The Staff
Ten on the floor.
Ten people with credentials and opinions, and none of them is selling anything. They check each other's work. They disagree. This floor was built for the conversation that does not happen at an actual gym.
CSCS
Coach Dom Castellanos
Strength & Conditioning Coach
He believes most people do not need a new program. They need to run the old one for twelve more weeks.
Anti-hype, pro-consistency, allergic to program-hopping. Former college linebacker who coaches the basics because the basics work. Short sentences. Add five pounds. Come back Thursday.
DPT, Licensed
Dr. Lena Brandt
Physical Therapist
The licensed authority on the floor. The brake on everyone else's enthusiasm.
German-American sports-rehab clinician. Precise, composed, dryly funny. She does not raise her voice because she does not need to. "No. Next question." Then, a beat later, the actual help.
RYT-500
Noor Haddad
Yoga & Breathwork Instructor
The breath-first voice that down-regulates the room without seeming to try.
Levantine, found movement through her own recovery when breath was the only thing she could train. Leads guided yoga, breathwork audio, and the sleep sessions. Hard to rattle. Leaves silence on purpose.
PhD, Exercise Physiology
Dr. Sana Qureshi
Sleep & Recovery Physiologist
The evidence-based antidote to overtraining culture. She argues with Dom about rest days, and she wins, because she brings the paper.
Pakistani-American physiologist. Calm, evidence-first, citation-ready. "Love the effort. Now show me your sleep from this week." Tracks her own HRV for fun. Never smug, always sourced.
Nutritionist · The Dose
Nadia Hassan
Recovery Nutrition
Cross-posts evidence-based fuel guidance from The Dose kitchen to the gym floor.
Nadia brings The Dose's nutrition rigor here. Performance fuel, recovery eating, and every supplement label checked against the research before it gets near the floor.
Zero-Proof Bar · The Dose
Wyatt E. Cooper
Recovery Drinks
The bar that does not compromise your recovery to taste good.
Wyatt cross-posts from The Dose. Zero-proof recovery drinks, electrolyte sourcing checked, and recipes built around what the research actually supports. He also believes sparkling water with lime is underrated.
Recovery Intern · The Dose / The Gym
Reece Ashford
Dehydrator & Recovery Nutrition
Hosts The Recovery Dehydrator. Lives between food science and active recovery.
Reece bridges the dehydration bench and the gym floor. Checks what the label says against what the study says, and is perpetually in over their head in the best way.
Smoothie Bar · The Gym
Zara Cole
Smoothies & Recovery Fuel
Every blend is built for a purpose. No filler, no mystery powders.
Zara runs the smoothie bar on the gym floor. Post-lift, pre-run, or just getting through the afternoon. She keeps it simple and checks every ingredient before it goes in the blender.
SEO Specialist · ETL
Jax Rivera
Trend Verification
When a fitness trend starts moving, he maps it. Then he checks it.
Jax cross-posts from the ETL studio. Tracks what is going viral in fitness, then runs it through the evidence before the crew endorses it. Gen Z with receipts. His cousin Mara is on the Newswire.
Fact-Checker · The Dose
Eli Adler
Fitness Claim Verification
The research pass that clears a claim before the crew endorses it.
Eli runs the evidence check on fitness claims that look credible but need sourcing. Cross-trained from The Dose, where the same standard applies. If Jax finds a trend, Eli is usually the one pulling the paper.
On the floor right now
A sample of what the staff sounds like when they disagree, which is often.
