Crossfit Coaches — Crossfit Iron Shamrock

Tiffany Ferlmann

Having a passion for helping others combined with a love for natural health care made creating The Shamrock a natural fit. Family has always been the heartbeat that gives purpose to Tiffany. Starting The Shamrock, meant that it had to have a sense of family and home for the clients that walked through the door. When originally opening the gym, we were focused on CrossFit. At the time, we felt it was the perfect choice for all fitness needs. As we gained knowledge and understanding, we discovered that while there are benefits for high intensity fitness, not everyone needs to do it, every day. As we have grown, we have discovered that through education we have the ability to help people in a broader range. Too many people feel that in order to make gains in fitness, your exercise program needs o leave you drained on the floor. What we have learned is that fitness comes in discovering what YOUR body needs. Movement is medicine, and if we unlock the keys to what our bodies need, our body can begin healing. We want to live life the way we want….without hurting when doing the things that make living fun for us. Bridging the gap between the gym and the healthcare system seemed like the answer to what our gym was missing. This gives us the opportunity to truly help people move into their futures as their best self….which is what ignites the joy and fire within Tiffany.

Education & Certifications:
-USA Weightlifting Level 1
-Crossfit Level 1
-Adaptive and Inclusive Training

Sutton Burnard

Coach Sutton grew up with an active lifestyle. He was involved in numerous sports, and also enjoyed hiking, camping, and fishing. He excelled in Track & Field and Football. He looked forward to playing football in college until an injury during his senior season took that away from him.

A few years later, in 2012, Coach Sutton found CrossFit and felt at home. He quickly became a coach at a gym in California, but life brought him to Winter Garden, Florida, where he began coaching at Crossfit Iron Shamrock. Here he met his beautiful wife, who happens to be another coach at Iron Shamrock. They are happy to have been able to coach together over the past two years.

Coach Sutton recently earned his Level 2 certification. He loves how the sport of fitness is constantly changing and growing, and it excites him to be able to continue to expand his knowledge and share with the Crossfit Iron Shamrock community.

Education & Certification:
-Crossfit Level 1
-Crossfit Level 2
-Adaptive and Inclusive Training
-AL-P Candidate

Abigail Burnard

Abby is a CrossFit Level 2 Trainer who has always had a love for fitness and teaching others. She has grown up an athlete, excelling in Golf, Track & Field, and Basketball, while competing in numerous State Finals.

Having grown up playing sports, Abby knows what it is like to live a healthy (and fun) lifestyle. In 2014 her mother, Tiffany Ferlmann, introduced her to CrossFit, and soon after became one of our CrossFit coaches. She loves the sport of fitness which is forever changing and new.

Abby has had some serious injuries between her years in sports and from a motor vehicle accident. She knows what it’s like to have to sit out, be patient, and start over. Her injuries spurred her interest to learn more about the body and what it is capable of, injured, and or healthy. It’s her goal to help those who want to be better than who they were the day before and to always grow.

Education & Certifications:
-Crossfit Level 1
-CrossFit Level 2
-AL-P Candidate
-Adaptive and Inclusive Training

Conor Floyd

Growing up as a competitive wakeboarder and schoolboy rugby player, Coach Conor always had a passion for athlete progression and competition. His mindset switched, however, after undergoing knee surgery in September 2016, due to a ruptured ACL; he went from being competitive, to taking a step back to reflect and improve on long-term health and become more knowledgeable of injury prevention in the future. Spending 9 months in physical therapy, not being able to compete or train as consistently as he would have liked, he found a documentary called ‘The Fittest on Earth’ which was the catalyst for his movement from rugby player to Cross fitter. It wasn’t until 2017, however, where he would start his journey and join his local box in the UK, CrossFit White Noise now known as CrossFit Heathrow.

Coach Conor moved with his family from the UK to Winter Garden in 2018 and became a member of the Iron Shamrock family, where he took part in his first CrossFit open. He has progressed into a better athlete and a more well-rounded human. He became a certified CrossFit Level 1 coach in January 2019 and has become a consistent friendly face to see on a Saturday morning. Come out and enjoy a morning workout with good people and an even better old-school rock playlist!

Education & Certifications:
-Crossfit Level 1
-Adaptive and Inclusive Training

Alec Ferlmann

Alec grew up with a very active lifestyle. Alec has golfed his whole life and loves playing basketball and volleyball. He won state in basketball when he was 13. He did have to stop playing golf for a couple of years because his spine got pulled to the side but with personal training, he is back to playing whenever he wants.

Growing up with such an active childhood, it only made sense that he would enjoy being part of the gym at The Shamrock. Originally from Illinois, Alec decided to attend UCF and liked being in Florida. He decided to stay and help his family with running the gym.

While Alec has his L1 he typically does administrative work for the gym and is often the first that a new member talks to. He loves being able to guide people in the correct direction that they need to go to become healthy or even just stay healthy. Helping people has always been one of Alec’s greatest wishes, and he gets to do that at the gym, every day.

Education & Certifications:
-Crossfit Level 1

Joao Raspo

My name is Joao Raposo. My fitness journey started when I was a little kid by playing any sport that I could. Around 2020 I was invited to go to a Crossfit Box for an experimental class. It was the first time I felt part of a community that had that sense of accomplishment on every single lift made in class.

That’s when I decided to change my perspective and make Crossfit my lifestyle by getting my CF-L1 in October 2021. I’ve been coaching at The Shamrock since, the best part about being a coach is to see the athletes progress and get stronger, both physically and mentally.