Meet our Trainers!
Gabe Murphy: Gym Owner, PT, DPT, CSCS, CF-L1 Trainer
I started CrossFit in a basement with a bunch of priests, not the traditional start for sure! I joined a CrossFit gym when I moved to Montana in 2012 looking for friends and community after moving to a new place not knowing anyone. I got my level 1 certificate about a year after joining that gym and coached for almost three years before opening Hellroaring CrossFit in 2016. I started working as a PT when I moved to Montana and love the overlap of PT into CrossFit and the compliment of my PT skills and knowledge with my CrossFit coaching and training.
I started CrossFit in a basement with a bunch of priests, not the traditional start for sure! I joined a CrossFit gym when I moved to Montana in 2012 looking for friends and community after moving to a new place not knowing anyone. I got my level 1 certificate about a year after joining that gym and coached for almost three years before opening Hellroaring CrossFit in 2016. I started working as a PT when I moved to Montana and love the overlap of PT into CrossFit and the compliment of my PT skills and knowledge with my CrossFit coaching and training.
Sarah Murphy: Gym Manager, OTR/L, CSRS, CF-L1 Trainer
I got tricked into CrossFit by a friend who said we were going to a personal trainer for 'small group sessions'. That was in 2012 and I haven't looked back. I always assumed I wasn't tough enough for CrossFit and even after years of CrossFit I never thought I would be a CrossFit coach or do a competition and I have done both, so expect the unexpected with CrossFit! It's where I met my life partner and love Gabe, it's where I learned to truly love myself. It's made me a better, faster runner, and fitter than I have ever been but it's also made me more confident in myself in every aspect of life.
I got tricked into CrossFit by a friend who said we were going to a personal trainer for 'small group sessions'. That was in 2012 and I haven't looked back. I always assumed I wasn't tough enough for CrossFit and even after years of CrossFit I never thought I would be a CrossFit coach or do a competition and I have done both, so expect the unexpected with CrossFit! It's where I met my life partner and love Gabe, it's where I learned to truly love myself. It's made me a better, faster runner, and fitter than I have ever been but it's also made me more confident in myself in every aspect of life.
Margaret Beck, aka Large Marge
NASM CPT, CNC, CF-L1, Burgener Strength L1
I got suckered into starting CrossFit by a friend who needed a partner for a local competition a couple of years ago. I was used to just lifting heavy things one or two times and didn't have any lung capacity to speak of, but it was still a whole lot of fun regardless of me questioning my whole existence on the assault bike. It was kind of magical timing though because I was in the market for a new form of exercise, and decided to give CrossFit a go after the comp. Now, bignastics are becoming my favorite thing and I can hold my own pretty well during all biking activities. My goals surrounding CrossFit are to continue to get better at moving my own body weight on the bar, increasing my cardiovascular capacity, building some more grit 'tween the ears, and growing a set of delts that would put even Dana Lynn Bailey to shame. I am known at the gym for my laugh, I particularly enjoy coaching barbell movements, and I like to give everyone a hard time at the gym for not eating enough food.
Favorite CrossFit movement: heavy wall balls
Least favorite CrossFit movement: thrusters
(Yes, they sure are the same thing, but one somehow sucks so much less than the other one)
Favorite source of protein: emu meat! (don't knock it til you try it)
Favorite post workout carb- either cereal or pancakes
Favorite food to indulge in- baked goods from our neighbor Uptown Hearth
When I'm not in the gym, I like to use my fitness for long hikes and bikes and days digging in the garden during the summer,
and for PRing my max netflix binge in the winter (mostly kidding, I play in the winter too).
NASM CPT, CNC, CF-L1, Burgener Strength L1
I got suckered into starting CrossFit by a friend who needed a partner for a local competition a couple of years ago. I was used to just lifting heavy things one or two times and didn't have any lung capacity to speak of, but it was still a whole lot of fun regardless of me questioning my whole existence on the assault bike. It was kind of magical timing though because I was in the market for a new form of exercise, and decided to give CrossFit a go after the comp. Now, bignastics are becoming my favorite thing and I can hold my own pretty well during all biking activities. My goals surrounding CrossFit are to continue to get better at moving my own body weight on the bar, increasing my cardiovascular capacity, building some more grit 'tween the ears, and growing a set of delts that would put even Dana Lynn Bailey to shame. I am known at the gym for my laugh, I particularly enjoy coaching barbell movements, and I like to give everyone a hard time at the gym for not eating enough food.
Favorite CrossFit movement: heavy wall balls
Least favorite CrossFit movement: thrusters
(Yes, they sure are the same thing, but one somehow sucks so much less than the other one)
Favorite source of protein: emu meat! (don't knock it til you try it)
Favorite post workout carb- either cereal or pancakes
Favorite food to indulge in- baked goods from our neighbor Uptown Hearth
When I'm not in the gym, I like to use my fitness for long hikes and bikes and days digging in the garden during the summer,
and for PRing my max netflix binge in the winter (mostly kidding, I play in the winter too).
