Our Owners

Chris Podesto    |    Jack Kautz    |    Sara McRoberts

Chris Podesto is an ex Division 1 scholarship football player, addicted to competition and fitness. He discovered CrossFit when seeking a high-level of fitness similar to his football years. Chris is a 46 year old husband and father of three in the best shape of his life. CrossFit has allowed him the physical ability to do things at 46 he could not do at 26! CrossFit has showed him that getting older does not mean you are bound by physical limitations.

Jack Kautz has competed in sports throughout his entire life including swimming, water polo, martial arts, triathlons, and any extreme sport that his body can handle. He has swam the Alcatraz swim, the Golden Gate swim, the English Channel swim and is a 2 time Ironman. Through triathlon training he became introduced to CrossFit. His times began to increase and within a year he became certified. Jack was officially addicted!

Sara McRoberts developed an enthusiasm and passion for fitness at an early age as a competitive runner and athlete in high school. After high school, she continued to fuel her love for competition and challenging herself. She quickly changed her career path from hairdresser to personal trainer. It wasn’t until right before she moved to Stockton that she was introduced to CrossFit. Her first workout was a team workout and was unlike anything she had ever experienced before. To learn more about Sara as a trainer click here.

Jack partnered up with Chris Podesto his long time friend, and together they acquired Sara McRoberts as an additional partner/head trainer. The three of them opened CrossFit Lodi in 2010. The Lodi community has embraced CrossFit and we are extremely proud of our box and the clients we have served.