Over 20+ Fitness Experts Speaking!

Mike Lee, Director of Coaching at Big Dawgs Athlete, is most known for maximizing the athletic potential of CrossFit Games athletes; Tennil Reed-Beuerlein, Colleen Fotsch, Marcus Filly and Helena Falk. As Director of Coaching, Mike mentors the Big Dawgs Coaching staff to coaching excellence and ensures all athletes training under the Big Dawgs banner receive the highest standard of coaching in the industry. Formerly Head Coach of the PHX Rise GRID team, Mike led the team to a 2016 victory and was also awarded 2016 GRID Coach of the year. Mike currently serves as the USA Functional Fitness Head Coach and has enjoyed coaching the team to a world championship win.

Tim is the founder of the Juice Athlete Compound, and online strength & conditioning coaching company that works with athletes, gyms, and coaches around the world. After running one of SoCal's largest boxes, he took his wealth of experience as a world-class athlete and coach online to help motivated individuals unlock their full potential. In 2016 he had 3 of his athletes compete in the Rio Olympics, and several more are on track for 2020. Tim specializes in 1-on-1 program design, facility programming, and the Juice's Kids Fitness program; ``Youth Empowerment Systems`` which currently runs across the US, Canada, & Europe.

– Pan Am Games Gold Medalist, World Championships Bronze Medalist
– 9x US National Team Member
– UCLA Graduate
– US Olympic Training Center Resident Athlete & Coach
– Strength & Conditioning Coach for Olympians, World Champions, and Regional & Games Athletes

Jared Stevens – Coach / Co-Owner-CrossFit417

Credentials: NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist; CrossFit Level 1; CPR and First Aid

Accomplishments: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 CrossFit Games Team;

2012, 2013 and 2014 CrossFit North Central Regionals Individual

Athletic Experience: College Football & Track

I started CrossFit: 2011

Favorite Nasty Girl/Movement: Jackie. Clean.

Why I love CrossFit: I love our community that we have all created right here in Ozark.

My favorite part about coaching at CrossFit 417:The people and seeing how their lives change as they buy into believing in themselves.

My passion outside the gym: God is my motivation and without him we have nothing. I am passionate about life.

Marcus Filly is the CEO and Founder of Revival Strength and Functional Bodybuilding, and creator of Awaken Training Series. He is a 6x CrossFit Games athlete (2016 12th fittest) and was captain of the Phoenix Rise in the NPGL. Marcus has an extensive training background and has also competed in baseball, golf, and Division 1 collegiate soccer.

Marcus’s passion for helping others live healthy lives led him partway through medical school, until he turned his career focus to coaching. He was formerly a CrossFit facility owner for 5 years, has completed all 5 of the OPEX CCP courses, and has coached clients from all over the world, including Games and Regionals athletes. Marcus currently leads a team of coaches at Revival Strength, who design individual programs for clients both remotely and onsite that include training, nutrition, and lifestyle support for a diverse range of athletes. He also co-hosts the Look Good Move Well podcast. Marcus lives in San Rafael, CA with his wife, Megan, and daughter, Noa.

Jason Khalipa is a San Jose, California native, CrossFit Games world champion, first-time author, and lifelong competitor. Jason married his high school sweetheart, Ashley, and the couple was blessed with two beautiful children, Ava and Kaden. Jason and Ashley are extremely passionate about fundraising and building awareness for children and the families of children battling cancer.

Jason is CEO and Founder of NCFIT, a global company aimed at making fitness effective, fun, and accessible. With thousands of participants worldwide, NCFIT is widely considered first in class in functional training by industry insiders. Jason is also one of the most accomplished athletes in CrossFit Games history. In 2008, Jason was crowned the Fittest Man on Earth. He has also earned top finishes including placements as the 5th, 16th, 7th, 5th, 2nd, and 3rd Fittest Man on Earth. Jason had the honor of representing Team USA three times in the worldwide CrossFit Invitational and earned Spirit of the Games honors in 2009. Jason attributes much of his success in life and competition to the love and support of his wife and children, as well as to the AMRAP Mentality.

JP owns and operates BRICK. Established in Los Angeles in 2010, BRICK rapidly expanded to tier one cities such as New York, Chicago and Boston. Applying a replicable, scalable and proven business model, JP has grown the company to 7 commercial location throughout the U.S. and 2 international partnerships in less than six years.

