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Who We Are
Zoe Jovaag
I am a NCSF Certified Personal Trainer and Sport Nutrition Specialist.
I’ve always been an athlete and competitor.
I became a CPT in order to share my love of exercise and God-given gifts with a wide range of people.
I’ve played all the sports growing up, but in college I played Ultimate for FSU graduating in 2016.
My fitness career started as a high school basketball strength and conditioning coach.
I did that for 8 years until my husband and I moved from my hometown in Florida to Chattanooga in 2024.
I am now a personal trainer and at the YMCA, LIFT FITNESS, and RESILIENCE. When I’m not strength training, I could be hiking, at the zoo, horseback riding, or trying out new restaurants in town.
Cassidy Tennille
Owner/Founder of Resilience
Heart Warrior- CHD Interruption of the Aortic Valve
3 Open Heart Surgeries
Abuse Survivor
Certified NASM Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor, Certified Athletic Trainer,
AIT Certified Adaptive and Inclusive Personal Trainer, Trauma informed Coach.
B.A. in Elementary Education Specializing in Exceptional Education
Equine Assisted Therapist
Pilates Certified Instructor
Deka World Championship Competitor
WODAPTIVE London Games Competitor
Weight Lifting Competitor and Athlete
Fitness and Faith healed me spiritually, mentally, physically, and emotionally. I believe God Called me to be that help to others through my love for Him and movement.
My favorite training techniques to use is referred to as cross training. This means my methods are a combination of strength training, Contrology, conditioning, endurance, mobility, and functional fitness. All of my workouts are easily modified and designed specifically for each individual and their abilities.
I have a deep love and passion for the special needs community.
I have been in the fitness world for five years. I’ve competed in London at the WODAPTIVE games to bring awareness to the adaptive community and to show why movement matters for all types of individuals no matter ability. I’ve also competed in CrossFit competitions and had a blast doing it! I owned my own gym briefly and focused on adaptive training and group fitness training. Each endavor that is put on my heart, I was lead to do after heavy prayer and God's guidance. And in each instance, He placed me where he needed me. I am thankful to always be the vessel.
I believe in following God, wherever He leads me, and I am very thankful for every hardship and challenge I’ve been faced with in life.
I thoroughly enjoy women's hiking retreats with movement and purpose centered around our creator.
My only desire is that my life song will reflect all of God’s gifts that he’s poured into me, and the lessons I’ve learned, in hopes of helping others in their journey. My favorite classes to take are barre/pilates and strength training style classes. I’m a big mountain climber, hiker, and adventurer. I’m a proud Mom to a wonderful teenage girl, Serenity, and a proud Wife to my Jon Lay.
Family is important to me and time with them is priceless.
My favorite saying/verse: Philippians 4:13- I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
Who We Are
Katie Bures
Adaptive Crossfit Games Winner X2
Kay Kay Grew up in Christian home but didn't personally/fully surrender my life to Jesus until 2021.
When I was about 8 years old, I stopped passing the pediatrician hearing test, so they referred us to the "best" ENT. This was all in South Florida where I was born/grew up.
After 10 weeks of a different hearing test each week, the Dr.'s conclusion was that I was lying about it to get attention as a kid. My mom and dad wanted me to go to different Dr. but I didn't want too because my self esteem was scarred and I could just live with it. So I made it through all of life through my bachelors without any assistance just reading lips, sitting up front in school and using context clues to put things together. I was a competitive swimmer in high school and college, then started swimming with masters after college and started CrossFit in 2018. In sports I mainly just got yelled at a lot cause the coach's think you aren't paying attention but I was really paying OVER attention, just couldn't hear.
I took spanish as my language in high school and college because I was embarrassed at the time for "being mostly deaf" but also made to believe I was lying about it.
When I turned 26, I wasn't going to be on my parents insurance anymore and they begged me to go get hearing checked out again. So I did. This Dr. Green was so good and SO impressed. I had 40% (R) and 25% (L) volume but my cochlear hair cells were all frayed so that explained why I could hear a little volume but no clarity of sounds/speech without reading lips. I said no to cochlear implants at the time out of fear of being completely deaf after the surgery. Fast forward to 2022, after I surrenderred my life to Jesus in 2021, my hearing dropped to 5% for unknown reasons. But Jesus knows.
I started learning ASL at 2x the speed through bill vicars and we talked about cochlear implants again. I went home and prayed about it, and Jesus distinctively told me "kaykay if you say no out of fear of being completely deaf then your missing out on all I have for you on the other side." So I said yes. Three days later I made it into accelerated DPT program, underwent both cochlear implant surgeries last year while maintaining school and also won the CrossFit Games as the first deaf athlete just a few months ago. I don't like my cochlears and still trying to be patient with them but I LOVE being deaf, its Gods biggest blessing and to watch Him use me is incredible. Now Im also the first deaf DPT and currently just moved from Jeannette PA where I was working for the past year as a PT.
I’ve been a gym manager and head coach for 3 years, PTA for 3 years in a variety of settings and now am a Doctor of Physical therapy whose heart loves ALL people but is very called to minister to the special needs population. I'm excited to just use whatever platform Jesus gives me to share the gospel in both physical therapy and as an elite athlete.