Staff Bios
Jim Chambers
Owner/Head Trainer-CrossFit On the Move, Grant Park and Alpharetta
Jim is a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer, Certified CrossFit Movement and Mobility Trainer, and Certified CrossFit Olympic Lifting Trainer. He was a private fitness coach in St. Petersburg Russia for 1 year prior to opening a CF box. He hopes to someday attain an advanced degree in Physical Therapy or Athletic Training.
Jim was born and raised in the Northeast, between Brooklyn, NY and Massachusetts, and prior to coming back to Atlanta , has lived in NY, MA, GA, and St. Petersburg, Russia, with roots in Georgia. He was a competitive baseball and hockey player growing up, eventually founding and becoming the first head coach of the Bard College Baseball Team. He still competes as an Ice Hockey goalie.
Jim took on a huge interest in fitness, nutrition, and then CrossFit while at Bard College in NY, and while finishing his degree in Russian Studies/working with baseball at the school, Jim opened his first gym, Railroad Crossfit at Hudson Barbell in Hudson, NY.
In order to get into the cutting edge of the CrossFit world, and to get back to Atlanta, a city that his family loved, and that provided great opportunities for his wife and 3 children, Jim explored a move in late 2011, culminating in his invovement with CrossFit On the Move in early 2012.
Jim is nuts about mobility and nutrition, and tries to infuse a culture of organization and technique first, combined with dynamic but periodized programming in order to turn normal folks into fit folks, athletes into elite athletes, but most of all to create function and wellness/fitness in the place of sickness and dysfunction.
Jim is a Language/Literature/History and Theology buff, an Anatomy nerd, a sports junkie, a Husband and Father of 3.
Anya Chambers
Co-Owner/Trainer- CrossFit On the Move, Grant Park and Alpharetta
Anya is CrossFit Level 1 Trainer, and hopes to become very involved in CF Kids in the near future.
Anya was born in Leningrad, USSR, now St. Petersburg, Russia. She moved as an adolescent to the US with her family, and went to Bard College in Upstate NY.
She is a former track athlete, volleyball player and dancer, has a BA in Literature, and has worked as a translator in various capacities, as she speaks freely in 3 languages: Russian, English and French.
As a wife and mother of 3, she has focused on being a mom and homemaker, but taken a strong interest in nutrition, and has become an accomplished paleo cook. CrossFit, and working at the gyms, has provided her with a new passion in life to balance with the stresses of being a mom. She began CrossFitting a month after giving birth to her 3rd, and has progressed at an amazing rate. Anya’s journey proves that motherhood and elite fitness are not mutually exclusive!
Sung Choe
Trainer- CrossFit On the Move, Grant Park
Sung is a Certified CrossFit Level 1 Trainer, and hopes to one day open his own box!
Sung is a Grant Park native, born and raised in the A. He has been married for 13 years, and is the father of 4 children.
Sung has worked jobs all over the map, working with cars, motorcycles, cooking, and then teaching martial arts to adults and children, prior to becoming a CrossFit devotee. CrossFit took Sung from a place devoid of fitness, overweight and smoking, all the way to training and coaching at a high level just 1 year later.
Sung brings an attentive and kind presence with a strong background in group fitness training to a gym growing in his home neighborhood. He has worked out and trained at boxes Sung and his family now live in NW Metro Atlanta.
Anna Bullis
Trainer – CrossFit On the Move, Alpharetta
Anna currently holds several personal training certificates. Those certifications include ACE, NASM and CrossFit Level 1. Also, Anna has experience teaching mat pilates, body sculpt and spin classes.
Anna, a Georgia native, started her fitness career early and is no stranger to competition. In her youth, Anna traveled throughout the area participating in ballet competitions. She was a dedicated dancer who thrived in competitive environments. In addition, Anna played team sports pursuing softball through middle school.
As an adult, Anna began her professional career as a mortgage banker. In this role, she honed her organizational skills and parlayed a successful mortgage banking career into a personal training career. This transition occurred after the birth of her second child and she has never looked back. As a former banker, Anna brings a detailed orientated, results focused mentality to her training approach.
Anna lives in metro Atlanta with her high school sweetheart. She is currently pursuing a nursing degree and raising her two small children while coaching at CFOTM’s Alpharetta location.
Rey Funte
Trainer – CrossFit On the Move, Grant Park
Rey has been CrossFitting since 2008 and holds several certifications including CrossFit Level 1, CrossFit Kids and is a certified lifeguard.
Born in the Philippines and raised in Manila, Rey immigrated with his family to the United States in 1995. His family settled in Maryland where Rey resided until he attended Towson University.
Rey earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science from Towson University. Upon graduation, he relocated to Atlanta. Rey’s international background brings added perspective to CrossFit On the Move. He trains as a boxer; plays the ukulele; speaks several languages including Tagalog, French, and Japanese; and works as an ESL teacher.
Currently, Rey coaches at the CFOTM Grant Park location and is the strength and conditioning coach at the Atlanta International School.
Craig Ivey
Trainer – CrossFit On the Move, Alpharetta
Craig received his NASM and CrossFit Level 1 certifications and started training clients two years ago.
Craig became interested in fitness training as a result of finding himself out of shape and at the heaviest point in his life in his late twenties. He started working out and regaining his former peak shape as a lifelong football player. This journey led him to pursue a career in the fitness industry. He is passionate about learning as much as possible about CrossFit training and passing that knowledge to everyone he coaches.
Craig leads an active lifestyle with his biggest hobby being medieval reenactment. This hobby is not for the faint of heart and involves participants engaged in full contact fighting while wearing period-style armor. In addition to medieval re-creation, Craig wants to start competing in local CrossFit competitions in the near future.
Bethany Thames
Member & Office Coordinator – CrossFit On the Move, Grant Park
Bethany is a recent graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. She hopes to attend veterinary school at some point and is pursuing some additional classes while working at CFOTM.
An Atlanta native, Bethany currently resides in Stone Mountain. She is active in the soccer community, where she leverages her experience from years of traveling the country playing competitive soccer by coaching youth soccer camps.
Bethany’s diverse talents, academic achievements and passion for learning new things complement her role as the coordinator for the Grant Park location. She also hopes to be Level 1 Certified soon, and dreams of someday opening her own CrossFit gym!
Danielle Whitman
Member & Office Coordinator – CrossFit On the Move, Alpharetta
Born and raised in South Georgia, Danielle brings southern hospitality to her role at CFOTM. Danielle works with the members and coordinates the office for the Alpharetta location. She is the face and voice of this location. More importantly, Danielle is the one who makes sure the members stay on track with all their fitness goals.
Managing 200 members comes easy to Danielle. She is one of nine siblings and comes from a large extended family. She loves to visit her family back home in Americus, GA and enjoys watching her siblings play football at her alma mater Wilcox County High.
