Ash, our favorite Canadian, has a long professional track record in the Strength and Conditioning Industry. Her credentials and experience are extensive.
She has a master’s degree in Human/Clinical Nutrition through The University of Bridgeport, is a Certified Sports Nutritionist through The International Society of Sports Nutrition (CISSN), in addition to being one of the few CSCSs in Florida (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist). She is also a Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CCN), and a Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS).
Ashleigh graduated from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, in 2003. Here, she earned a BSc, studying kinesiology, exercise physiology, and psychology. Ashleigh is also a graduate of the Canadian National Coaching Institute, having completed extensive sports science modules in the long-term physical preparation of the elite athlete.
Her resume is 2 feet long and packed full of real-world experience, dozens of CEU courses ranging from lower extremity training, shoulder prehab/rehab training and everything in between. She’s been coaching, training and studying for 24 years. Similar to one of her colleagues, known as “KneesOverToesGuy”, Ash also had to experience significant injuries & surgery over many years to really put missing pieces together. Check out part of her story here.
Ash & Jim now own and operate MOVE Gymnastics Inspired Strength Training. Classes specialize in body-weight strength training, flexibility, joint mobility, movement, and gymnastics strength training. Ashleigh and several key coaches deliver fundamentals beginner programs, class training, private training, and specialty programs on a regular basis.
In late 2019, MOVE jumped into the online space. Programs include:
On the side, she has an active Real Estate License, is a competitive shooter (3-gun and pistol) with state D & G armed security licenses. She’s been blessed beyond measure to train and learn from many tactical badasses.
Jason is a teacher of physical development and movement practitioner. He earned his B.S. from the University of South Florida in Exercise Science and is currently pursuing a masters degree in Nutrition.
From a young age,Jason took interest in many sports which kept perpetually moving. Just as the body craves a wide variety of nutrients from food it also craves a wide variety of movements for optimal function.
His training system is one of a generalist background, taking aspects of various specialized disciplines such as martial arts, gymnastics, calisthenics, strength training, and dance to provide clients with the essential tools to build a strong, resilient and bendy body.
He believes, and implements well, in taking a playful yet focused approach to fitness. Physical play is something as adults we loose touch with, come. A well rounded training regiment should include a synergistic balance of play and structure.
Chase has been a competitive cheerleader for seven years, and has now been coaching for nine years. He is the current Allstar Tumbling Director at The Stingray Allstars Tampa.
In 2021, Chase helped coach the elite level 1 team to the gym’s first ever Summit National Championship following an undefeated season. He has also won multiple Jamfest, UCA, and Cheersport national championships over the past 4 years with Stingrays.
He specializes in teaching hardcore basics of athleticism, flexibility, and body awareness to athletes of all ages. Chase coaches all tumbling skills and levels including handstands, walkovers, as well as aerial twisting and flipping skills.
Chase is an ISSA Certified Personal Trainer who incorporates gymnastics style training systems with traditional strength training to build extreme ranges of motion and improve athletes’ functional capacity.
He is great at identifying weaknesses and training them to become strengths. His coaching style focuses on improving thoracic mobility and fascial network training to prevent lumbar pain and dysfunction in young athletes and adults.
My name is Jorge and i’m a Gymnastics and Calisthenics strength coach from the South Bronx. I fell in love with gymnastics because to me, it seemed like one of the very few sports where you need to be just as flexible as your are strong.
I love teaching all aspects of gymnastics but my favorite areas are rings, parallel bars and levers. These skills redefine what the human body is capable of and for all those things your flexibility and strength must go hand and hand to perform each skill safe and effectively.
I started gymnastics as an adult – not as a child.Thus, I love teaching it to adults to show them that THEY can achieve anything at any age with proper guidance and patience.
One of my beliefs as a coach is that you should be able to move your own body weight before adding weights. You don’t build a house on a weak foundation and if you can’t move your own weight what makes you think you can move better with more weight.
Checko’s athletic journey began at five years old on the soccer field here in Clearwater.
He started off his soccer journey with minimal skills but with hard work and perseverance he grew his skillset allowing him to reach one of the highest levels of soccer. Becoming a great soccer player allowed Checko to travel around the world and test his skills against a wide variety of talented teams.
Checko’s soccer career came to an end at the age of 18 after his back got injured from muscle imbalances, which caused the discs in his lower back to herniate. While away from the soccer field due to his injury, Checko received a call that his coach had passed away from a heart attack. After hearing this news Checko decided to take time off and focus on healing his body.
Taking matters into his own hands, Checko started working out at the gym trying to fix his back. During this time he discovered gymnastic based strength training and muscle corrective exercises which not only healed his back but changed his life. Learning to heal his own body has fueled Checko’s passion to help others do the same.
Checko has now been training at the gym for the last six years and has also taught jiujitsu for two years. He is certified as a personal trainer through ISSA, and he has a Postural Restoration Institute certification. While obtaining his Postural Restoration Institute certification Checko learned how to correct the bodies painful compensation patterns.
Checko specializes in strength, mobility, and muscle corrective therapy. So far he has helped 10 of his clients graduate the fundamentals program at Move. Over the last three months, Checko has been working with a client named Kirk who has gained significant strength, mobility, and great body composition results that were achieved in just a few months. In addition to his training with Checko, Kirk has been working with Ashleigh Gass in the nutrition program at Move.
Checko’s mission is to help his clients alleviate their pain through corrective exercises and then strengthen their body with gymnastics based strength training. Checko is here to provide his best work at Move GST
