-and-jerk are among the impossible and coach them in making it an accomplishment. To make a career out of helping others change their lives in fitness, health, and mental well-being has become my definition of passion. Our people at Quad City Crossfit make our box what it is, and I am beyond thankful for each and every one of them.

Qualifications:

- CrossFit Level 1 Certified

Accomplishments:

- B.S. in Communication from Augustana College

D’ann Lorentzen

Crossfit has become my greatest passion, aside to being a mom and a wife. CrossFit has been a lifestyle to me for over 3 years now and it has been an amazing journey!  I am excited to see lives change because of the efforts of the CrossFit community.   I have been training for 2 years and am looking forward to the future of QCCF.  As a competitor, I have participated in The Heart of America competition in 2010 and 2011, placing 1st and 3rd.  In 2011 I joined the QCCF team at the regionals for an 11th place finish.

Qualifications:

- CrossFit Level 1 Certified

Maddison Ruggeberg

My favorite part about being a Crossfit Trainer is the responses you get out of people when they do something they never thought possible. I am pretty good or bad at this, however you want to take it, but I very easily, without thinking set high expectations on people. I love it when someone rolls on the ground after a nasty WOD because they literally pushed as hard as they could, and I expect that. I expect people to push as hard as they can, which is different for every person, but it is so exciting to watch as a coach. Being a coach is extremely rewarding because you get to watch people achieve goals they never ever thought they could do in a million years. I also get to coach my mom and dad, something that not everyone can say they get to do. Coaching them is challenging at times but i absolutely love it, I love the family of Crossfit and that just adds another element. It is so important to have the amazing community, the family, the friends, the athletes that we have because that is what makes it enjoyable. Although I am a fairly new coach I look forward to what the future brings with QCCF and our amazing staff.

Qualifications:

- Crossfit Level 1 Certified

Accomplishments:

- 2010 Regional Affiliate 13th Place
- 1st in HOA 2010 Team Comp
- 3rd in HOA 2011 Team Comp
- 4th in Life as RX 2011 Team Comp
- 9th in WodClubOpen 2012 Individual
- Division 1 Softball(Big 12 Champs) 2011

Dawn Blades

Greg Hanses

Jason Anderson

Leah Kurth

Tifani Gocmen

Brock Auning

I became a CrossFit trainer because of my passion to assist REAL people effect REAL change in their lives through fitness and healthy living. Anyone – age, gender, size, or background – willing to follow the CrossFit program and give 100% is all that is needed to see unbelievable results. I get tremendous fulfillment from being a small part in encouraging, teaching and helping people meet and exceed their goals. I seeunbelievable potential in everyone – more than they see on their own.

I believe this because my own story supports it. After spending 5 years in a typical gym reading conventional wisdom on fitness and nutrition attempting to get fit and lean, I was challenged to try CrossFit in December 2010. My eyes have been opened since day one – progressing and learning more about health and fitness each day than I did in years on my own. The CrossFit program is proven and without parallel. Our QC CrossFit trainers are world class motivators and instructors. Our QC CrossFit community is best feature of all – making your fitness experience more fun and supportive than you can believe. I could tell you much more about what CrossFit is, but really, you just have to come and experience for yourself.

Qualifications:

- CrossFit Level 1 Certified
- Vaughn Weightlifting Seminars - Bronze & Silver

Accomplishments:

- 2012 CrossFit Games Open participant
- 2012 & 2011 Heart of America games team participant
- 2011 Life as Rx games team participant
- QC Triathlon
- QC Half Marathon
- Various QC road races

Brent Decastecker

I was introduced to Crossfit in 2010, I was looking for something else besides the same daily routine at the Globo Gym.   I found Quad City Crossfit and instantly fell in love with the physical and mental challenges of it.  Not only were the challenges great, but the community was the best part of QCCF.  It was great to have a community where everyone got to know each other, and they also helped and supported one another.  I had never experienced an environment like this at a gym, and was instantly hooked.  CrossFit has become one of my greatest passions, so much that I will be Co-Owner of Quad City CrossFit’s second location, CrossFit Motown in moline, IL.  Being a part of CrossFit has driven me to enjoy local Trail and Road races,along with CrossFit Competitions in our area.

Qualifications:

- CrossFit Level 1 Certified

Accomplishments:

- CPR, American Heart Association