MORE THAN JUST COACHES
WE ARE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
Thunder and lightning are a powerful combo, just as is the team at our gym. We combine a supportive atmosphere with expert powerlifting coaching and conditioning to ensure you get the best of your workouts. We make sure they are efficient, safe, fun, and effective.
When you join us at T&L, you don’t just work out with coaches, you work out with your community.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
“Their group training is scalable for all fitness levels and I promise that you'll come out of their class feeling stronger and with a smile on your face.”
Having trained with both Dave and Teri-Lynn for over 3 years, much can be said about their dedication and spirit to helping you achieve your goals. Sticklers for great form, you can be assured that safety comes first when trying new things or doing something you haven't done in a while.
Whether you are participating in group training or a private session, the experience is all the same—they are here to help you succeed.
—K.S.
MEET OUR COACHES
David Sims
David is the thunder of Thunder and Lightning. He’s strong, motivating, and knows how to fire you up to hit a big lift. David’s main focus has always been helping his clients achieve their goals. Each session is tailored specifically to you.
David works with people who are looking to improve their fitness, lose fat, get stronger and feel better about themselves.
“David helped me lose 30 lbs in 4 months. I feel great!”
- Sean E. 38
“Since I’ve started training with David I’ve gotten so much stronger and fitter. I feel so much better”
- Helena W. 60
MEET DAVID
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David understands how to connect with his clients, and ensure each person gets the best workouts and therefore the best results possible. He’s great at pushing you to the next level, and giving you the confidence to grow your abilities.
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David has a keen eye for detail. His ability to pick up on technique allows him to provide attention to each athlete in a class, so that everyone gets individualized coaching. He understands how to connect with athletes whether it be giving a great cue for a high-skill Olympic lift or to give the class a little laugh through one of his jokes. You can ensure that each time you are trained by David, you’ll enjoy yourself and be pushed.
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Powerlifting Lv. 1 & 2
Strength Training Specialist
Kettlebell Training Specialist
Hand Balancing Courses
CPR C
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David trains in CrossTraining and also has fun doing ju-jitsu. He enjoys cooking (especially his famous taco recipe) with his beautiful wife, Teri-Lynn. They also love a good UFC party and hanging out with their cat, Zoey.
Teri-Lynn moffatt
Teri-Lynn is the lightning of Thunder and Lightning. She’s strong, fast, electric, and brings an exciting positive energy. Her athletic background is in competitive figure skating, soccer, golf, tennis, hockey, cross country running, Olympic lifting, and currently muay thai, jiu jitsu, CrossFit, and Powerlifting.
Working as a personal trainer since 2010, Teri-Lynn has helped a wide range of clients work on their fitness goals, whether it be overcoming an injury, increasing strength, improving endurance, or becoming more athletic. Teri-Lynn excels at motivating others.
Certified as a Precision Nutrition coach Teri-Lynn can help you incorporate healthy eating as part of your complete athletic success plan.
MEET TERI-LYNN
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Working as a personal trainer since 2010, Teri-Lynn has helped a wide range of clients work on their fitness goals, whether it be overcoming an injury, increasing strength, improving endurance, or becoming more athletic. She specializes in expanding your CrossFit, Powerlifting, Olympic Lifting, and gymnastics skills. Teri-Lynn excels at coaching and motivating others, especially while leading group training programs.
Teri-Lynn is certified through Precision Nutrition in nutrition coaching and can help you incorporate healthy eating as part of your complete athletic success plan.
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Bachelors of Physical Education (Honours)
Bachelors of Education
Certified CrossFit Trainer - Level 3
Ontario Certified Teacher (OCT)
Precision Nutrition Certification - Certified Level 1 Coach
Can-Fit-Pro Certified Personal Trainer
Twist Sport Conditioning Coach: Bronze
GoodLife Personal Training Institute Certification
Darby Training Systems Level One Certification (DTS-1)
CrossFit Scaling Course
Hand Balancing Course
Paul Chek - Shoulder, Core, and Back Courses
CPR C Certification
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When not training her clients or group coaching, you’ll still usually find Teri-Lynn in the gym doing CrossFit, Powerlifting, or gymnastics. Outside of the gym she loves watching UFC and training in MMA, specifically jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai. She has experience competing in Olympic Lifting, and competing in and coaching Powerlifting meets, including Provincials. More recently however, Teri-Lynn has been enjoying competing in jiu-jitsu tournaments. Teri-Lynn loves lifting heavy, but you will also often catch her upside down practicing handstands.
