After a short stint in the Army and a career in the office furniture industry, Coach Dave finally settled into the fitness industry as a personal trainer. He brought with him years of martial arts training and an understanding from the army of real world fitness. It did not take very long to realize the current fitness industry model of building lean muscle and burning calories was way off base. After reading two journals from Greg Glassman (What is Fitness & Foundations) everything changed.

Tara Picardy is our business manager (which makes her the real boss!) and coach. After several years in the corporate legal field, Tara realized her true passion for fitness when her husband Dave stumbled upon CrossFit. Tara’s education, knowledge of business and interpersonal skills has allowed her to pursue her coaching/business manager career full time. Being physically active for most of her life, Tara was excited to be able to share this passion with men, women and children of all ages.

I am a Danvers native and have been training at Treehouse School of Fitness for 7 years. I fully believe and love every part of this community. Trying to convey how much this has taught me and changed my life would be like explaining a color to someone who has never seen one, it has to be experienced. I have always had a fascination with the human body and it’s potential as well as a love for people. It is the training and community that has made such an impact in my life that I have decided to make a career at helping others.