About
Here’s a little history of how Fein Movement came to be
Circus School
In university, I spent even more of my time running our juggling club than I did studying. I was usually either practicing, performing, or planning our annual festival with jugglers from around the country.
Naturally, instead of using my degree in economics and psychology, I auditioned for the ProTrack program at the New England Center for Circus Arts. There, my concentrations were juggling and German Wheel, and I also worked on handstands, acrobatics, and aerials.
CrossFit (Gymnastics)
After circus school, I knew I was more passionate about practice, training, and working with people than I was about touring the world as a performer. So I went to work at the crossfit gym my former trainer had opened. I started as an intern, then worked my way up to assistant coach, coach, and eventually head coach.
I also joined the international CrossFit Gymnastics seminar staff. With CFG, I assisted seminars for coaches to improve their ability to effectively teach their clients new skills.
Ido Portal Method
Continuing the theme of challenging myself to learn new skills, I started training under Ido Portal. With hindsight, this transition represents the time I was really grappling with some commonly accepted ideas in the fitness world. I sought a more holistic approach that took into account the complexity of ourselves and our environments.
Gymnasia
In 2016, I started a new chapter at a microgym near Boston that you may have never heard of. While hoisting kettlebells, I embraced the paradox within myself of being totally consumed by movement while also recognizing that developing meaningful relationships makes individual fitness look awfully small. My full goofball (pictured) came out while I also took the the art of coaching more seriously than ever.
Fein Movement
I started working for myself as an online coach in 2018. My 10 years in coaching have been at two microgyms, on the CrossFit Gymnastics staff, working for myself right here, and running The Movement Guild with Jon Yuen. I think my strengths are asking questions, helping people form healthy habits, and teaching challenging skills.
I feel incredibly lucky to have work I’m so passionate about, but even I can occasionally admit that there’s more to life than movement and the coaching of it! You can also find me playing Backgammon with my partner Phi, caring for our Scottish Terrier Iggy, learning to cook very basic things as an adult, and singing all the wrong notes to old Dispatch songs (did this just turn into a dating profile? Haha, bios are hard.)
Values
Honesty
Contribution
Consistency
Curiosity
You are welcome here regardless of your age, race, class, gender, ability, or sexual orientation.
We can’t see health in someone’s size or shape.
The biggest determinants of health and fitness are not individual; they are environmental, social, and political.
There’s no one right way. You don’t need any particular exercise class, food, or product.
Your worth is not determined by what your body can or can’t do.
These values guide my coaching, but they don’t say much about the world. Let’s make a few things very clear: