Hi! I'm Abby, the "Garage Gym Lady", owner of BLACKTOP FIT and I'm just getting started!

• I'm 51 years old, the sole owner, employee and creator at BTF!  

• I LOVE Garage Gym Life!

• I have over 3 decades, 30+ years, experience in teaching & education!

  • 16+ years personal and professional experience in CrossFit, Functional Fitness, Strength & Conditioning. 

• My passion and specialties are helping beginners get started in their fitness journeys, help women in their 40s, 50s, 60+ get fitter, stronger, healthier with age and anyone who wants to workout!

  • I KNOW what it's like to be a beginner.  I KNOW what it takes to make REAL progress & get REAL Results. I even KNOW injury and what it takes to come back from one. 

• I opened an Etsy Shop called CARDS + Kettlebells, cardsandkettlebells.etsy.com

• I am just getting started online with, The BLACKTOP Garage Gym Fitness Hub!

• I provide EXCEPTIONAL service and programming for each client.

• These are My My Top 10 Fit Tips that helped me over the years and continue to help me maintain my life long love of fitness.  

Join Me in Your Garage!

• An adult playground of fitness & strength for middle agers and garage gym warriors!

• A PRIVATE gym in Kirkwood/Glendale, MO for in-person training.

• A New Online Garage Gym Fitness Hub that's just getting started!

• A place for people to start heir fitness and strength training journeys, get fitter, stronger, healthier with age!

• BLACKTOP FIT offers a variety of in-person and online services because fitness isn't one size fits all!

• Fitness and YOUR workouts need to work for YOU or each individual in a group.

• BLACKTOP FIT is about making REAL PROGRESS, getting REAL RESULTS and having FUN with iin the process!

• Seeing people become fitter, stronger and more confident in themselves and their abilities.

• When I see the focus shift away from CAN'T DO, weight on the scale, size of clothes, shape of body, fitness ability to things like grabbing heavier dumbbells because you know you CAN!

• When you start to notice how much you're improving, when things start to click, when you realize you are capable of more and push harder in your workouts...on your own. 

• When you tell me you don't like something but do it anyway.

• When you come up with funny names for exercises. 

• When I hear how life is improving and changing for you outside the gym.

Favorites: lift heavy, dumbbell snatches, slamballs, CLEANS, squats, workouts that humble me, make me question if I'll finish and 100%, always, how I feel when a workout is over.  Calm, focused, happy, energized...

Least Favorites: bodyweight movements, push ups, planks, running, things that require coordination.

They're better when you add something to them, such as a box jump, pull up or weight...the Devil's Press is My FaVoRiTe!  

• • Fitness Industry lies!

    • Fitness programs and trainers who promote quick fixes, gimmicks for weight loss, guarantee weight loss in "x" number of days.  While what they promote may do those things in the short term...is it healthy? Is it sustainable? Have you put in the work? Have you developed better habits? Will it last?  Has it become part of your lifestyle?  

  • The scale! Ditch it! Great things start happening, physically and mentally, when we take the focus off the number on it. Use your clothes and how you feel as a guide.  Get a Dexa scan.  When we start moving our bodies, making small changes, creating new habits, focusing on what our bodies can do and the weight we're lifting instead of the weight and number on the scale, true change occurs.  Top FIT Tips & Keys to Success.

  • When gyms and trainers make you email them for prices and more information!  Just list the damn cost!  

I will 

• • Help you get started.

  • Be dedicated to you & your goals. 

  • Give you tools to be successful and achieve your goals 

  • Help you achieve realistic, measurable results.

  • Provide you with quality training programs and instruction that progresses you safely, teaches proper movement and technique. 

  • Show you a new meaning of "Fitness & Fun"!

  • Be your BIGGEST cheerleader!  I want to see you reach your goals, improve your overall health & quality of life. 

• Education & Experience:

  • B.A. Journalism & Mass Communications, Iowa State University, 1995

  • M.A. Education, William & Mary, 2001

  • 30+ years of personal and professional teaching and coaching experience.

  • Special Education Aide, Kindergarten, Preschool Teacher, Co-owned The Spanish Clubhouse for Kids

  • Strength & Conditioning | CrossFit | Functional Fitness | General Fitness | Weight Lifting | Body Building | Olympic Weight Lifting | Power Lifting | Resistance Training | HIIT | HIT | Core | More 

  • I've coached all ages and levels: 3 years old to 70+ years old, beginners-to-advanced.

  • I've coached in all environments & places: personal training, small groups, large groups, gyms, garages, homes, parks, schools, businesses, online/remote. 

  • CrossFit Level 1 x2, CrossFit Kids, CrossFit Olympic Lifting, CrossFit Gymnastics, The BrandX Method (ACE equivalent), Multiple other certifications, classes, seminars, programs. 

  • A 2x Top 200 in the world CrossFit Open/Age Group Online Qualifier, Masters Age Group 45-49.    

  • GGS Coaching Certification for Women - in progress.  You're go to coach.

• I specialize in working with women over 40.

• I specialize in beginner/novice strength & conditioning training.

• Education & Experience:

  • 16 years personal & professional

  • Strength & Conditioning | CrossFit | Functional Fitness | General Fitness | Weight Lifting | Body Building | Olympic Weight Lifting | Power Lifting | Resistance Training | HIIT | HIT | Core | More 

  • I've coached all ages and levels: 3 years old to 70+ years old, beginners-to-advanced

  • I've coached in all environments & places: personal training, small groups, large groups, gyms, garages, homes, parks, schools, businesses, online/remote. 

  • CrossFit Level 1 x2, CrossFit Kids, CrossFit Olympic Lifting, CrossFit Gymnastics, The BrandX Method (ACE equivalent), Multiple other certifications, classes, seminars, programs. 

  • I specialize in working with women over 40.

  • I specialize in beginner/novice strength & conditioning training.

  • Education & Experience:

    • 16 years personal & professional

    • Strength & Conditioning | CrossFit | Functional Fitness | General Fitness | Weight Lifting | Body Building | Olympic Weight Lifting | Power Lifting | Resistance Training | HIIT | HIT | Core | More 

    • I've coached all ages and levels: 3 years old to 70+ years old, beginners-to-advanced

    • I've coached in all environments & places: personal training, small groups, large groups, gyms, garages, homes, parks, schools, businesses, online/remote. 

    • CrossFit Level 1 x2, CrossFit Kids, CrossFit Olympic Lifting, CrossFit Gymnastics, The BrandX Method (ACE equivalent), Multiple other certifications, classes, seminars, programs.