OUR COACHES
Pam Thorburn
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"I have always loved Sport. I knew from an early age I wanted to become an athlete. My love of skiing came from my parents and it developed from there. I started when I was 3 and never wanted to stop. I left school at 16 to become a full time Ski Racer on the British National team and became British Champion in various disciplines and age groups.
In my career, I made multiple Olympic Criteria’s and became the only British woman to compete on the World Cup circuit in the 2 different sports of Alpine skiing and Ski Cross and among only a couple of people in the World to do so.
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Over the years, I had a variety of coaches. I soon realised how much difference a good coach makes. As my career transitioned from athlete to Coach I always kept this in mind. I love working with people to reach their goals, and working on myself to become the best coach I can be. "
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CrossFit Level 2 Trainer
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NASM Senior Fitness Specialist
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NASM Personal Trainer
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BASI Level 3 Trainer
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RockTape Fascial Movement Taping Level 1 & 2
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RockTape Rockblades certified (IASTM)
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Core Academy – PowerMama Coach
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USA Weightlifting – Sports Performance Coach
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Olympic Weightlifting Technique 101
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Rowing for Performance
PATRICK HERBSCHLEB
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Dave D
"My name is Dave, back in high school I was the typical lazy gaming teenager, who drank liters of soda and ate multiple bags of crisps a week. After realising that needed to change I (like a lot of us) went to the local gym.
I realised quickly thát wasnt my thing as well I turnt to CrossFit back in 2016 and became the enthousiast (read: addict) I am now!
After a complete break with the past I tried to develop myself in becoming a person that could offer the same kind of help to others, as I needed back when I was looking for help. I was asked to come and coach at my local box in 2018, the same year I competed in my first (amateur) CrossFit competition. And now, four years later, multiple courses, competitions & Opens I'm proud that I can say I'm part of the team here at The Bar.
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I live by the words 'practice what you preach' and would love to help you on your journey on the road to fitness!"
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CrossFit lvl 1 certificate course;
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CrossFit lvl 2 certificate course;
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Mirwais Training System Weightlifting Trainers course;
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Active Life Seminar;
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CrossFit Judges-, Spot the flaw-, Scaling- & Lesson programming courses;
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Unscared CrossFit Power lifting seminar.
lisette braakenburg
"About ten years ago I was on a mission to finally lose the weight I'd gained during college, so I started running and doing weight training in regular gyms. This was something completely different from the teamsports I was used to doing, and even though I started seeing results, I missed the social side of sports, which is exactly what I love about CrossFit.
To me, working out is about getting the results you want and being able to clear your mind in a comfortable and fun environment; and that's exactly what I hope to bring you as a coach. "
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CrossFit Level 1 Trainer
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CrossFit Judges
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CrossFit Scaling
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Rowing for Performance
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CrossFit Anatomy
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CrossFit Spot The Flaw
REECE
doorson
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CLIFTON
HELD
At a young age I was already sport crazy. Football, rugby, basketball, athletics, swimming, judo you name it I tried it. At a certain point I chose football as my main sport to vent my energie.
To this day I like to challenge myself and others to explore their strengths and improve not only physically but also mentally through coaching.
I coached some “hardcore” bootcamp classes (HIIT) which now I translate into the Power Hour / Strongfit classes at The Bar.
I love the energy, love the people, love the game!
DENNIS
VAN DER WAL
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