Monica Chamales
aka “Boss Lady”

Monica grew up in Woodside, CA, playing sports and competing in equestrian show jumping. She started CrossFit at CrossFit Boston in 2010, and her educational experience includes law school, a Master’s degree in theology, professional baking experience, and an OPEX coaching certification. A lifelong student, she enjoys combining her academic and “dumb jock” tendencies to help our members grow physically and emotionally. Intelligent program design matters…AND sometimes you need to just make your brain shut up and do the thing.

My ideal workout would include Assault Bike, thrusters, and burpees. (Weird, I know!)

Outside the gym, you can find me hanging out with my husband, Steve, and my dog, Monte (our resident gym dog); making ice cream (I usually have about 10 pints in my freezer and love taking flavor requests, so hit me up!); and reading.

A really cool experience I’ve had is bike camping in Nova Scotia for a week — best vacation ever! More recently, taking the StrongFirst SFGI and SFGII Instructor Certification Courses here in Seattle opened my eyes to a whole new style of training that complements CrossFit and is so fun. Ask me about all the kettlebell things!