CrossFit Survival

Better Fitness Equals Better Survival

About CFS


Shannon Franklin

Head Coach, Owner

  • CrossFit Level I Instructor
  • CrossFit Olympic Weightlifting Certified Instructor
  • CrossFit Nutrition Certified Instructor
  • CrossFit Running Certified Instructor
  • USA Weightlifting Club Coach Certified
  • Sage Burgener Olympic Weightlifting Seminar
  • Kelly Starrett Mobility Seminar Completion
  • Network Fitness SMR Seminars Lower Body Centric and Upper Body Centric Completions
  • Trained and Interned under Level III CrossFit Certified Coach and Owner/Head Coach of Team CrossFit Academy for over a year and a half.

Excellence. I coach because quite simply, there is no greater joy than helping  others. Dedication. I will do whatever it takes to help you achieve your goals.  Expectations. I have high expectations, because I know you will rise to the challenges I set before you. Standards. I have high standards, because I want you to be the best.

I will challenge you, push you, drill you and demand excellence of you.  I will also cheer you on and celebrate your achievements with howls of uproarious laughter and big congratulations.

Coaching CrossFit is not just a job to me. It is a duty I take very seriously. I was fortunate enough to have trained under some very fine coaches, including Level III Coach Eric Leclair of Team CrossFit Academy. He instilled in me a sense of excellence, duty and honor.  I consider it a very high honor when someone puts their trust in me.






Jonathan Thomas

Crossfit Level 1 Instructor, CrossFit Survival Intern

  • Married five years to wife Demetria with whom he has 3 children: Avalon, Gavin and Ireland
  • Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Blue Belt
  • Muay Thai Student
  • US Army Reserves 2004-2008
  • California National Guard 2008-present

Although I have made fitness a lifelong pursuit, I avoided weightrooms and globo gyms, finding them to be boring and lacking any challenge that appealed to me. When a friend introduced me to Crossfit, I made it a point to pursue getting my Level 1 Certification. I’m now in the process of completing an Internship program under Coach Shannon Franklin.  I hope I can pass the Crossfit model of fitness on to others,  since I have found it to be the most effective means of attaining real functional fitness for all people.






Keren Shvarz

Level I CrossFit Instructor, CrossFit Survival Intern

  • CrossFit Level I Instructor
  • Greg Amundson Goal Seminar – 2010
  • Ragnar Relay Race series finisher – 2010
  • Camp Pendleton Mud Run, 3rd place Team Boots & Utes -2010
  • Mt. Wilson Trail Race, 3rd place age – 2010
  • WeSPARK 5K, 1st place age – 2009

I started Crossfit in 2009. It brought to my life a level of camaraderie and competition that I had no idea existed. I decided to learn more about the program, so I got my Level I Instructor certificate and began interning under the instruction of Coach Franklin.  I credit CrossFit for instilling the meaning of fitness in me and unleashing a passion to teach others. It is a joy to watch clients progress and share in their sense of accomplishing goals they once thought of as unattainable.