CrossFit Green Bay/Green Bay Strength and Conditioning

Member Profile Alert

Name and Age: Dana Anason, 30

Nickname: Big D or just D

Family: Jacob and Brody

Pets: Skye

Hometown: Eau Claire

Member Since: 2021

Occupation: Medical Lab Technician at the Bellin cancer center

Favorite movements: power cleans and GHDs

Least favorite movements: burpees and running

Biggest achievement: having Brody

Weekly routine: 3-4 times a week

Class: 3:30 and 4:30 east side and west side open gym on the weekend

Interesting fact: I played rugby in high school

Hobbies: reading, crocheting, and petting dogs

Favorite Restaurant: el sarape

Workout music: alternative, rock, anything upbeat

Reason to join: So I can eat more food

Closing Quote: "Stupid is as stupid does." — Forrest Gump

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Name and Age: Allison, 27

Nickname: Al

Family: parents (Doug and Katy), younger brother Dustin (25), and my boyfriend Alex

Pets: Roscoe!

Hometown: Pulaski, WI (Krakow for the real ones)

Veteran: no, but I’ve been a Legion Auxillary member since birth!

Member Since: August 2025

Occupation: medical student, future emergency medicine doctor

Favorite movements: back squats!!!

Least favorite movements: rowing

Biggest achievement: getting into (and almost finishing!) medical school (and a 327.5 # back squat PR)

Weekly routine: 3-4x per week

Class: east side, class time varies depending on my rotation

Interesting fact: Before medical school I bartended at Hinterland Brewery!

Hobbies: DIY gel manicures, thrifting, houseplants, baking, cross stitch, volleyball, CrossFit, trying new coffee shops/breweries/restaurants, reading, fishing, doing literally anything outside

Favorite Restaurant: Orsetta

Workout music: whatever is loud enough so I can’t hear my own breathing

Reason to join: people always told me I would love it, and I reached a point where I was dreading exercise or viewing it as a punishment. I needed a way to have fun and take care of myself while taking care of others. Working at Aurora Hospital has made it all too easy!

Closing Quote: Pressure is a privilege. It means something is expected of you.

Congratulations to our podium finishers in our Scaled, Intermediate and Rx divisions!!!

A big thank you to all of the volunteers, spectators and athletes for making it such a super fun and ez day!!! ❤️💪👊🇺🇸

Member Profile Alert!

Name and Age: Claire Sipple (25)

Nickname: Clark Simple, Sip, most recently CPAP

Family: Mom, Dad, two older sisters and two brother in laws

Pets: Cricket the cat

Hometown: Denmark, WI

Member Since: Sept 2025

Occupation: Whey Technologist. A whey technologist supports operations and quality from a technical standpoint by understanding how the different equipment/processes we use impacts the composition and functionality of our whey powders. It’s almost like an R&D and engineering crossover.

Favorite movements: anything with a barbell (besides thrusters and heavy deadlifts)

Least favorite movements: double unders, wall walks

Biggest achievement: successfully setting up WiFi 🧠

Weekly routine: 5x/week

Class: West side 4:30 or 5:30pm, occasionally 5:15am, GB Barbell Mon & Sat

Interesting fact: During undergrad, I helped my sister with her research for her PhD in ice cream🍦👐🏻

Hobbies: painting, knitting, reading, golf, travel photography, and musicals

Favorite Restaurant: Angelina’s

Workout music: pop remixes and hip hop

Reason to join: I watched the Games last summer and thought it looked fun. Nicole invited me to come to the gym to try it out, and I’ve been going ever since!!

Closing Quote: Jersey Mikes order - 7 on Rosemary Parm, Mike’s way no oil, mayo, pepper relish, pickles. Clock it🤏🏻

Member Profile Alert!

Name and Age: Emily Garcia (24)

Nickname: don’t have one

Family: My mom (Zeni) my Dad and younger brother

Pets: My dog Bruno

Hometown: De Pere

Member Since: 2022

Occupation: Nurse at st Vincent’s

Favorite movements: any kind of box jumps and power cleans

Least favorite movements: squat snatches

Biggest achievement: Graduating nursing school

Weekly routine: I vary a lot depends if I’m working nights or days but mainly noon or later classes

Class: noon or later

Interesting fact:
I teach taekwondo with my dad for the last 10 years. And we have been able to take our students to state for sparring!

Hobbies: CrossFit, hiking, play video games and reading

Favorite Restaurant: don’t really have one, but to be honest my moms cooking 🙂

Workout music:
Young Miko, bad bunny, Katseye. Early 2000s

Reason to join:
I needed to get moving in the gym again and lacked focused in commercial gyms.

Closing Quote: “I don’t know I just work here”

Member Profile Alert!

Name and Age: Alida Berg (24)

Nickname: Al, A-lie-da

Family: fiancé (Evan), 2 brothers and a sister, niece and nephew back in MN.

Pets: none unfortunately

Hometown: Lanesboro MN

Member Since: January 2026 I believe.

Occupation: I am a nurse on a Neuro, cardiac, medical unit. 🧠🫀

Favorite movements: cleans, shuttle runs, pistol squats

Least favorite movements: thrusters,burpees, and bike

Biggest achievement: finishing nursing school and running a marathon.

Weekly routine: 3-4x a week

Class: 8:15 or 4:30 east side

Interesting fact: I studied abroad in Africa and I’ve been to 31/50 states.

Hobbies: making sour dough bread, reading, plants, pickle ball, camping, hiking, traveling, sand volleyball, really any sport.

Favorite Restaurant: Cancun in eau Claire haven’t found one here yet, but I enjoy making food at home.

Workout music: a chaotic mix of rap, pop, early 2000s, and country based on chat’s description of my playlists!

Reason to join: one body one life. Life is short take care of yourself. Movement is medicine and your future self is counting on the choices you make today.

Closing Quote: “enjoy where you are now. you once wished for what you have today”

Member Profile Alert!

Name and Age: Mel Sanders - this Gemini just turned 44

Nickname:Mel

Family: husband-Tim, teenage daughters Genevieve & Elizabeth

Pets: big mutt - Duke

Hometown: Shawano

Member Since: 2021

Occupation: Educator- High School English

Favorite movements:snatch, c&j, DL & ghd

Least favorite movements: upside-down

Biggest achievement: staying consistent

Weekly routine: 3-5 days

Class: school year - weekdays 515, summer-floater

Interesting fact: I once brought home the bronze medal from the National Science Fair.

Hobbies: crossfit, reading, writing, outdoor activities, playing in the dirt & water stuff

Favorite Restaurant: Mel's Diner (cast iron ribeye & asparagus), however, Republic Chop House is a special occasion 2nd

Workout music:something with a good beat, not country

Reason to join: Tim told me I would love it

Closing Quote: read books, love like Jesus, get off the screen and get your sleep...