meet mandi

I was an exhausted, burned-out Kindergarten teacher. I caught every virus and odd illness my classroom of 5-year-olds brought my way. I coped by eating—and then eating some more. The scale wasn’t just creeping upwards; it was taking massive leaps and bounds. And I was only 23!

Tired of being tired, I started working with a personal trainer for six weeks. That personal trainer changed my life. I showed up three times a week, ate only what he told me to eat, and did cardio on the days I wasn’t training with him. Compliance was my middle name! I lost 50 pounds, and that six weeks turned into five years of working with a personal trainer. And, I've never looked back.

Eventually, I got my own certified personal training and nutrition consultant certificate. I worked in a large gym in San Antonio, TX, for several years as a trainer. After moving to Uvalde and having child #4, CrossFit was just taking off, and I jumped at the opportunity to own and operate Shotgun CrossFit. That led to 11 years of lots of burpees, barbells, and lifelong friendships.

Now, 18 years later and literally thousands of hours working with hundreds of clients, I’m going back to my roots in personal training by bringing all that experience to a more personalized, one-on-one, and small group training style.