CROSSFIT 557 COACHES

Alan grew up in Troy, IL and graduated from Triad High School. During that time he was involved in football, track and field, and wrestling. After high school, he went and played college football at Illinois College. While he was at IC he decided to join the military. He served 7 years in the Air National Guard as a firefighter, and did 2 deployments. He also served a few years as a civilian firefighter out of Topeka, KS.

The passion for exercise and fitness has always been associated with Alan. During all the years of football, military training, and fire training, he always had to stay in good physical shape. During one of the deployments he walked into a fire house gym and saw a guy, much bigger than him, doing a muscle-up. His interest was peaked and asked what he was doing. CrossFit took over from there. Since 2008, he has been doing CrossFit and has years of experience in power lifting and olympic lifting. He enjoys coaching, helping, and sharing his passion for CrossFit. 

Alan has 3 beautiful daughters, Kenley, Kallie, and Stevie.  Outside of coaching he enjoys spending time with them.  

For 7 years he served his country and people as a military member and firefighter, and now it's time to help serve people of this community with his knowledge of those fields combined.

Alan's Certifications

CrossFit Level I Certification

National Registered Emergency Medical Technician

AED/CPR

Firefighter I/II

Hazardous Material Technician

Crystal grew up in O’Fallon, IL and graduated from O’Fallon Township High School. At OTHS, she was involved in soccer, cross country and track. After high school, she went to St. Louis College of Pharmacy where she continued cross country for 4 more years.  In 2008, she earned a Doctorate of Pharmacy and worked as a pharmacist and pharmacy manager with a local retailer for 15 years. After college, Crystal struggled to find a fitness routine she enjoyed and always went back to running.  After finishing a half marathon in 2013, a friend recommended she try CrossFit and she fell in love with this workout regimen. 

After 3 years of doing CrossFit, Crystal realized how beneficial it would have been when she was an athlete in high school and college.  She decided to take the CrossFit Level 1 Certification so she could not only coach adults, but also coach athletes. In 2016, while working as a full time pharmacist, Crystal began her coaching journey in her spare time.  She has had the pleasure of coaching all levels and ages of CrossFitters (from 3 years old to 70+ years old).  

Her passion for coaching has continued to grow with each chapter of her life and she is always learning and expanding her knowledge. She is a mom of 2 wonderful kids and continued CrossFit during both pregnancies. Going through this journey without much knowledge at the time of her first pregnancy, she developed a passion for helping other women safely continue CrossFit (and fitness in general) while pregnant and postpartum.  She has helped over 10 women (pregnant, newly postpartum, several years postpartum) at CrossFit 557 in the last 2 years.  

Crystal came to CrossFit 557 in 2018 as a member and has since become one of our head coaches and manager.  What keeps her passion alive is seeing kids/teens/adults do things they never thought possible and knowing she was part of that journey!

Crystal's Certifications

CrossFit Level 3 Certification

CrossFit Kids

CrossFit Weightlifting

CrossFit Gymnastics

NASM - CPT

Pregnancy & Postpartum Athleticism Coach

PN Level 2 Master’s Coach

Concept 2 Rowing Instructor

AED/CPR

 

Gregg grew up in Edwardsville, IL and graduated from Edwardsville High School. During that time he was involved in soccer and track & field. After high school, he went to Parkland College to play soccer.  He decided to join the Marines in 2013 and served for 4 years.  After serving his country, Gregg went to Southern Illinois University where he completed his Masters of Sport & Exercise Psychology degree. 

Gregg found CrossFit in 2013 before he went into the Marines. While he was stationed in Hawaii he started doing CrossFit again in 2017.  He has been doing CrossFit ever since.  He joined CrossFit 557 in 2017 and has been coaching since September of 2017. 

Outside of coaching, Gregg works as an Environmental Manager for Depot Connect International.  He enjoys spending time with his wife and 2 boys and enjoys coaching youth soccer.

Gregg’s passion is to help people focus on the positives of each training session and helping them realize that every day they make it to the gym, they are putting themselves in a position to be better than they were yesterday!

Gregg's Certifications

CrossFit Level I Certification 

CrossFit Gymnastics

AED/CPR

John grew up in Collinsville, IL and graduated from Collinsville High School.  He enjoyed playing basketball and baseball growing up. Aside from coaching, he works as an Operating Engineer Local 520 for the City of Collinsville.

John started CrossFit in 2013.  He had been running to get healthier, but his wife and a few of her friends had been doing CrossFit for a year. They challenged John to try it, so he did and he hasn’t turned back since.  John has been a member of CrossFit 557 since 2021 and became one of our coaches in 2022. 

Outside of coaching, John enjoys boating, camping, hunting, hiking and fishing.  He loves spending time with his wife and son, who are also members at CrossFit 557.

John’s passion is seeing the change CrossFit has on people because he knows it truly transforms someone into the best version of themselves...mentally and physically inside and outside of the gym.

John's Certifications

CrossFit Level I Certification 

AED/CPR