Fit 901
The Coaching Team — Memphis, TN

The people you'll actually train with.

You are not handing your body over to a brand. You are handing it to a person. So here they are — names, certifications, and what each of them is actually good at.

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Your coaches

Every session at Fit 901 is coached by a person, not written by an app. These are the people who write your program and watch you move.

Rob Yahn, Founder & Head Coach at Fit 901 in Memphis

Rob Yahn

Founder & Head Coach
  • Fire Lieutenant, Memphis Fire Department
  • Firefighter Paramedic
  • USA Weightlifting (USAW) Certified Coach
  • CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2)
  • Krav Maga Global (KMG) Certified Instructor — Combat/Fight
  • Krav Maga Global (KMG) — Third Party Protection

Rob founded Fit 901 — formerly CrossFit 901, the second CrossFit affiliate in the Memphis area. He has coached people toward strength and health for more than fifteen years and has been training others since the early 1990s. He entered the fire service in 1994, joined the Memphis Fire Department in 1996, and serves as a Fire Lieutenant closing out a 32-year fire-service career, most of it downtown and midtown on some of the busiest truck companies in the country. He coaches everyday people, first responders, and adults from their twenties into their seventies and beyond.

Shannon Stewart, Coach at Fit 901 in Memphis

Shannon Stewart

Coach
  • CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1)
  • Krav Maga Alliance Certified Instructor
  • USA Weightlifting (USAW) Certified Coach

Shannon coaches on the floor at the Memphis studio.

Britney Veach, Coach at Fit 901 in Memphis

Britney Veach

Coach
  • CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1)

Britney coaches on the floor at the Memphis studio.

What every Fit 901 coach is held to

The part that doesn't change depending on who you get.

Movements are coached, not guessed

Someone watches you move, cues you, and scales the movement to what your body can do today — every session, not just your first one.

Programs are written with purpose

Your training is built to progress over months and years. Nothing here is pulled off social media because it looked hard.

Honest feedback, including when it isn't what you want

If something isn't working, you'll hear it. If we're not the right fit for what you need, you'll hear that too — on the first call, not after you've paid.

Scaled to the person in front of us

First workout or fiftieth, twenty-five or seventy-five, coming back from surgery or preparing for an academy test. Every movement and every program scales.

Talk to one of them.

The discovery call is fifteen minutes with an actual Fit 901 coach — not a call center and not a script. We'll ask about your goals, your schedule and anything your body is currently doing that you don't love, then tell you honestly whether we can help and which direction fits. If we are not the right people for it, we will say so and try to point you at someone who is.

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