Casey Khan-Cudmore
Casey is a certified Personal Trainer and CrossFit coach. He has been in the fitness industry for 4 years, and has had the privilege of working with a variety of clients with diverse fitness goals. Originally from Essex, UK, Casey started his fitness journey from a young age training BJJ and Boxing with his old man (dad). Since then, he’s gone on to compete in IBJJF competitions (jujitsu), local CrossFit competitions and more recently, Hyrox competitions.
MEET CASEY
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Casey’s training philosophy is centered around functional fitness, strength training, and maintaining a well rounded cardio base. He believes in tailoring each workout to the individual needs and goals of his clients. Casey’s approach involves a combination of resistance training, cardiovascular exercise, and mobility work to help his clients achieve their desired results.
As a coach, Casey prioritizes building a strong relationship with his clients. He motivates and supports his clients by establishing open lines of communication and setting achievable goals. He believes in leading by example and working alongside his clients to push them to their limits. Casey’s ultimate goal is to help his clients become the best version of themselves.
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Casey has extensive experience in building a solid engine, experience in Olympic weightlifting, and also in competition prep. He enjoys working with clients of all fitness levels and ages, from beginners to well seasoned athletes, and has seen great success in helping clients achieve their fitness goals.
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BSc Business & Marketing
Active IQ Level 3 Personal Trainer
L1 Crossfit
CrossFit Kids
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Outside of the gym, Casey enjoys practicing yoga and participating in outdoor activities like hiking, snowboarding and cycling. He is also an avid traveler and enjoys experiencing new cultures and cuisines.
Sarina Egan-Sitinjak
Sarina is a certified personal trainer whose passion for movement has guided her along various paths until now. Having worked as a professional dancer in Europe for nearly six years, she has a unique understanding of movement mechanics and values the confidence and wellness that movement can bring to each of us. She found CrossFit upon returning to Canada for nursing school and fell in love with the sense of meditation she found doing WODs in the gym. She participates in CrossFit and Hyrox competitions, dances whenever inspiration finds her, and is always game for a physical challenge on a rockface or in a boxing gym.
MEET SARINA
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Sarina believes deeply in the transferability of movement from the gym to life. Focusing on the details of movement patterns and alignment, she aims to ensure longevity and confidence in those she works with.
Sarina likes to think outside the box and prepare the body for all of life's challenges - building muscular strength and power, improving metabolic capacity, and cultivating mobility allow us to move through life with grace, resilience, and ease. She hopes her passion for fitness inspires and motivates her clients to surprise themselves, try new things, and feel confident in their ability to overcome challenges, both big and small.
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Functional movement patterns
Dance / creative movement
Yoga and pilates inspired exercise and movement
Mobility
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Certified Personal Trainer
BSN - Registered Nurse
BFA - Contemporary Dance, International Studies
BLS / CPR
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When not doing CrossFit, you can find Sarina on multi-day backpacking trips, biking, singing, sweating on a yoga mat, working as a community health nurse, or lying on a beach with a book.
Carol Almeida
Carol Almeida is an experienced and dedicated Certified Personal Trainer who has been working in the fitness industry for over 20 years. Originally from Brazil, Carol now coaches in Canada. She holds a Master's in Sports Training, and a Bachelor's degree in Physical Education (equivalent to Kinesiology in Brazil), and she has logged thousands of hours of coaching and improving the lives of all types of individuals.
MEET CAROL
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Carol's approach to fitness is rooted in the belief that everyone has the potential for greatness. She takes the time to get to know each client, their strengths and weaknesses, and their individual goals. She emphasizes the importance of self-improvement, a strong community, and a healthy lifestyle, using her extensive knowledge in biomechanics and resistance training to create customized plans that caters to each individual's needs. When it comes to helping her clients achieve their fitness goals, Carol's approach is highly personalized. She takes the time to get to know each client, their strengths and weaknesses, and their individual goals. She then uses her knowledge and expertise to develop a customized plan that takes into account their fitness level, schedule, and any limitations they may have. She helps her clients to set realistic and achievable goals and provides ongoing support and motivation to help them stay on track.
