Derek Saffold

Growing up in Alabama, Derek started his fitness journey when he began playing football in highschool. This was his first real introduction to training. Derek realized that  he enjoyed the challenge and feeling of accomplishment afterwards. After high school Derek joined the Marine Corps. This is where he got a real introduction to endurance training and functional fitness. Once in college Derek would often train alone until he found a local Crossfit gym where he would really begin to explore both his enjoyment for training functional fitness, accomplishing physical challenges, and competition.

 

Through training with the community at Crossfit on the Hill he also learned that he has a passion for teaching and coaching others to accomplish their own goals. Discovering this passion led him to earn his CF-L2 , and USAW-L1 certifications. He also decided to completely dedicate himself to become a full time coach.

 

Derek worked at multiple gyms coaching many different athletes and individuals in a variety of different communities. This experience drove him to create a supportive community, to help others begin to continue their fitness journey, with coaches that care about them. In 2019 This dream came to realization When Derek partnered with two friends, Joel, and Oz to create R3VIVE Fitness, and help launch the faculty we workout at today.