JP got his start in membership-based business over 20 years ago after a decorated amateur and professional fight career. JP transferred his extensive athletic triumphs into teaching martial arts and soon thereafter opened his own schools. He quickly grew into one of the youngest multiple-school location owners in the U.S. Due to his great success in building strong communities and staff; he was sought after by some of the most esteemed Martial Arts academies. With a growing family of nieces and nephews Perelmutter was compelled to move back West. He sold his locations to the managers he had groomed and developed, who all still run successful operations to this day.

Upon returning to Los Angeles, JP dove into the sport of fitness, a training methodology he had dabbled in during previous fight training. Instantly he had a newfound love. Meanwhile his entrepreneurial spirit immediately saw an opportunity and hole in the market. Using his tested and proven membership based business model he founded BRICK.

JP has a passion for sharing his business savvy methods to inspire, motivate and guide people to a healthier and wealthier way of life. His worldwide training and business endeavors has allowed him to gather an arsenal of powerful knowledge, teaching tools, and talents, which he has utilized to create a dynamic environment for his team and the communities he’s built JP aspires to share his experience and knowledge with other affiliates and fitness business owners since he lives by the mantra “rising tides raise all boats”.

JP continues on his never ending quest of excellence while searching new opportunities to expand the BRICK landscape and provide great career growth for his professional team of which he considers family.

Onward and upward!

MDV (Matt DellaValle) has been around the block in the fitness industry! Discovering CrossFit in 2006 and earning his Level 1 Certificate in 2008 -- he's been hustling ever since. A ``reformed`` a lawyer, MDV walked away from three piece suits and courtrooms to pursue a career dedicated to the pursuit of professional coaching. Today, MDV manages all of fitness and coaching worldwide for NCFIT. Across the past decade, MDV's journey has taken him a few different directions -- coaching for some of the best gyms in the business (CFNE, Reebok CrossFit ONE, CrossFit ONE Nation & NCFIT), leading seminars for CrossFit HQ around the world, joining the ownership team at CrossFit ONE Nation, managing the CrossFit partnership for Reebok HQ, and finally landing in his current role at NCFIT. He is passionate about fitness, coaching, and sharing his experience to help others along their journey.

Mike T. Nelson, PhD, MSME, CSCS, CISSN, is a research fanatic who specializes in metabolic flexibility and heart rate variability, as well as an online trainer, adjunct professor, faculty member at the Carrick Institute, presenter, creator of the Flex Diet Cert, kiteboarder, and (somewhat incongruously) heavy-metal enthusiast.

Inaugural CrossFit Games Champion and industry-leading educator, James FitzGerald, has dedicated his life to bringing honor to the coaching profession. As Founder of OPEX Fitness his Coaching Education and Gyms Licensing Programs have provided thousands of coaches with the tools needed to professionalize their passion. James’ flagship program, The OPEX Coaching Certificate Program reflects his 20 + years of coaching expertise and is set apart by the breadth of coaching theory and practical application taught. In early 2019, James achieved another career milestone with the release of Mixed Modal, a groundbreaking course specifically designed to educate coaches on the long-term development of competitive Functional Fitness athletes.

Nicole Aucoin is a Registered Dietitian and Founder of Healthy Steps Nutrition and HSN Mentoring. Through HSN, Nicole started HSN Mentoring where she has helped hundreds of gym owners and dietitians start and grow their own nutrition programs. Nicole wrote a book, Nourish: Grow Your Nutrition Business from the Ground Up, which is available on Amazon. Visit www.growyournutritionbusiness.com for free help and support.

Jen, along with her husband Josh, opened Progression Fitness (also known as CrossFit Progression) in Rochester, Minnesota in 2009. The goal of opening this facility was to create a place that would positively impact people's lives, helping them to be the healthiest version of themselves, stay functional, get stronger, live longer, and be free from chronic diseases like diabetes. Jen received training from Healthy Steps Nutrition, became a nutrition coach, and started the nutrition program at Progression Fitness in 2017.

Aside from being a nutrition coach at Progression Fitness, Jen is a nurse practitioner at Mayo Clinic, specializing in diabetes management. The role of a nutrition coach, and now mentor incorporates a passion for healthy eating, exercise, disease prevention and the pursuit of quality of life without the burden of chronic disease.

Through the Healthy Steps Nutrition mentorship of fellow nutrition coaches, the goal is to grow businesses with similar missions and help fellow business owners and nutrition coaches empower people to improve the health of the individual, family and community.