Boxing Fitness
Instructors in Bend Oregon

Shannah made her dream come to life by opening BOXiT Fitness studio with Ann Nolan in 2018. She is an ACE Certified Personal Trainer, NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and with extensive continuing education in low back disorders, biomechanics, joint mobility and stability, core training, and running gait analysis experience. Shannah leads the BOXiT team as a Level 3 Certified Boxing Instructor through Box ‘N Burn Academy, and specializes in a balanced training approach for all fitness levels. Find her on the schedule weekly!

When not at the studio, Shannah enjoys getting her adrenaline rush on the slopes of Mt. Bachelor with her two kids, Haley (15) and Teddy (13), “chasing the sunrise” up Tumalo on skis and finding deep powder, doing hikes and outdoor adventures with her husband, Ted, and traveling as much as possible.

Ann grew up playing athletics and has always kept fitness and health as a priority in her life. For the past 20 years, she challenged herself in the gym with high powered classes and personal training. Shannah began training Ann, taught her boxing, and she fell in love with the benefits of the workout. The rest is history! With Ann’s business spirit, entrepreneur background, and Shannah’s personal training background, BOXiT Fitness was born.

Ann is a certified Box N Burn Boxing Trainer and has gone through the TRX Group Training workshop. Ann brings a wealth of business expertise through her experiences as a business entrepreneur. Ann is the mother of three kids (Ryan, Katie, and Bridget) and is based out of Vancouver, Washington. Ann enjoys mentoring, networking, dabbling and investing in Real estate and traveling anywhere. The desert is a favorite.

Whitney first started teaching group fitness in 2009 and became a Certified Personal Trainer through NASM and AFAA. She is also certified as a Corrective Exercise and Fitness Nutrition Specialist through NASM. Whitney has certifications for Group Fitness and Kickboxing through AFAA. She is TRX Group Certified, Strong First Kettlebell certified, B Strong certified, CPR and AED certified and is currently studying for her Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification.

Whitney fell in love with boxing, and qualified for and competed in the 2020 Olympic boxing trials. She loves boxing, and says it has brought more strength, passion and joy into her life than any other sport she has ever competed in. After competing in the 2024 Olympic Trials in Dec. 2023, she decided to give the professional circuit a shot and had her pro debut in Nov. 2024, winning a split decision!

Chantel’s passion for health and fitness started at the age of 10 when she would make her own workouts, post them on the back wall in her bedroom and complete them daily . As she got older she realized what a huge impact it had on her overall health and wellness. Now she enjoys helping others push themselves to be the best they can be and seeing them experience all the benefits from a healthier lifestyle.

Her certifications include: NASM certified personal trainer and nutrition coach; PPSC Certified for pain free performance, kettlebell specialist; and she has also been a kickboxing and strength coach for more than two years and most recently became certified as a Rock Steady Boxing Head Coach. In her free time, she loves to workout and go on walks, bike rides and hikes with her three kids: Riley, Paige, and Elias.

Leigh’s love for fitness began at the age of nine when she received her first Barbie workout set. She has a picture to prove it. Several Barbie workout reps later she received her degree in Psychology and started a career in the educational field. There she worked with developmentally delayed children at an occupational and physical therapy clinic. After several years of homeschooling two boys and a desperate need for adult interaction, she decided to blend her love for fitness and teaching and become a certified personal trainer. Soon after she found herself in a gym setting, doing one-on-one training and later began teaching various forms of personal fitness. She currently teaches Pilates, Barre, and strength and conditioning at various locations in Bend. When she’s not teaching or home schooling you can find her outside with her husband and two boys taking advantage of everything Bend has to offer.

Damien Bianchi is a USA Boxing-certified beginner coach and an aspiring Masters Division amateur boxer. He is expecting to compete in his first bout this summer and helps out with the Junior BOXiT program and assists Whitney with the Rocks Boxing Competitive Team at BOXiT. Damien fell in love with boxing the first time he saw “Rocky” as a kid and has been training off and on for the last 15 years. Damien enjoys playing golf and spending time with his wife Nicole and his two kids, Cienna and Cooper.

JR fell in love with health and fitness early on while actively participating in competitive athletics. Playing football, running track & field, training in MMA, boxing, and 12 years of combat sports, he now takes that same passion into how he coaches and educates his clients.

As a Certified Personal Trainer and Boxing Coach, currently focusing on nutritional studies, he creates flexible training regimens that cater to each person’s goals individually. He focuses on building you up from wherever your starting point may be, getting you healthy, helping you move pain-free and taking the guess work out of your training. JR is also our Junior BOXiT coach and has taught many kids the basic fundamentals of boxing and while making fitness fun!

JR and his girlfriend, Yessica, are expecting their first child in the spring of 2025!

Jenna has been teaching fitness classes in Bend since 2016, starting off in the park with her fellow stroller moms - with her 2 daughters in tow - to various gyms in town teaching group fitness, cycling, small group and personal training. Jenna has her Master’s Degree in Nutrition, is a NASM-Certified Personal Trainer, a certified TRX Trainer, and has had training as a Corrective Exercise Specialist. She has a passion for strength, functional, and HIIT training – she believes if you want to see change and accomplish your goals, you have to challenge yourself, and no matter your fitness level, or limitations, she’s here to help you do just that.  

When Jenna is not a the gym - teaching classes, training clients, or working out herself :) – she loves to check out local wineries, breweries, and new restaurants with friends, hiking/mountain biking the trails, skate skiing in the winter, or doing a nice puzzle at home in her robe by 4pm.

Jenna has also been taking classes at BOXiT since 2019.

Meghan grew up in Tomales, Calif., a small ranch town where she excelled in basketball, volleyball, and softball through high school. She earned her BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and post graduation, she started her 10-year career in recruitment, where she particularly enjoyed learning about people's backgrounds and strengths. Meghan worked for a global recruitment firm and a tech executive search firm, helped build out the teams of small Silicon Valley startups, and was most recently at Google before having children and transitioning to be a stay-at-home-Mom. It was at Google where she took her first HIIT class, picked up weights, and fell in love with strength training.

Meghan moved to Bend with her husband and two daughters in 2021, and once both of her children reached school age she followed her newly found dream of becoming Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). She is passionate about helping others achieve their goals through strength training, stability and mobility, muscle growth and endurance, and injury prevention.

Rochelle’s passion for fitness started 12 years ago when she used movement to help herself heal from a decade long mysterious + debilitating illness. Fitness helped bring her back to life and she’s been obsessed ever since. She’s been teaching group fitness since 2016 — strength, HIIT, bootcamps, stroller classes and yoga sculpt to name a few. Combine music, weights + movement and it’s her JAM.

Wherever you’re at in your fitness journey, Rochelle is on a mission to bring you to life! She brings music, words of inspiration and an occasional joke together to get you out of your head into your body so you’ll leave class more connected to yourself, your power AND your higher power, whatever you believe in.