Our Coaches

Alfredo Lopez

Email: alfredo [at] crossfitlongbeach [dot] com
Certifications: CrossFit Level 1, Kettlebell, Mobility and Recovery, Olympic Lifting, MovNat 1-Day Workshop

Coach Alfredo Lopez came to CrossFit with an Master of Science in engineering and no athletic background. An early life of fast food and minimal to no physical activity led to an unhealthy weight. As a propulsion engineer (aka, rocket scientist), he'd spent years of his life sedentary at a desk and in front of a computer. He realized that this way of living was not good both mentally and physically and something had to change. Late 2005 he began running at least two miles every weekday and...

Carlos Cueva

Email: carlos [at] crossfitlongbeach [dot] com
Certifications: CrossFit Level 1, Coaches Prep Course

Since his earliest childhood memories, Carlos Cueva has been playing sports. After receiving his first weight set as a teenager, his athletic interests widened to weightlifting - and he's been at it ever since. But what he had in passion, he lacked in focus and structure. Without a regimen to follow, a team to cheer him on, competitors to push him, and a coach to keep him accountable, Carlos found his weight set getting less use, and collecting more dust.

All that changed when he...

Chad Cross

Email: chad [at] crossfitlongbeach [dot] com
Certifications: CrossFit Level 1, Coaches Prep Course, Mobility and Recovery, Olympic Lifting, Running/Endurance, MovNat 1-Day Workshop

Chad Cross spent the majority of his youth performing death-defying tricks on his BMX bike. While active his whole life, he had never formally worked out for the sole purpose of staying in shape. But after launching his web design business and retiring his bike, Chad began noticing his chest caving his, his shoulders rounding, and his gut growing. Many long hours in front of the computer screen - and a junk-food frozen-dinner vegetarian diet - had taken its toll. Chad knew he had stop the...

Gina Caywood

Email: gina [at] crossfitlongbeach [dot] com
Certifications: CrossFit Level 1, Nutrition, Mobility and Recovery, Olympic Lifting

Gina Caywood grew up part of an active family who enjoyed hiking, jogging, riding bikes and playing sports together. She kept up this active lifestyle during her college years, during which she taught aerobics (think legwarmers, leotard, the whole bit - this was the '80s after all). Then came a corporate job in a cubicle setting, and Gina stopped moving and started gaining weight.

In her quest to get back to being active, Gina started training for marathons with her sisters. She...

Julia Delgado

Email: julia [at] crossfitlongbeach [dot] com
Certifications: CrossFit Level 1

Julia Delgado's coaching experience dates back to her teenage years, when she trained and taught Shotokan Karate under the mentorship of a very strict Marine. After a youth spent practicing martial arts and playing a variety of sports, Julia entered her twenties and stopped working out. Seeing her strength fade away, she knew she wanted to get back into shape. So she went back to her martial arts roots and started taking classes again. It was there that she learned about CrossFit....

Melissa Jones

Email: melissa [at] crossfitlongbeach [dot] com
Certifications: CrossFit Level 1

Coach Melissa Jones has been chasing personal records since the moment she could crawl. From an early age, her parents made sure she was exposed to all manner of activities. After studying dance and gymnastics for several years, Melissa discovered and fell in love with swimming - a sport she competing in for ten years. In high school, Melissa played water polo, completed her brown belt and competed in Gosoku-ryu, a style of Karate that combines elements of aikido, jujitsu and judo. She had...