About ActiveVT in Burlington, VT

We Built our Gym
Around You

ActiveVT is our dream, built with you in mind. Our coaches are highly skilled professionals with top-tier communication skills and elite programming. Each coach brings a unique energy and skillset, but they all create a warm, welcoming atmosphere for beginners and experienced athletes alike.

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ABOUT ActiveVT

This is Our Team

We are a group of committed full-time professional coaches, here to help you take your fitness and health to the next level. Through intelligent programming, encouraging instruction, and real-talk accountability, our coaches guide you from where you are to where you want to go.

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Our Coaches

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Sam Werbel

Owner and Head Coach

Certifications

CrossFit Level 3 Trainer
Precision Nutrition Level 1
First-Aid Certification
CPR/AED Certification
Sam has been a lifelong endurance athlete, and an outdoor tour guide and CrossFit coach since 2016. He’s been in the gym-ownership game since 2017 and had over 5,000 coaching hours, including beginners, experienced athletes, seniors, kiddos, and everything in between. Sam’s personal athletic ledger includes many years of competitive...

Certifications

CrossFit Level 1 Trainer
Precision Nutrition Level 1
First Aid Certification
CPR/AED Certification
Jenny has been doing CrossFit since 2017 and coaching since 2022, bringing a calm, clear, and quietly confident energy to every class. With a background in soccer, cross country, and track, she’s always loved movement—and found CrossFit to be the key to building real strength and resilience. Jenny coaches many...
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Jenny

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Leah

Coach

Certifications

CrossFit Level 1 Trainer
First Aid Certification
CPR/AED Certification
Leah first found CrossFit in 2020 during the era of outdoor workouts, masked-up squats, and kettlebells spaced six feet apart. What started as a way to move turned into something much more: a source of strength, confidence, and community. She earned her CrossFit Level 1 in 2022 (alongside Coach Jenny)...

Certifications

CrossFit Level 1 Trainer
First-Aid Certification
CPR/AED Certification
Nick’s athletic background started as a swimmer, but since starting CrossFit just a few years ago he has grown his fitness toolbox to include many domains and methods! Nick is an incredibly relatable coach, always there with a cringey pun or a relatable anecdote about learning a movement or simply...
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Clean and Well-Maintained
Equipment is the Standard

At ActiveVT we use a wide variety of strength training implements including barbells, kettlebells, dumbbells, plyometric boxes, jump ropes, rowing machines, gymnastic rings, yoga mats, medicine balls, jump ropes, and so much more. Ultimately, the most valuable piece of equipment we use is our own bodies!

Our workout space has two large rooms fully equipped with barbells, squat racks, dumbbells, kettlebells, cardio equipment, and more.

We have a wide variety of mobility and recovery tools, including foam rollers, yoga mats/blocks, lacrosse balls, resistance bands, and more to keep you feeling fresh!

We have terrific, immediate access to the Burlington bike path and greater waterfront area. Be ready for excellent outdoor workouts!

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A Facility Designed for
Performance & Community.

Our spacious, colorful, welcoming gym has a different vibe than most fitness settings. We give our members the best, radiant heated floors in the winter, AC in the summer, and two locker rooms boasting a total of 6 showers and 100 lockers. Our 8 squat racks and ~4,000 square feet of space fit our community just right!

Helpful Amenities – our two spacious locker rooms are secure, clean, and fully equipped with bathrooms, lockers, and showers.

Climate control – You work out best when you’re not too hot, and not too cold. Our radiant floor heating and AC keep our athletes feeling good all year-round!

Reception area – our gym has a comfortable reception area with a couch, chairs, free WIFI, a water fountain, and always the newest copy of Seven Days.

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That’s Us.
Let’s Learn About You!

We’ve had a blast telling you a bit about ourselves. But this isn’t about us, it’s about you. Your journey, your goals, your results. So let’s get to know each other, set some life-changing but attainable goals, and welcome you to our supportive community.

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