Breakthrough Personal Coaching & Wellness was Founded with Chris Gray’s Lifelong Passion for Health,Fitness, and Sports. Chris Gray has has made his mark as one of the nations top fitness & nutrition experts for over 19 years now, and is considered a master in his field. Chris is a certified personal trainer & strength training coach, Strong First Kettlebell Instructor, Level 2 Functional Movement Specialist, and a nutrition coach.

Gray is also a Best- Selling fitness author and speaker. Gray’s latest co-authored book “3 Steps To Your Best Body In Record Time” hit the Best Seller’s list in 5 categories which resulted in his induction into the Academy Of Best Selling Authors.

Gray is also a regular contributor to multiple publications, most recently featured in USA Today Magazine, but it’s his experience that truly sets him apart from most making him the true expert in his field.

Chris started playing football at age 8 and continued competitively through college and into the semi-pro leagues for 4 years. Gray also an established bodybuilder and strength competitor, he has truly has made his mark in the sports. He has also competed nationally with an elite team of professionals in the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge competing in 3 World Championships on featured on ESPN.

His very unique personal training and wellness center located in Dover Delaware, is literally changing lives using techniques and equipment never before seen by most.

After years of witnessing people struggle every day to lose weight and get in shape Gray realized that most gyms and fitness programs set people up to fail right from the start by not providing them with all of the key elements needed to achieve success. It’s the failure to provide these tools that results in most people’s failure to accomplish their fitness and health goals.

Chris and his wife Karen have made it their mission to provide life changing results with their highly sought after training experience leaving a legacy for their 2 daughters Kameron and Aubrey, and setting the example for how things in the fitness industry should be done.

I started Jazzercise when I was 16 years old in a church basement, and fitness has been a part of my life ever since. As a freshman in college I had the opportunity to take a strength training class as an elective. I was the only girl in the class, but this is when I really started too understand form and technique.

Over the next 15 years I worked out multiple times per week at the local gyms, and hired personal trainers multiple times to update my workout routines and nutrition plans. In 2006 I did Crossfit, and continued that for 2 years. In 2008 my husband and I purchased a personal training center of our own.

I was certified as a kettlebell instructor that same year, and I’ve been training clients multiple times per week ever since. After being an instructor for 8 years now I find that more than the actual workouts, what I enjoy most is just spending time with our clients. I really enjoy seeing them achieve those personal milestones, and begin doing things they couldn’t do when they first started.

What I enjoy most is being the best part of our clients day. It means a lot when they leave feeling better than they did when they came in.

I have competed off and on in the figure division of bodybuilding since 2004.

Through the years I battled with my negativity…negative self-talk and even self-punishment for not sticking to the ‘Plan’ and causing myself disappointment.

You would think that with all my years of experience in nutrition and working out I would have this licked already, right?

But I constantly struggled to maintain healthy eating and enjoyment in my workouts.

Over the past few years, prepping for competitions became a long process, starting months in advance and feeling like I was starting from scratch every time.

It was an endless cycle of healthy eating, feeling deprived, and then bingeing on unhealthy foods. Competition prep started to feel more like a ‘Job’ than a passion.

I would have days were I honestly did not want to workout because I felt like I was busting my butt and but I was not getting anywhere.

A friend suggested that I try Breakthrough Personal Coaching & Wellness telling me it was right up my alley.

She was right and I was instantly hooked!

I started group training off and on at Breakthrough when my work schedule allowed in 2013 to break up my “Routine”.

By the end of that year I joined as a lifetime member.

I was convinced this was going to be the change I needed.

Unfortunately, I still felt aggravated with myself; I was unmotivated and I would miss workouts because “I didn’t feel like it”, “It wasn’t working”, “I just need more sleep” i.e., making excuses for myself.

I finally got my nutrition under control in March of 2014 with a group 24 Day Challenge at the gym.

I got great results but the biggest value was the support system that was in place….It made all the difference!

Chris and Karen have created and environment for us to not only grow in physically healthy, but mentally grow as well.

It’s about longevity and closing the gap between physical changes and our mental game.

When they gave me an open door to be apart of the coaching team I was honored and excited!  I love infecting those around me with a passion for their life and a drive to know how amazing they can feel too.

I am not alone here.

This place reawakened my absolute LOVE for health and fitness!

I am excited to train here and support those around me any way I can. I love the drive and motivation from the amazing people around me.

The energy and positive environment at Breakthrough is truly contagious and it feels like home!

The community we have here can not be beat.

Breakthrough people are the best cheerleaders, sounding boards, support shoulders, and genuine people.

I want to keep passing all that good forward!

When I came to BreakThrough (then Punch Kettlebell Gym) in 2010, I was just over 40 years old and in the worse physical shape of my life. I weighed in close to 290 lbs (my highest was 308 lbs ). I wore size 44 or 46 inch jeans (I couldn’t get them at the store – they had to be ordered online or purchased at a “big and tall” shop. I could barely do a push up, much less make it through a workout with Chris or Karen without feeling like I was going to lose my last meal.

The weight I’ve lost pales greatly in comparison to all I’ve gained over the years. Perhaps the most important thing I’ve gained on this journey is the fact that I’m not in the fight alone! I know Chris, Karen, and other members of the Leadership team will not let me give up on myself. They push me to be the best I can be! I’ve gained the confidence in myself to push myself to be better today than I was yesterday. I’ve learned that it’s not about “fad” diets, and quick weight loss schemes. I’ve learned that change happens from the inside first, and there’s always help for me when I need it.

My desire to become a Coach has been fueled by all I’ve gained, and I feel compelled to give it back. I truly believe that I am here on this earth to help other people grow, and become who they were meant to be. I became a part of the Leadership team because it gives me the opportunity to give it back. If I can inspire just one person to push a little harder, to go a little longer, to finally take that step to begin the journey to become the person he or she was meant to be, then my purpose is fulfilled.

I believe that someone is always watching; therefore you always have a chance to inspire.