The Live Active Charlotte Story

At Live Active Charlotte, our mission is to help busy adults transform their lives through fitness, nutrition, and accountability. Since 2009, we’ve built a community centered on support, consistency, and care. What sets us apart is our commitment to personalized coaching and follow-up, ensuring every member receives the attention they deserve. We’re proud to boast a staggering number of qualifications and certifications across our staff team (including a large number of CrossFit Level 2 Trainers), in addition to a diverse range of additional qualifications and experience from Gymnastics to CrossFit Kids, Nutrition to Yoga, and everything in between. Our experienced coaches, many with over a decade of experience, guide each workout, helping members achieve their goals while staying injury-free. At Live Active Charlotte, you’re not just another face in the gym – you’re part of a family dedicated to your success.

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Founder Brian Strump
Our founder

Brian Strump

In 2008, two years after opening my doctor’s office inside a large traditional gym, I had the idea to combine a chiropractic and rehab office with a CrossFit gym. After months of research, Premier Health and Rehab Solutions and CrossFit Steele Creek opened for business in May 2010.

While many questioned my idea at the time, I thought that having two businesses under one roof to serve the community by providing solutions to improve their health and wellness would work. It has, and grown into something well beyond what I ever imagined. It’s become the “third place” for many members after their home and work. For some, at times, it’s been their “only place” while they were suffering through some difficult times in life. We wanted to create an environment where the happiest hour of your day is spent in our facility. We know that the benefits of such a place can create a better life for the member, their family, and in turn create a small ripple to make the world a better place. Happier and healthier people can accomplish just that!

A lot has changed since 2008 in the health and fitness industry. For starters, it’s confusing out there! Fad diets and exercise routines have come and gone; and will continue to do so. People are bombarded with health information from their friends, doctors and people that play doctors on TV. Many times that information is confusing, and often incorrect. There are new fitness trends and franchises exploding annually! Orange Theory Fitness, Burn Boot Camp, Barry’s Boot Camp, Worlds Best Boot Camp, Iron Tribe Fitness, Fit Body Boot Camp, F45, etc., etc. Let’s also not forget the Thigh Master, Ab Roller, Easy Tone Shoes, 8 Minutes Abs, surgical weight loss procedures and those magic weight loss beans; I mean “diet pills”.

I’m all for the growth and bringing the importance of health and fitness to the forefront in a world where people are getting more overweight and sicker annually. Competition in this space is good for business. Personally, it keeps us on our toes striving to always improve and never get complacent in our product and services we provide. When we opened in 2010, it was a chiropractic office and CrossFit affiliate that only offered CrossFit group classes. Now, as we enter 2020, it’s become much more!

Our chiropractic office added dry needling, massage therapy and additional ways to help people move and feel better. The greatest growth came on the fitness side where we now offer programs including 1 on 1 personal training, CrossFit, Nutrition Coaching, Kid’s Unplugged, Body Composition Testing, Yoga, Corporate Wellness Programs and more. The decision to rebrand to Live Active Charlotte was an easy one. The goal is to help the most people possible. And to be 100% transparent, the decision was based on the public perception that “CrossFit” is something they can’t do.

I feel that we can widen our reach to the public and in the corporate wellness space by creating a brand that offers “CrossFit” as a fitness program, amongst others. It is the expectation that Live Active Charlotte better tells our story and allows more people a chance to hear it.

Our Coaches

Coach Brian Strump

Dr. Brian Strump

Licensed Doctor of Chiropractic
Level 1 CrossFit Certified Trainer
Level 2 CrossFit Certified Trainer
Level 3 CrossFit Certified Trainer
Pendlay Olympic Lifting Certified Level 1 & 2
CrossFit Kettlebell Certified

Coach Kristin Moody

Kristin Moody

Chief Everything Officer (CEO)
Level 1 CrossFit Certified Trainer

Coach Burt Nassif

Burt Nassif

Level I CrossFit Certified Trainer
Level 2 CrossFit Certified Trainer
CrossFit Kettlebell Certified
CrossFit Movement & Mobility certified
Level I Jeet Kune Do Instructor under Sifu Scott Shields
Whitewater Kayaking Instructor at USNWC

Coach Jesus "Chuy" Gonzalez

Jesus "Chuy" Gonzalez

Level 1 CrossFit certified trainer
Level 2 CrossFit Certified Trainer
1996 Summer Olympian, Swimming (Mexico)

Coach Buffy Shoener

Buffy Shoener

Level 1 CrossFit Certified Trainer
Level 2 CrossFit Certified Trainer
CrossFit Gymnastics certified
USAW Level 1 Coach
CrossFit Kids Certified Trainer
Precision Nutrition Level 1 & 2
Certified Nutrition Coach (Via Healthy Steps Nutrition)

Coach Dawn Burns

Dawn Burns

Level I CrossFit Certified Trainer
Level 2 CrossFit Certified Trainer
CrossFit Movement & Mobility certified
Carl Paoli Freestyle Gymnastics certified
CrossFit Gymnastics certified

Coach Kyra Severson

Kyra Severson

Level 1 CrossFit Certified Trainer
Level 2 CrossFit Certified Trainer
CrossFit Movement & Mobility certified
CrossFit Kids Certified Trainer
Carl Paoli Freestyle Gymnastics certified
CrossFit Gymnastics certified
Level 1 & 2 Yoga Fit Certified
200hr Registered Yoga Teacher through Queen City Living Yoga
Bachelors Degree in Health & Exercise Science

Coach Tiara Terra

Tiara Terra

Level 1 CrossFit Certified Trainer Level 2 CrossFit Certified Trainer W.I.T.S. Certified Personal Trainer CrossFit Gymnastics Certified Trainer Nutrition Coach- Healthy Steps Nutrition Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certified Equestrian Instructor

Coach Dan Martinez

Dan Martinez

Level 1 CrossFit Certified Trainer
Level 2 CrossFit Certified Trainer

Coach Whit Sawyer

Whit Sawyer

Level 1 CrossFit Certified Trainer
Level 2 CrossFit Certified Trainer
CrossFit Movement & Mobility Certified
CrossFit Gymnastics Certified
Outlaw Barbell Olympic Lifting Certification

Coach Lori Badgley

Lori Badgley

CrossFit Level 1 Certified Trainer
CrossFit Endurance Certified

Coach Mark Dillenbeck

Mark Dillenbeck

Level 1 CrossFit Certified Trainer
Level 2 CrossFit Certified Trainer

Coach Dave Bowman

Dave Bowman

Level 1 CrossFit Certified Trainer
CrossFit Kettlebell Certified
Capt. in Charlotte Fire Department
Top place finisher in the World’s Scott Fire Fighter Combat Challenge

Coach Meri Faulkner

Meri Faulkner

Level 1 CrossFit Certified Trainer
Brand X Method Certified (Kids courses)
3rd Grade teacher

Live Active Charlotte Coach Erin Patchey

Erin Patchey

Level 1 CrossFit Certified Trainer
Level 2 CrossFit Certified Trainer
Professional Member of USA Gymnastics
Competitive Team Gymnastics Coach
D1 Gymnast, Ball State University

Danny Estevez coach at Live Active Charlotte

Danny Estevez

Level 1 CrossFit Certified Trainer

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