Coaches

Logan Gelbrich

Born in Santa Monica, Logan feels right at home coaching at DEUCE Gym. With a background in collegiate (University of San Diego) and professional (San Diego Padres) baseball, Logan is used to high performance, heavy workloads, and accountability.

Luckily, Logan was blessed enough to work with world renowned strength and conditioning coaches, sports psychologists, and nutritionists during his career. It’s during this time that the seeds were sown for the belief system that led him to both the CrossFit Games and Strongman Nationals. These experiences guide his coaching today.

Forever a “student of the game,” Logan is always looking to strengthen and question his understanding of humans. Today his work includes his best selling book, "Going Right: A Logical Justification for Pursuing Your Dreams", and diverse offerings of education in leadership and group dynamics via the Hold the Standard™ Summit and Hold the Standard™ Podcast, and consultancy.

Teal Montgomery

Teal was raised in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. In school she played softball, basketball, volleyball, and enjoyed running 5K and 10 K‘s for fun. Her real love came when she found CrossFit. She dove in headfirst soon becoming CrossFit Level 1 certified along with becoming USA Weightlifting certified. This love of movement led to her studies of and majoring in kinesiology with the bonus of being a student athletic trainer for four years.

After college, a car accident caused a spinal injury and left Teal unable to run, lift weights, or swim and told that she would never be able to do those things again. Not acccepting the prognosis for a life of pain with limited movement she searched for any and every possibility to try to get her life back, she found ELDOA, a method founded by French osteopath Dr. Guy Voyer. She committed herself to the restoration and full function of her spine. Now, she is pain-free and can do all that she was told that she couldn’t do and more.

Now, Teal is both a Coach and certified ELDOA Trainer. Her goal is to help others to become not only strong, but pain-free, as well.

Jess Ryan

Born and raised in Melbourne, Jess has been an athlete her whole life - from AFL football and soccer to 16 years of competitive Irish dancing that took her across Australia, Europe, and Asia. Movement has always been her language.

That obsession with performance and human potential turned into a career the moment she realized how much training could change not just the body - but the way people think, feel, and live.

Jess holds a Bachelor of Exercise & Sports Science, a Bachelor of Science (Osteopathy), and her Cert III & IV in Fitness - pairing academic precision with over 12 years of real coaching experience. She’s a certified nutrition coach who’s worked with hundreds of clients to create sustainable change through habit, behavior, and mindset.

Her background spans rehabilitation, women’s health, strength training, powerlifting and performance, backed by continued study in NLP, DNS, yoga, running, and human behavior.

Jess’ coaching blends science, experience, and high standards. Expect intention behind every movement and accountability that pushes you further than you thought possible. Her mission: to help people build real strength - physical, mental, and emotional - and carry it into every part of their lives.

Meredith Miller

Meredith loves coaching anyone that is willing to work hard and have fun! She believes that training is an amazing tool that improves our mental, physical and emotional health. Throughout her 20+ years of coaching, she has experienced first-hand how training builds strong communities, friendships and unstoppable teams.

Growing up in Texas, Meredith started coaching football players in the weight room when she was a senior in high school. As a student-athlete, Meredith earned a degree in exercise science while playing softball for Baylor University. Meredith has the wonderful opportunity to learn from top-level coaches and mentors of various disciplines. She works with high school to Olympic athletes that compete in a variety of sports. Those experiences have shaped her into the coach she is today.

Meredith values being part of a team whose players are intelligent, highly motivated, creative, and always finding ways to grow. She has found her family in DEUCE Coach's Prep, where she continues to develop her coaching skills. Meredith takes great pride in teaching Strongman 101 at DEUCE Gym. She agrees with fellow SM101 graduates that is it the most fun you will ever have training! Meredith also has the honor of leading the strength and conditioning programs for two local fire departments in the South Bay.

Meredith believes that keeping things simple and trusting the process are keys to success.

