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Our passionate and dedicated trainers have spent years honing their skills so that they can be the best at helping you be your best

Ethan Kopsch

Owner, Personal Trainer

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De Shawn Meacham, MS, CSCS

Personal Trainer

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Kevin Root

Personal Trainer

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Justine LaRose

Personal Trainer

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Travis Parkyn

Personal Trainer

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Chad Van Herpe, BS, CSCS, AFPA

Personal Trainer

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Nora Lynch

Personal Trainer

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Tim Malley

Personal Trainer

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Dustin Hammett

Personal Trainer

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6875 La Jolla Blvd, La Jolla, CA 92037

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858-539-5877

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Certifications

NASM CPT, CES
TRX Suspension Training
Metabolic Effect Group Training
INDO Board Balance Training
CPR/AED Certified

De Shawn is a highly respected expert in personal training, pre/post rehab, and sports performance training. He specializes in achieving body transformations for people who have special events coming up in their lives or just plain need to lose weight and get in shape. De Shawn has been continuing his education since 2000 in the areas of wellness, weight loss, exercise, performance enhancement, and he continues to create innovative workout methods that allow clients to lose weight and empower each and everyone of his clients/athletes to perform at there highest expectations and beyond.   With a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University with an emphasis in Physical Therapy, De Shawn is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) that has been a strength and conditioning coach at the collegiate level. As a CSCS, he has had the opportunity to work with a lot of great collegiate and professional athletes from all sports. De Shawn holds a number of Sports Performance and NFL Combine Training camps during the summer to help his athletes better themselves and gain an edge over their competition. It doesn’t matter if you are a regular average Joe or an elite athlete; De Shawn has a way of bringing out the best in people through his personality and commitment to his clients.

Kevin approaches Personal Training as a team effort and believes in the idea that small improvements day to day lead to big changes over time.

Practicing 'good form, or no form,' Kevin's positive, goal-oriented approach has led his clients—with no experience to special needs to endurance athletes—to accomplish their aesthetic and emotional goals through functional training, corrective exercise, (p)rehab and plain old physical fitness.

When he's not at Bird Rock Fit, you’ll find him surrounded by friends, on the soccer field as a player-coach or in the water surfing and sailing, doing his best to enjoy every San Diego minute.

Education

ACE Certified Personal Trainer
NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist
NASM Movement and Mobility Specialist
Functional Movement Systems Level 1 (FMS1)
Precision Nutrition 1 (Pn1)
Group X Instructor

Specializations

Mobility
Corrective Exercise
Functional Training
TRX and Bodyweight
Group Training

Justine received her BFA in dance performance at Marygrove College in Detroit. She has taught dance for 9 years and danced professionally with the Detroit Dance Collective.. She has been featured on Fox 5 News for workout Wednesday news segments as well as in San Diego Magazineand Riviera Magazine.

Justine’s knowledge in personal training and dance are not what make her a unique coach. She finds importance in creating personal connections with the people around her. She has a positive, energetic outlook on life and she strives to encourage others to do the same. Her workouts can be tough but are often filled with laughter. She strongly believes that a healthy lifestyle does not solely consist of the physical, but rather a well-rounded connection between mind and body. She focuses on building a program personally to meet your goals incorporating balance, alignment, flexibility, functional strength, circuit training or body fat reduction just new name a few.

Justine understands the obstacles of a busy schedule! Through meal planning and creative workout solutions, she can show you how small, consistent changes can lead to lasting results.

Aside from coaching, Justine enjoys spending time with her husband Danny and Jack Russell Billa, relaxing at the beach, hiking and visiting family and loved ones. She is currently keeping up with her passion for dance taking classes at Malashock Dance in Point Loma.

Certifications/Education:

Personal Trainer, National Academy of Sports Medicine

Zumba Instructor

Precision Nutrition Certification – Level 1

Travis strives to make exercise fun by having an upbeat/motivating style of training. He is dedicated to assisting his personal training clients achieve every fitness goal through progressions of their individualized workout plan. Travis enjoys working with a wide range of people: from health seekers trying to improve their overall fitness, to elite, competitive athletes. Currently ranked in the top 15 for USA Olympic Style Weightlifting 85kg class. During training sessions, he likes to go by the three P’s: Persistence, Patience, and Positivity!

Certifications/Education:

ACE Personal Training

TRX Suspension Training

YMCA Group Exercise

CPR/AED

Chad graduated with a degree in Kinesiology from Point Loma Nazarene University in 2005. He achieved magna cum laude status while competing as a two sport student athlete for both the PLNU rugby and surf teams. Shortly after graduation he earned the great distinction of becoming a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the NSCA. More recently, he became certified through AFPA as a Pre/Postnatal Exercise Specialist. Over the last 8 years, Chad has performed over 15,000 training sessions and worked with hundreds of clients from all walks of life. He has found his purpose in providing his clients with the knowledge and tools necessary to achieve their full potential of wellness and vitality.

At any given moment you’ll find Chad training, surfing, body-surfing, skateboarding, golfing, hiking, camping, shooting photos or hanging with his two sons, Joel and Cade.

Certifications/Education:

B.S., Kinesiology

Nora started taking group classes at Bird Rock Fit shortly after graduating college and fell in love with the studio, along with the people and energy around it! The studio was her motivation to obtain her Personal Trainer Certification in 2014 and she has been training here ever since.

She is committed to living a healthy lifestyle and strives to help others make healthy choices become a habit so that they can have more free time and mental space for the things they love, and to create the life they want in every moment.

Nora finds joy in empowering her clients to become their best, strongest, and most confident version of themselves!

Certifications:

Certified Personal Trainer – American College of Sports Medicine
Fitness Nutrition Specialist – the American Council on Exercise
CPR/AED Certified

Tim Malley has been training people from the age of 12 to 93 years-of-age for over 7-years. However, his history with training goes back to when he was 6-years-old when he joined his first swimming and diving team. He quickly learned the value of hard work and saw the results of determination. He began running track in 7th Grade, and soon realized how to push his body to the limits of his abilities. Tim was recruited by numerous universities for both cross-country and diving, but eventually decided to become a Division 1, NCAA Diver at West Virginia University. While at West Virginia University Tim was first exposed to elite and cutting edge resistance training by Dave Kerns.
In 2003 Tim moved to San Diego to embark on a new chapter of his life. He picked up surfing and continued running, swimming, and resistance training. In 2011, under the advice of Dr. Ry Peterson, Tim began personal training. Tim has trained side by the side with elite trainers and physical therapists. Joint and core stability is the foundation of Tim's training practice.
Training Philosophy
Whether it is a person's first time in the gym, or they are an elite athlete, form and core stability are the foundation to any training program. After assessing a person for injuries and/or imbalances, the body must be condition for endurance and stability. Once endurance and stability are attained, then a training program can be specifically tailored to one's desired results. One must first develop a solid foundation before building upon it.

Dustin graduated from LSU in 2006 and has a degree in kinesiology. He is a sports performance coach, sports nutritionist, and personal trainer.

Dustin first developed a passion for training while working with athletes in tiger stadium. His specialties include developing youth/high school/college/pro athletic performance, injury prevention/rehabilitation, sports nutrition, and general fitness education.

Dustin has worked with a wide spectrum of clients from average Joes to pros.

He loves what he does, and loves to help his clients be successful in all aspects of life.