Our Team

I have been active all my life, from playing soccer, to running track and cross-country, swimming, and tennis. After college, I started to run more, since it was easy, cheap and I thought, a great overall body workout. However, back problems started, and soreness that wouldn’t leave in my feet and a plethora of other…

I began my CrossFit journey in Abu Dhabi, UAE in 2014, where I quickly fell in love with the supportive community and improved my beginner skills through scaled movements and lots of progressions. With a lifelong passion for sports and fitness, I have experience playing/coaching sports, teaching Health and PE, working in university athletics, and running long-distance races. After moving back to the United States in 2017, I pursued my L1 CrossFit coaching certification and am now an L2 certified coach. As a twin toddler mom, I balance all the craziness of life by going to the gym. My goal is to stay healthy, happy, and fit.

When I was too small to even leave my front yard on my own I used to be held back by my mother while I tried chase after my father as he would go out for evening runs. As an older child I wished we had the budget for gymnastics classes; it looked like so much fun. After I grew I was excited to be a high school and then collegiate Track & Field athlete competing in 110m high hurdles, 400m hurdles, pole vault, 4x400m, 4x800m.

Eventually I got older and life layered on stress and responsibility so I started a collection of pants that no longer fit. But my wonderful wife had started CrossFit and I needed a way to connect with her about something other than changing diapers of our young children. She signed me up for the Elements class at CrossFit Adaptation in 2015 and I’ve been with it since.

In High School, I was ranked in the state of NY in Shotput and Javelin, that is where my love of weightlifting came from. However, I always found it difficult after High School to keep a consistent workout schedule until I joined Adaption Athletics. What this gym/community has done for me really changed my life.

Ryan is a former martial artist who found CrossFit after competing in Taekwondo at the national level. After retiring, he missed competitive athletics and was looking for a community built around pushing themselves both physically and mentally. When he joined CFA in 2018, Ryan found exactly the intensity and consistency he was looking for. As a coach, Ryan is excited by helping others improve their fitness so that they are prepared for life outside of the gym. He enjoys competing in the sport of CrossFit, college football, and a perfectly curated country music playlist.

I didn’t play sports as a kid and my extent of athleticism was being on the dance team my Freshman year in high school. Until I joined the Army, 23 years ago, and became an avid distance runner. However, after years of running, I found it daunting at times and needed something more dynamic in…

My name is Nikki Platamone, and fitness has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, thanks to my mom, a personal trainer, who instilled the importance of health and nutrition early on. I’ve always been active but I found CrossFit five years ago at CrossFit Bolt in Dallas, TX, and it quickly became a passion. After moving to Arlington, VA, I joined CrossFit Adaptation and earned my CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (L-1) certification in the summer of 2023. I’ve been coaching since early 2024, and my favorite movements are all things upside down, from handstand push-ups to handstand walking and, snatches because when you complete a good rep – you totally feel it. I love coaching all things gymnastics and helping people scale/find substitutions to create a perfect workout variation for their level of fitness and ability!

Welcome to the chaos—I mean community! I’m Omar, your go-to coach for heavy weights and heavier riffs. I’ve been powerlifting and bodybuilding since my teens, swam competitively in my younger years, and dove into CrossFit two years ago—and I’ve been hooked ever since. My goal? To help you lift more, laugh harder, and leave every class feeling like a stronger, sweatier version of yourself.

My name is Gabby Durbin and I’ve been a member at CrossFit Adaptation since 2021. I played competitive basketball and soccer and always enjoyed being extremely active throughout my childhood. Ultimately, I went on to play Division III soccer at Christopher Newport University where I was team captain and earned first team All-America honors my junior and senior year. When my soccer career came to an end, I struggled a lot with the loss and had to re-define my relationship with working out and living an active lifestyle. The burn out was real. I finally found CrossFit in 2020 and haven’t looked back. It fulfilled my competitive drive and need for a strong-knit community.

I am a certified CF-L1 trainer and have been a coach at CrossFit Adaptation since 2023. I am always looking to learn from other coaches and our members! The members of the gym are by far the best part about CrossFit Adaptation – they are the heart and soul of the gym! My favorite movements are cleans, box jumps, and toes-to-bar. I love the strategy behind each workout and am a sucker for a long chipper.

Jason has been a member of CFA since 2012.  Before CrossFit, Jason mostly enjoyed mountain biking and skiing for fitness.  Ask him about his 100 mile or 24 hour mountain bikes races, or hiking for powder turns to the peaks of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, or British Columbia.

There was a lot of traditional gym memberships that came and went, but nothing stuck.

He joined CFA in 2012 and was hooked.  Not long after, his wife Lisa joined the gym and both of them have been active members of the CFA Family.

The thing that Jason loves about CrossFit is the overall general level of fitness readiness it provides.  He’ll tell you it’s because of his over 12 years of CrossFit that he can still keep up with the kids on the ski hill.

Jason is a CFL1 with a true commitment to form and function. He especially enjoys coaching the newest members of the gym, but also enjoys keeping the OGs on their toes.

No matter what is going great or poorly in your life, I’ve always found that a hard workout is wonderful therapy! I’ve been active all my life – I started training for bootcamp at age 12 (haha, but really!). I was a competitive equestrian until I found high school sports.

Testing limits. The immediate bond through suffering and excelling alongside others has always been home for me. I was fortunate to have made a run for the 2000, 2004 Olympics given the honor of representing the US at various meets around the world, but in 2008 decided to move forward retiring from swimming. Inspired by…