Deborah Garnett - Assistant Coach

Deborah Garnett has a passion for helping students discover their unique strengths on the mats. Originally from Gurnee, Illinois, she has spent most of her adult life in the Colorado Rocky Mountains before moving with her family to McMinnville, Oregon, in 2013, where she currently resides. Deborah has been a dedicated member of the Unicorn community since she first started training in 2017 at Impact McMinnville.

Deborah believes that every person has a unique learning style and brings their own "mat superpowers" to the sport. Her teaching style emphasizes a growth mindset, encouraging students to embrace challenges, learn from failures, and value feedback from coaches and teammates. She focuses on the journey of improvement rather than the final destination and uses positive self-talk to overcome obstacles.  Her ultimate goal is to not only train for her own longevity on the mats but to help her teammates do the same, hoping to train alongside the Unicorn team well into her "old lady years."

By trade, Deborah is a certified fitness professional, specializing in kettlebell strength training, habit-based nutrition coaching, and functional mobility. Her extensive certifications include StrongFirst SFG1 and SFG2, Precision Nutrition PN1, and Ground Force Method Mobility, among others. She is also a practitioner of herbalism, aromatherapy, and reiki, and is currently pursuing certifications in meditation and breathwork.

Deborah is available for personal training, mobility coaching, and nutrition coaching. Feel free to reach out to her directly for more information.