CrossFit BC Coach
aka "Strict"
Gymnastics Coach · Movement Specialist
Ciara is a former competitive gymnast and practicing neurologist who brings years of gymnastics coaching expertise to CrossFit BC. She has a gift for helping athletes unlock bodyweight skills, from handstands to muscle-ups, with patient progressions and individualised feedback. Her coaching is encouraging, detail-oriented, and built on a deep understanding of how bodies move.
"Ciara is a former competitive gymnast and practicing neurologist who brings years of gymnastics coaching expertise to CrossFit BC. She has a gift for helping athletes unlock bodyweight skills, from handstands to muscle-ups, with patient progressions and individualised feedback. Her coaching is encouraging, detail-oriented, and built on a deep understanding of how bodies move."
Coaching Style
Encouraging and easy-going with individualised feedback and modifications. Ciara wants people to leave her class feeling confident that they not only got a killer workout but learned something to work on or a strategy to help achieve their goals.
Outside the Gym
Ciara works full time as a resident neurologist. She is also a passionate pole dancer who competes and coaches in the aerial community. And she only recently learned that non-Canadian geese exist.
The Honest Version
What I used to get wrong
"Coming out of competitive gymnastics, I used to demo the perfect rep and assume the cue would land. It didn't. Adult bodies don't move on demo, they move on language."
How I coach now
I coach gymnastics in progressions and words. Every skill is broken into a step you can own today, with a cue tied to a sensation, not a shape you saw me do.
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Certifications & Experience
Programs & Classes
Based on Ciara's certifications and specialties. Check the schedule for exact class times.
Pull-ups, muscle-ups, handstands, and bodyweight skill progressions. Coached gymnastics class at CrossFit BC in Olympic Village, Vancouver.
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Personal Match
Answer a few quick questions and we'll confirm whether Ciara is your best match, or pair you with the coach and program that fits your goals. Takes 4 to 6 minutes.
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