THE TEAM

Meet our lineup of top-level trainers

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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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Steve Booth

Personal Trainer, Strength & Conditioing

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De Shawn Meacham, MS, CSCS

Personal Trainer

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Kevin Root

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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Justine LaRose

Personal Trainer

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Tim Malley

Personal Trainer

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Ashley Randall

Personal Trainer

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Dustin Hammett

Personal Trainer

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Josh Cannon

Personal Trainer

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Nora Lynch

Personal Trainer

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Lily Foster

Personal Trainer

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6875 La Jolla Blvd, La Jolla, CA 92037

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Certifications

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

Steve received his B.S. degree in Psychology from the University of San Francisco where he was also a finalist for the Johnny Bench award as the nations top collegiate catcher. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 9th round of the June 2002 MLB amateur draft, and played minor league baseball for 5 years. Upon completing his degree in 2006, Steve began working with athletes, executives, and everyday people to develop their strength, conditioning, flexibility, and overall well-being. Educating is his passion as he is completing his teaching credential while working full time as a trainer and coach. Steve touts notable local talents Kyle Zimmer (1st round pick 2012 Royals), Bradley Zimmer (23rd round 2011Cubs), and Jose Vizcaino Jr. (36th round 2012 Dodgers) as “projects” that have excelled through hard work to achieve their goals.

Certifications/Education:

B.S. Psychology, University of San Francisco

NESTA

NCSF

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

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

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

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.

Ashley has been coaching and training clients for almost 10 years. She started coaching group classes: Pilates, Water Aerobics, and Spin Classes in 2008 at SDSU. She graduated from SDSU with a degree Kinesiology. Since then she has gone on to truly enjoy the process of helping people fall in love with their fitness journey in all spectrums. She coached CrossFit and Olympic weightlifting for 3.5 years. Currently, she does one-on-one training, and has clients that she coaches in performance training, weightlifting, boxing and kickboxing. She looks forward to meeting you and working together to reach your goals!

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Josh loves being a coach. He sees his job as an opportunity to help people better their lives through the avenue of fitness. He’s always enjoyed movement, whether through sport, other forms of fitness, or simply playing outdoors. His form of coaching is extremely varied, and it all depends on the goals / priorities of his clients. Low, moderate, to high intensities; weightlifting, gymnastics, plyometrics, cardiorespiratory endurance...he does it all.
He views training as a way to transform. “Movement energizes body, mind, and spirit, enabling people to operate at their best.” His goal is to help the whole person, not simply on the physical level. A common question he asks his clients is, “How’s meditation going?”
“I've been in health and fitness for over 15 years, and have worked directly within the industry for the last 6 years. I owned and operated two gyms and have coached thousands of people, primarily within a group setting. After a while, I found myself missing something. I was not helping the WHOLE person. I was simply managing groups, which was not fulfilling. I wanted to help individuals make tangible progress, to see the results they were looking for, and to feel better about themselves.
So I made the decision to become a personal coach to multiple individuals. This has enabled me to invest more of my time, knowledge, and energy into my clients. I create programs according to the specific needs of each person I work with, so that every session gets them one step closer to their goal.”
Qualifications & Certifications
•CrossFit Level 1
•CrossFit Level 2
•USA-W Weightlifting Level 1
•OPEX CCP Level 1 Coach (in-progress)

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

Lily is new to San Diego fitness. She joins us from New York City where she began her career as a fitness coach after leaving the world of professional ballet.
Lily explains, “After leaving ballet I felt not only my body needed a new outlet for movement, but my mind did.”
This is when she fell in love with strength training.
“Although the aesthetic results didn’t happen overnight I noticed a complete 180 in my mood, energy levels, and above all my confidence. I was hooked.”
It wasn’t long after, that she decided that she wanted to share this feeling with as many people as she could.
Lily is certified with the National Academy of Sports Medicine and specializes in functional strength training, hypertrophy, Pre/Post natal strength training, weight loss and conditioning. Her clients especially love when she sprinkles in her years of ballet and flexibility training into their sessions.
“Through my coaching, I have met some of the most amazing humans to walk this earth and have become the most authentic version of myself so that I can show up for others in a positive, honest, and loving way,” she says.
While she loves fitness and nutrition, her passion truly lies in empowering others to become their best selves. To step into their light. Through sharing her own personal experiences she hopes to inspire others to create a sustainable and healthy life free from shame, inadequacy, and self imposed limitations.
Qualifications
National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer
Pre and Postnatal certified through ProNatal
Pediatric and Adult First Aid/CPR/AED