Mark Hernandez is a 3rd generation Austinite and a 2nd generation University of Texas graduate. He’s always had a spirit of adventure and loves to try new things because “why not?”. A lover of the outdoors, most of his youth was spent exploring the wildlife of Walnut Creek and fishing at various tanks and lakes around Austin- as a result, his boyhood bedroom resembled a reptile and amphibian zoo. To his mother’s delight and relief, his interests were diverted to sports and competition after he started high school.

While attending UT, he continued his passion for competition and played multiple sports at the club, collegiate, and national levels. His first experience in coaching came when his club soccer coach recommended him as a coach for one of the local high schools. Mark retired from competition in the late 90s, but continued coaching at the high school and collegiate levels. In 2005, he discovered acting and another passion was born. In 2018, while continuing to work on stage and screen, Mark received his personal training certification from WITS and is currently a level II coach.

Mark feels it is important to give back through coaching and has always been driven to communicate and motivate by example. He experiences the most joy in coaching at the moment when an athlete gets it or, as he likes to say, “when the lightbulb go on.”

On first glance you might miss it because she had her horn removed after puncturing her third water bed, but Beth is a unicorn. How can you tell? She is an honest and for real Austin native! Oh sure, she’s lived in other places; Boston (much though she tries to forget this flight of fancy), Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica, and Argentina to name a few- but she’s never even been to Oconomowoc Wisconsin, so don’t you dare call her worldly. Beth loves to travel and will try almost any food that she isn’t allergic to. Related: Beth is deathly allergic to puppy dog tears so she always carries an EpiPen just in case her lifelong nemesis, Rhea Perlman, tries to sneak them in to her vitamin water.

Dance magic! Beth trained in ballet for longer than she would care to admit- though she has copped to the fact that 60% of the characters in the Darren Aronofsky film Black Swan were meticulously based on her. In college, she started to teach “Step” in order to pay the rent and stay out of Rhea Perlman’s crosshairs. Today “Bachata”, the sultry dance of The Dominican Republic, is Señorita Felker’s preferred mode for booty shaking. Her faithful canine companion Sir Quigley is her preferred dance partner.

Aside from dance, Beth has also taught cycling, competed in a triathlon or two, is a fervent fan of kettlebells, and hates being upside down… you can put baby in a corner, just be sure to keep her right-side up!

Beth is all about water beds. Beth is not about Rhea Perlman.

Autumn grew up in Seattle, Washington and has been training private clients and group classes for the past 18 years. Growing up she competed in a variety of sports including wrestling and gymnastics. She later went on to become a Division 1 collegiate cheerleader. When she was 16 she got her first job working at a full contact boxing gym, where the owner taught her how to coach boxing. After teaching her first class she knew that coaching would be her career and has been working with groups and private clients ever since. Over the years she has received certifications from ACE, CrossFit, TRX, FRC, AFPA, Yoga, Balanced Body 500hr Pilates, CoreAlign, Dr. Stuart McGill, Ido Portal and currently working towards her CSCS.

Autumn owns a fitness company Halazon Fitness where she specializes in training private clients and groups, as well as Fitness adventure retreats in various locations around the world.

When she’s not teaching or training clients you can find her attempting to become the first female 007 agent by training in Parkour, Krav Maga, and target shooting.

Stormie is a Texas Hill Country Native who moved to Austin to attend UT. Growing up she lived a very active lifestyle, She played various sports and spent a great amount of time fishing and wakeboarding on the surrounding lakes. From an early age, it was easy for Stormie to see that fitness and nature were her outlets. Her passion for health and fitness followed her to UT where she graduated with a B.S. in Kinesiology, along with a Personal Training Certification from ACSM.

Stormie always knew she wanted to help people in a meaningful way. She realized that merging her desire to help others with her love for fitness was a no brainer! Stormie loves coaching and personal training because she is able to teach others about health and fitness, while pushing them to be better physically and mentally. She is motivated by the fact that each day we can choose to make ourselves better than we were yesterday!

Keith received a degree in exercise science, History and Education at Texas State University. In his junior ye ar he was introduced to the sport of olympic lifting by Leo Seitz, Texas State’s Strength & Conditioning coach. Following college Keith began lifting under the tutelage of renowned Oly coach, Ursula Garza, and competed in the 2011 & 2014 National Championships. Ursula has been instrumental in Keith’s coaching and competitive career, as she is the coach of the 2014 Men’s National Weightlifting Team and brings Keith years of knowledge and wisdom.

Keith has never stopped being a competitive athlete and he believes that gives him a competitive advantage when it comes to developing athletes. You can find him leading Strength sessions at the Shop Monday through Thursday and Saturdays.

Beth joined the coaching team at DBS in January 2016 after being a member for nearly four years. She comes to coaching by way of competitive adventure racing and endurance mountain biking. She is passionate about helping people be their best selves. Beth is a WITS Certified Personal Trainer and a USA Weightlifting Certified Coach

Coach Rammer is the ex-girlfriend that Dane’s Body Shop just can’t keep itself from running back to. Sure it might be healthier for The Shop to move on and mature in a committed relationship with a different ginger coach/manager, but familiarity is a warming libation and Chad does make a fine Manhattan. After years of playing hard to get and seeing other fitness communities around the country, there are whispers that Chad is ready to settle down and make an honest woman out of Dane’s Body Shop. Will he put a ring on it?

Chad works hard to keep the excitement and mystery in his relationship with Dane’s Body Shop. He is constantly learning new ways to stimulate and please The Shop (he is a NESTA Sports Injury Specialist, Healthy Moms Prenatal Fitness Coach, Precision Nutrition Level 1 Nutrition Coach, and NASM Golf Fitness Specialist and highly decorated thespian). The thing about Coach Chad, orchestrator of Athlete of the Month interviews for both locations, is that he’s a really good listener- when The Shop has had a hard day, he’s there to lend an open ear, a shoulder to cry on, and maybe even a sensual foot massage. Ain’t nobody gonna treat you better than Big Daddy C!

More than anything, Chad just loves The Shop for what it is- a vibrant community that rejects the concept of athleticism as a privileged or elite domain and embraces fitness as an essential and approachable ingredient available to every person’s life. Boy did that last sentence get his juices flowing! Coach Rammer wants nothing more than to grow old with The Shop, constantly supporting its health and helping it to find innovative ways to better serve the community, until he finally dies a doddering old coach and is laid to rest six feet beneath the Fusion Room’s signature black matted floor.

Dane Krager, a Native-Austinite, wanted to create a community-motivated form of exercise after leaving the world of professional football (Seattle Seahawks, Minnesota Vikings, Rhein Fire, Austin Wranglers). Dane believes in the importance of community but also knows that personal attention, care and innovative fitness programming is necessary for each individual to reach their personal goals. With Shop members in mind, Dane has focused on hiring knowledgeable, encouraging, quality coaches and creating a durable, growing business. The atmosphere at Dane’s Body Shop isn’t just about physical wellness, but also mental and emotional health – a place where people are challenged, encouraged and rewarded for their accomplishments by coaches and fellow athletes of all levels.