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OUR METHOD
What We Stand For
Using CrossFit style training, Pure Grit provides daily programming and close coaching in small group settings. Training uses functional movements that are proven to increase strength, endurance, and coordination in a safe and effective manner. Our programmed workouts are highly variable, keeping everyday fun and exciting to create well rounded athletes of life. Pure Grit also recognizes that a workout alone is not the only important factor in living a healthy, happy, and sustainable life. This is why it is our mission to provide support in so many ways other than just fitness. Whether that’s talking about ways to dial in your nutrition or giving you a community of people to build positive healthy friendships. Your well-being is our first priority.
Meet The Coaches
Shelby Hamilton
My Name is Shelby Barton. I am the owner and certified CF-L1 head coach of Pure Grit. Through my life, sports and athletics have been some of the biggest things that have shaped me. Some of the sports I have played up to the provincial level include: Rugby, Softball, Gymnastics, as well as hockey and soccer which I went on to play at Mount Allison University. After retiring from traditional sports I quickly fell in love with the sport of CrossFit. Fitness and work ethic were always my greatest assets to teams, and are also what CrossFit is all about. I love competition by nature and have goals to continue competing in CrossFit but above all, I love sharing my passion of fitness to others, inspiring them and helping them reach their goals! I began my coaching career at an amazing gym called CrossFit Cobourg where I learned so much about how to create a nurturing environment for all types of individuals to succeed. While I was there, I coached classes, created and ran CrossFit Gymnastics specific seminars as well as created, programmed and coached a competitive CrossFit Program. I am so grateful for the opportunity that gave me to grow into a coach that could go on to create an environment now called Pure Grit that so many more people can call home and succeed at.
Lauren Stanfield
CF-L1
Favourite workout: DT
Fun fact: Sprinkle donuts and coffee are the way to my heart
Hello! My name is Lauren! I’ve been doing CrossFit since 2016. I started CrossFit as a way to get back into routine fitness after my first year of university. I love CrossFit for so many reasons. The sport is adaptive to all skill levels and allows you to be your own individual athlete in a team environment. You get the best of both worlds in this sport because your biggest competition is the person in the mirror but you are driven by your community to be the very best athlete you aspire to be. My favourite workouts always involve a barbell. Light or heavy it’ll be fun either way! The coolest experience I’ve had to date is coming back from slipping my L5 disc and making the CrossFit Quarterfinals. Competition paired with community really sparks a fire within me to push beyond what I think I’m capable of.
Brittany Vis
I joined CrossFit back in 2018 and never looked back. I came to CrossFit with a running background and I played sports throughout highschool and in the military. I started CrossFit because I was getting bored with my fitness routine and I felt I needed something more and I definitely got that something more. One of my strengths in CrossFit is my aerobic capacity which makes sense why one of my favourite workouts is the hero WOD MURPH and my weakness is my gymnastics which I am constantly working on.
I wanted to become a CrossFit coach because I love seeing people accomplish things they never thought they could and being a part of someone’s health and wellness journey .
When I am not at the gym I am working as a Registered massage therapist here in Belleville and being wife and mom to my amazing and supportive family.
Terry Slaney
I began CrossFit in 2012 after reading an article about it in a magazine. The relatively quick, high intensity workouts appeal to me. I work full-time, so I need a workout that is not overly time consuming, but that provides results. CrossFit is that workout!I love Pure Grit CrossFit because of its inclusiveness. Everyone is welcome, no matter their age or fitness level. Everyone is encouraged to do their best and to strive to improve. The atmosphere is fun, motivational and inspirational. The workouts are structured and varied, which I like. My favourite workouts involve chippers and gymnastic moves.In May of 2022, I became a Level One CrossFit coach. I wanted to share my experience and enthusiasm with other members. I find it very rewarding to teach moves to other members and to see them achieve new goals. In my free time, I like to cook for my cooking-challenged wife, and I also love to travel. I have travelled throughout Canada, the United States and Europe.
Dean Hamilton
Dean is a certified Crossfit Level 1 coach who has been part of Pure Grit Crossfit since 2021, Dean is a positive energy coach who spent several years playing hockey and attending regular globo gyms before joining Crossfit. He enjoys the functional physical benefits Crossfit provides for his everyday life as a local first responder and the tight-knit community that helps push him through the toughest of workouts! His best advice is to take that difficult first step into the gym with a positive attitude. When you come to Pure Grit you'll meet a great group of people that will not only keep you accountable for your workouts but will become some of your best friends for life!