the boot crossfit Team
Jodie Haney - Founder & Coach
CF-L3 Trainer
In 2009, a dear friend introduced me to CrossFit. I had tried many different ways to stay fit, but none of them seemed to work! Walking into that CrossFit box took some guts, but five minutes into class, I was sold. My new CrossFit coaches patiently taught me how to train, eat and recover properly. Little-by-little, I started to feel comfortable in my own skin again! As your coach, I’ve got your back. I will be with you through the ups and downs. Together, we will get you from where you are to where you want to be!
Don haney - Coach
CF-L2 Trainer
Playing high school football in Texas and collegiate football for Clemson University, I spent a lot of time in weight rooms grinding through routines. Those old-school workouts bored me to death. In CrossFit, though, everyday is different, and this variety keeps me coming back for more. As an almost 10-year CrossFit veteran and now CF-L1 Trainer, I’m having fun in the gym, and I want you to enjoy training and playing the long game with me.
Emma Fontenot - Coach
CF-L2 Trainer
I love facilitating that one sacred hour of the day when my athletes can focus solely on themselves. Life is busy, and being a mom of three, I understand how important and challenging it is to make our own health a priority. We all desperately need that time to recharge and re-energize. When you make a commitment to walk through our doors, I make a commitment to help make training the best part of your day!
Ashley Darsey, coach
PN1
What, when, and how much to eat…so many questions without consistent answers. Sleep, stress, exercise…how much do those things really affect the way we feel everyday? It’s no wonder most of us feel clueless about our nutrition and overwhelmed because we just don’t know where to start. Feeling healthier, more energetic, and more confident doesn’t have to be overwhelming restrictive. Having a degree in health science and practicing dental hygiene for 17 years have taught me the principles of proper nutrition. However, until a few years ago, I still didn’t understand how to fit proper nutrition into my busy lifestyle. Precision Nutrition, and a wonderful coach, gave me the missing pieces and helped me learn new ways to make healthy habits consistent and sustainable. I would love to be able to do the same for you!
Schyler Mire, Coach
After finishing my career as a swimmer and swim coach, I wanted a new athletic endeavor to stay in shape. A friend recommended The Boot CrossFit to see if I liked it, but instead, I loved it.
I love the variety of movements and everyone's common goal to be a well-rounded athlete within a fitter community.
I've continued learning through over 5 years of experience doing CrossFit, and I want to give back and bring that knowledge to others through coaching just as I got to do with swim.
Teaching people new skills and helping them improve is what drives me.
There's nothing more fulfilling than watching how it lights up their day and the smiles they walk out with!
Anne Bennett, Coach
My daughter started CrossFit and tried to get me to join – I was a P.E. teacher for 9 years, competitive water skier for over 35 years, and co-owner of Bennett Water Ski School, yet I still thought CrossFit was “too extreme” and would hurt me! I finally relented and started CrossFit in November of 2018 at the age of 59! I quickly learned CrossFit was for me. It’s wonderful that all workouts are different, but mostly I love that CrossFit has a planned program designed to help us all get to a greater level of health and fitness than we presently possess. We all have hopes and dreams deep down inside for our lives but don’t always have a plan to achieve them. If your dreams require a healthy body, let your CrossFit trainers do the brain work of programming and coaching – you just be consistent at showing up, give it your best each time, and the sky is the limit!
Kristen Allen, Coach
CF-L1
In early 2021, I began my fitness journey after being encouraged to give CrossFit a try. Up until that point, I had never played a sport or worked out regularly. Everything about “the gym” terrified and intimidated me! I was frustrated that, at 21 years old, I was already too weak and inflexible for some of my regular day-to-day responsibilities. The second a saw myself getting stronger and becoming capable, I was obsessed with training. I graduated from LSU with a B.S. in Psychology and a B.A. in Sociology. As a coach and a lover of psychology, I love finding what makes people tick and what motivates athletes to keep working towards their goals. I get what it feels like to start from the bottom, and as your coach, it brings me joy to make your goals achievable for you!