Meet Our Team

Kristin Doherty is passionate about fitness and is proud to have celebrated GYMGUYZ Williamsburg’s second anniversary in January 2022. Kristin has a BBA in Finance from the College of William and Mary, her MBA from UVA Darden School of Business and has her Personal Training certification with the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She is a mom with an eight-year-old daughter Annabelle and four-year-old son Shepard. She and her husband, Matt, met at William and Mary her sophomore year and relocated back to Williamsburg six years ago.

Kristin saw the benefits one-on-one training provided her mother who had multiple sclerosis as well as herself post-partum and is excited to help others achieve their health and fitness goals. She is quite competitive in nature and played almost every sport growing up (swimming, tennis, soccer, softball, volleyball, track, basketball). She recently has enjoyed getting back into tennis and loves her Pilates workouts. On the weekend, you will find her family on the playground or at the farmer’s market in nice weather.

Josh went into the Navy after high school, which is what had initially pointed him in the direction of fitness and personal training. He obtained his CPT II from the University of Richmond with a large number of related CEUs. Josh has since been doing calisthenics and bodyweight training for his own fitness routine but can teach a wide variety of exercise methods to all age groups. Josh has been with GYMGUYZ Williamsburg since March of 2020 and is involved with personal training, as well as managerial work.

Alex is a Williamsburg local who started his personal training journey through his own weight loss journey. After losing weight and gaining muscle, he had decided to pursue an ISSA Personal training certification. He has been with GYMGUYZ Williamsburg since March 2020 and is currently leading fitness classes at the Arc of Greater Williamsburg with Emmanel and does personal training. He also is a musician and you may see him out around town playing with his band or at a karaoke night.

Emmanuel started his fitness and nutrition journey in 2015, initially wanting to live a healthier lifestyle after a life changing experience. He worked out in his home for a year before joining a gym in 2016 and getting into weightlifting. Emmanuel took a nutrition course in college and began independent nutritional and exercise study during his free time. While living abroad in Beijing, China he began training coworkers at the local, which started the trainer bug.

After returning to the U.S. in 2020 he studied personal training at Focus Personal Training Institute and received a certificate of completion. He then received his NASM CPT in early February 2021. In June of 2021, Emmanuel moved to Virginia and began working at GYMGUYZ Williamsburg. In September of the same year, he received his Special Strong Adaptive Needs certification to train individuals with disabilities. Since then, he has been involved in personal training and teaching adaptive needs clients about fitness at the Arc of Greater Williamsburg with Alex.

Amber began her fitness journey when she was very young. From the age of 6, she has participated in soccer, basketball, softball, and dance. During her Senior year of high school, Amber obtained her ISSA Personal Training Certification and her CPR/AED certification. She has also been accredited with many of ISSA's Sports Nutrition courses. She has since been pursuing a BS degree in nutritional science with a dance minor at the College of William and Mary. Amber joined GYMGUYZ April 2022, and has since been involved with personal training, nutrition coaching, and social media work.

Christian Maldonado was born and raised in New York City, where he loved to play every and any sport available to him. He is ex-military with three tours to Iraq and held a pt score of over 300 for most of his military career. After the military, he took a break away from working and fitness where it led him to becoming very sedentary and stiff to the point where he wasn’t able to play with his children, Annaleicia and Christian. He worked hard for years to return back to great health and form.

Along the way, he fell in love with his fitness journey trying out different forms and styles of training including bodybuilding, Zumba, yoga, hiit, boxing, etc. He finally decided to share his love and passion for fitness by picking up his NASM CPT, CPR/AED certification and has been with GYMGUYZ since January 2022.