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Body composition and Weight loss
Strength training
Physical performance
Exercise selection and modifying fitness for the aging athlete
Personalized and sustainable fitness programs
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Master's in Sports Training, University Federal of Ceara
Bachelor's degree in Physical Education, University of Fortaleza
Specialization in Sports Training
Certified ACE Fitness Personal Trainer
Certified Level 2 CrossFit Trainer
Certified Level 1 CrossFit Trainer
Certified Emergency First Aid and CPR
Expertise in biomechanics and resistance training
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Outside of the gym, I enjoy practicing yoga and participating in outdoor activities like hiking, snowboarding and cycling. I am also an avid traveler and enjoy experiencing new cultures and cuisines.
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Item descriptionCarol's journey began with a love for improving people’s health and quality of life through physical activity, which led her to explore biomechanics and eventually earn a Bachelor's degree in Physical Education. After completing a post-secondary specialization in Sports Training, Carol launched her career as a personal trainer in 2006. In 2016, she discovered her second passion—CrossFit. Since then, Carol has worked with a diverse range of clients, from beginners to those suffering in pain, to seasoned athletes, helping them achieve impressive results in weight loss, strength training, and optimize health and performance.
joel MAillet
Joel is a CrossFit Level 1 Coach with 6 years of experience coaching group classes and personal training, and he truly loves what he does!
The positive feedback and gratitude he receives from athletes on his coaching and impact on their quality of life gives him fulfillment and has played a major role in his pursuit of a career that involves helping people.
Joel is constantly reflecting on his experiences to refine his skills to become better in the pursuit of excellence. He believes this is why he has been successful as a coach. He is always striving to foster a fun, supportive, and inclusive environment for all of his athletes.
MEET JOEL
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Joel's training goal is general physical preparedness (GPP), being ready for anything life throws your way.
He values functional movements: multi-joint, compound exercises that build strength, coordination, and resilience for everyday life.
He believes intensity is what drives results in CrossFit. The key is pushing yourself safely to achieve measurable progress in strength, endurance, and skill.
What Joel loves most about CrossFit is that it treats fitness like a science. Everything is measurable: workouts are tracked, timed, and scored so athletes can see real progress over time. CrossFit is also universally scalable, meaning anyone can do it, from beginners to elite athletes, by adjusting load and intensity rather than the movement itself.
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Joel specializes in bringing beginners into their first CrossFit classes. He has experience in running a specialized CrossFit class for a 55+ age group and has worked with athletes all the way in their 80's.
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CrossFit Level 1
Certified Personal Trainer
Corrective Exercise Specialist
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Other than CrossFit Joel enjoys surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding, hiking, diving, and pretty much anything outside and that involves a board.
ravtej singh
Ravtej is an International Student from India and is one of our Powerlifting coaches at Thunder and Lightning. He also coaches the Strength and Conditioning and the CardioBlast classes, and has been in the fitness industry for quite a few years with a Diploma in Personal Training. He is a competitive powerlifter himself, and therefore has a working knowledge and experience of Powerlifting meets.
MEET RAVTEJ
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As a competitive Powerlifter, Ravtej uses the powerbuilding training principles, which is a combination of both bodybuilding and powerlifting. He focuses on building pure strength and muscle hypertrophy, because he believes that a bigger muscle has more potential to be stronger.
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Other than Powerlifting, Ravtej also specializes in mobility training, and believes everyone should be able to move their bodies through their entire ranges of motion with ease. Ravtej has worked with people of all ages, and has also helped people come back stronger from nagging aches and pains.
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B.A. (Hons.) Applied Psychology
M.B.A. (Digital Marketing)
Diploma in Personal Training (Member of REPS)
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Besides being passionate about powerlifting, Ravtej has also been a professional track athlete and a cyclist, and also loves playing soccer. He also has a YouTube channel and an Instagram channel where he promotes and posts content about fitness.
ABOUT OUR FOUNDERS
David Sims and Teri-Lynn Moffatt each have over a decade of professional experience as personal trainers, coaches and managers for group fitness programs.
They have worked together for the last 13 years and partnered to build a successful group fitness program at a gym in downtown Vancouver.
During COVID David and Teri-Lynn pivoted their business to provide online, outdoor training, and group fitness classes and were able to expand their client base with their high standard of training and classes.
In the summer of 2022, they opened a small studio gym and have now expanded their business to the next level with the opening of their group fitness location at Waterfront.
David studied Business Management, and prior to fitness worked as a realtor in Vancouver for several years.
Teri-Lynn has a BEd and BPhysEd and has competed at a high level in a variety of sports including powerlifting, Olympic Lifting, and jujitsu.
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