Julian Gonzalez-Becerra

Julian’s fitness journey began well over a decade ago when, having just graduated high school, hitting his highest-ever number on the weight scale, and not feeling fulfilled by his overall lifestyle, he committed to making a change. He discovered CrossFit in 2011 and was inspired by the physical progress and mental shifts he experienced as a result. Shortly thereafter, he began competing in various local level competitions and training year-round for the CrossFit Open, which he competed in five years consecutively.

In 2012, Julian got his CFL1 Trainer certification and began coaching at his first gym in Pasadena, CA. Once he was made head coach, he began commuting to Venice multiple times a week to train at DEUCE Garage and attend Coach’s Prep with the intention of continuing his coaching education and becoming the most proficient coach he could be.

In 2016, he moved to Scottsdale, AZ to further pursue his competitive and coaching career, an endeavor which eventually led to his traveling the world and evolving his work into transformational leadership coaching for high-performing entrepreneurs and coaches. That being said, he remains rooted in his pursuit of training and coaching physical preparedness as he considers it the corner-stone of personal development.

Julian is inspired by the DEUCE Gym community and excited to continue learning from and serve its community.

Ben Miknis

Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Ben first picked up weights as a teenager to get better at baseball...and finally land a few dates. Unfortunately, it didn’t work but he did develop a passion for strength and performance.

That passion took on a deeper meaning when he saw his mom reverse chronic health issues through exercise and the paleo diet, proving firsthand the power of movement and nutrition.

Inspired by his mom, Ben switched his degree from engineering to kinesiology, setting the foundation for a lifelong pursuit of coaching and learning.

After college, Ben took his knowledge into the real world, opening and operating a gym in Ohio for six years before expanding to San Jose for the past two. Those years were spent not just coaching but refining his approach to helping people move, feel, and perform better in their bodies.

Now at DEUCE, Ben is excited to continue serving others while sharpening his own skill set, constantly learning, growing, and pushing the standard of coaching forward.

Chris Pascual

Chris Pascual’s passion for sports performance was manifested at an early age through baseball. His career extended through to the collegiate level playing at San Diego Christian College while receiving his B.A. Chris currently works with major league athletes during their off-season and focuses on helping every individual enhance their performance by helping them get stronger, faster and improve their overall athleticism.

Kyle Henmi

Kyle was born in Torrance, where he grew up learning and loving the game of baseball. Through baseball he learned valuable lessons such as, hard work, determination, and a will to be the best. He ended up playing college baseball at El Camino College and Azusa Pacific University, where he graduated with a degree in applied exercise science.

From his days of playing baseball, Kyle was introduced to strength and conditioning at a young age. It was training for baseball where he ultimately crossed paths with Coach Logan, who trained him in high school. His love of training and realizing the benefits it has on sport performance gave him the passion and drive to want to learn more. Through his time in college and his internship at DEUCE, he now spreads his knowledge to other athletes so they can also reap the benefits of performing at a high level. He is currently coaching multiple top college and high school players in the country, as well as serving as the head strength and conditioning coach for his alma mater South High School's baseball team. He is also one of the four Project Speed coaches, who look to empower motivated athletes by teaching them the fundamentals of speed and agility.

Jun Endo

Jun was born and raised in Torrance, CA where he started playing baseball from a young age and would eventually play at the collegiate level at El Camino College and Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Wanting to take his training to the next level while in college, Jun started training back with DEUCE Gym Owner, Logan Gelbrich, back in 2011 in pursuit to be able to play baseball at the highest level.

After being in the corporate world for a several year, Jun decided to make the jump to start his coaching journey as he received his CrossFit Level 1 in 2021 and his USA Weightlifting Level 1 in 2022.

Emily Crawford

Originally from Philadelphia, Emily spent five years in Baltimore before making the move to sunny Southern California in 2021. Always seeking a strong community, she joined DEUCE Athletics just days after arriving. After three years of being a member and completely loving the DEUCE Athletics vibe, she took a leap of faith and turned her passion into a career, transitioning from medical device sales to become a coach at the gym.

Her background in athletic training, with a Bachelor of Science from West Virginia University, fuels her dedication to helping others achieve their fitness goals. What excites her most is empowering others to feel confident and strong in the gym and beyond. She believes fitness is a journey, not a destination, and she’s here to support you every step of the way.