JEFF TEACH
Co-owner/Personal Trainer/Cycling Instructor/CrossFit Instructor
Jeff Teach graduated from the University of Illinois in 1995 with a degree in Speech Communications. Jeff was a member of the University of Illinois Track and Field team for five years. While at University of Illinois, Jeff earned four Big Ten Championship titles as a shot putter, and was also a two time All American in Track and Field. Jeff also competed in Olympic Weightlifting while in college.
After college he spent a year at the Olympic Training Center, training for the 1996 Olympics. While at the Training Center, Jeff unfortunately sustained a shoulder injury. After a strong come back, Jeff made it to the trials, but the shoulder injury proved to be stronger than his will and he didn稚 make the team.
Jeff has been in the personal training field since 1996. He started his career at George Mason University as a strength and conditioning coach. After a year of training their athletes, he pursued other interests in the personal training field. He currently holds three certifications; one from the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, another from USA Weightlifting as a Level 1 Weightlifting Coach and his third as a Level I CrossFit Instructor. Jeff also maintains a certification in CPR and First Aid by the American Safety Council. Since his weightlifting days, Jeffç—´ interests have changed from the strength sports to the endurance sports.
He currently competes in cycling as a Category 3 road racer, and NORBA Sport Level/Clydesdale Mountain Bike Racer. The weightlifting background is still ingrained in him, and you can find him lifting weights when he is not out on his bike.
On his days off from training, he enjoys camping and the serenity of fly-fishing.
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CHRISTA DALAKIS
Co-owner/Personal Trainer
Christaç—´ health and fitness background started years before becoming a personal trainer. Christa was a two sport division I scholarship athlete in Womenç—´ Fastpitch Softball (Captain) and Womenç—´ Volleyball at George Mason University.
In volleyball she helped lead the team to 2 NCAA appearances and a Sweet 16 appearance. After graduating from GMU with a BA in Speech Communication Christa went on to play on the Brakettes, which is a prestigious Women Majors fastpitch team in Connecticut.
In August 2002 Christa made the Greek National Softball Team and helped the team to win the GOLD at the European Championships B-Pool in 2003. In 2004 Christa was chosen to be an alternate and assistant coach for team in the 2004 OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES in Athens, Greece. After the Olympics Christa is again a full-time player on the team and helped the team win the Silver in European Championships A-Pool in 2005 with a team high batting average of .421 and she was top 5 in tournament. Greece just missed qualifiying for the Beijing games by 2 places in the world championships in 2006. In 2007 Christa retired from softball by participating in one more European Qualifier on the Greek National Team and playing for the National Champion Pro Team the Washington Glory here locally.
Christa is currently certified by the American Council on Exercise and is CPR certified by the American Red Cross. She is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a member of IDEA.
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DAVID ‘CHEF’ WALLACH
Director of CrossFit /Sports Nutrition Specialist /Personal Trainer /Kettlebell Instructor
My whole life has been food and fitness. I am a Certified Personal Trainer, Certified CrossFit Trainer, CrossFit Kettle Bell Instructor, Dietician, Master Chef in the US and EU and among the happiest food science and functional fitness nerds around. I have been fortunate enough to teach Sports Nutrition, train trainers and clients and spread the gospel of Functional Fitness on three continents. I get to play with my food and hang out with athletes: I’m a kid in a candy store!
In 2005, after a life of competitively lifting the heaviest things I could find and downhill and cross-country mountain biking, I stumbled across an article about this maverick Gregg Glassman and his ‘CrossFit’ training program that was creating champions out in Santa Cruz. I was DEEPLY skeptical of the idea that supra-fitness and maximal health could be achieved with such short and intense workouts. No hours of cardio? No hours of specialized weight training? The first CrossFit workout taught me I was, even with all my training and cardio, a LONG way from ‘fit’. I was hooked and willing to give this plan of natural movements at high intensity three months of dedication to see what could be achieved.
I was SHOCKED by the results. I am now fitter, faster, leaner and stronger at 44 years old than I was as a 25-year-old athlete, all while training in less than half the time per week that I had for years! Every client I have trained using ‘CrossFit’ has found a new level of achievement and results and has raised the bar of their own expectations. There is no greater joy for a Coach than to see his athletes surpass their old ‘impossibles’ and have the phrase ‘I can’t’ permanently removed from their lives.
