About us

Cheryl Cohen

As the founder of Desert CrossFit and Empowered Fitness, Cheryl Cohen is a CrossFit Certified Instructor as well as a Certified CrossFit Olympic Weightlifting Coach. Her skills as a fitness coach come from years of being a student in addition to over 10 years spent as a fitness trainer. In a constant search for the most efficient way to maximize results, Cheryl has found the best results come when training includes functional movement (that which replicates real life movement). That's the foundation of CrossFit!!! She coaches individuals and groups of all ages and fitness levels in both nutrition and fitness. She has even developed specialized programs and classes for inactive and obese individuals (Fitness for the "Not‐So‐Fit").

Cheryl utilizes CrossFit training to make exercise fun, competitive, exciting, and gives each client the added benefit of improved strength, speed, endurance, power, balance, agility, coordination, and stamina. In fact, many of her clients say they never dreamed it possible to experience such dramatic changes in how they look and feel. Cheryl teaches her clients how to train safely while challenging themselves, so that when they're NOT with her, they can truly have fun and LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST!