about
THE CrossFit Harrow STORY
Lorenzo Scelsi - OWNER
Lorenzo opened the business from scratch in 2015 for his love for CrossFit. He has worked within the fitness industry for over 14 years and found CrossFit himself in 2012. He has dedicated his whole career to helping and changing thousands of lives. During his career, Lorenzo has also attained teaching qualifications delivering on topics such as Sports Nutrition, Psychology in Sport and Sports Performance. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience behind him, which he translates into his coaching and every aspect of the business.
OUR coaches
Gideon Forbes
COACH
Gid first got involved in CrossFit in 2015 following on from years of martial arts. Alongside his previous career as a primary school teacher, he started coaching CrossFit in 2021 and 2023 after 10 years of being in the classroom decided to transition into coaching and personal training full time. Gid has a real love of training, but sees it first and foremost as his way to maintain his mental health and wellbeing.
Sophie Lane
COACH
Sophie began her CrossFit journey in 2016 when she joined the local CrossFit community while living in Portugal. Training, competing and learning everything she could from the experienced coaches and members, led her to aspiring to become a coach herself. With a Degree in Sport & PE and over 8 years of personal training and kids coaching experience, when Sophie moved back to the UK in 2019 she began her CrossFit coaching journey and hasn't looked back!
Subathira Surendran
MEMBER SUCCESS MANAGER
Subathira has 4 years experience with the Army Cadets along with a degree in International Economics and Trade. Subathira shares a huge passion for fitness and spent 18 months specialising in Powerlifting. She found CrossFit in 2018 and has been an advocate since. Subathira is our Member Support Manager, this means she will follow your journey from your very first day, giving you all the support you need from the start.
Georgia Calverley
COACH
Georgia has recently moved to the UK from New Zealand and has come from a background of secondary school teaching and strength and conditioning coaching. She completed a Bachelor of Sport and Recreation majoring in Health, Physical Education and Coaching from Auckland University of Technology.
She then completed a Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education Teaching, specialising in Physical Education and Health. Georgia is a Level 1 CrossFit trainer and has competed in numerous Regional and National-level CrossFit competitions in New Zealand. She has worked as a CrossFit coach for the past four years which involved group, individual and teen/school-based classes and one to one coaching. In Georgia’s free time she enjoys exploring different cities around the UK & Europe and training for her next competition.