You Deserve a Life Well Lived

Cody Ringle

Cody got into coaching CrossFit after being a collegiate athlete looking for a new outlet to channel his competitive energies. Shortly after he began coaching at a gym in Coldwater he purchased the business, which in 2015 became his first gym, Fortitude Strength. In January 2019, Cody opened the 2nd gym in Angola, IN with a partner who still runs day-to-day operations at that facility.

In 2019, Cody enrolled in Active Life’s Pro Path as one of their first clients. Through the implementation of the education & mentorship, Fortitude Strength generated nearly $500,000 over the next two years in a town of 12,000 with a median household income of $40,500 during a global pandemic.

In 2022, he joined Active Life as mentor for Pro Path and Operations Lead in Long Beach. In October 2022, Cody made the decision to close Fortitude after 7 successful years to focus on new opportunities. CrossFit Angola in Indiana is still operational where he mentors the leadership team.

Kait Mongiardo

Kait is a former competitive dancer & accountant, who through her own personal journey and education with Active Life is passionate about helping individuals learn to prioritize their health without having to sacrifice the things they enjoy most in life. She was born & raised in Long Island, NY and has been a local to the Long Beach community since 2017. She resides here with her husband.

Kait started dancing at the age of 3 & continued through college as a member of the University of Delaware Dance Team, where she became a 3x National Champion. In 2012, she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting & Finance and immediately went on to become a Certified Public Accountant. She worked in the finance industry for 10 years before deciding to take a leap of faith out of her comfort zone and switch careers. 

As a former dancer, Kait spent most of her younger years trying to be the skinniest version of herself. She was introduced to strength + conditioning as part of the dance team, but she always thought it would never be something she could find enjoyment in, so she stopped after college. After taking a year off of exercising, Kait was determined to get back into some sort of movement. While working in Finance, she spent those same 10 years experimenting and trying to reset her own mindset around exercise & nutrition. Through years of research, trial & error and learning from Active Life, she has been able to find her own balance & a new level of enjoyment while living her own active lifestyle.

Outside of work, Kait enjoys spending time with her husband, family & friends. Her favorite activities include going to the beach and working on her own fitness. She is a lover of carbs, coffee, traveling & football. She thoroughly likes to feel as though she is getting the most out of life & living her life to its fullest potential. 

As a Fitness & Nutrition Coach and through her education at Active Life, Kait is equipped to work with your unique strengths & limitations to help you break free of your comfort zone, so you can reach your full potential. With her guidance, you will build the education, strength & confidence you need to embrace your active lifestyle in order to improve the quality of your life without having to give up the things you enjoy doing most.

Sam Jones

Samantha was a former competitive softball and basketball player her whole life. She had never learned a thing about nutrition or strength training her entire athletic career until her senior year of college when she quit playing sports and started lifting weights. She was essentially a human garbage disposal: She could eat healthy… or not at all. Most of it had to do with whatever it was that her parents gave her and the habits she learned growing up. It made a huge impact because while she was active with sports, she was not very active outside of practice hours. 

Once she was a senior in college, she decided to take back her health (as she had become a pretty overweight "athlete") and deep dive into what it meant to actually fuel your body (She still actually didn't learn her lesson because she became a chronic under eater that sabotaged her own metabolism and created a slew of hormonal imbalances and overuse injuries). Which led to her discovering Active Life in pursuit of relieving her own ailments.

She discovered that as it turns out if we just eat real food (who would have ever thought of that) and less processed garbage, it’s way more filling, satiating and less confusing than all the diet foods that are still marketed today. Diet culture sucks & somewhere along the way, she finally realized carbs are actually your best friend and exercise is much more exciting when we intake the food our bodies require for the type of training we enjoy doing. Her current life's mission is to help create happier, healthier, stronger and more knowledgeable and resilient humans.

Sam went to school for Marketing at Ball State University and didn't know a lick about anything else after graduating.. except how to make a really great drink from bartending for 4+ years. She began coaching CrossFit in 2015 and has gone from managing a gym in Indianapolis, Indiana to Spokane, Washington and finally landing here in Long Beach, NY after vigorously pursuing the path to become a Professional working for Active Life.

Sam is currently working on getting certified as a Women's Coaching Specialist to specialize in women-specific topics (such as Hashimoto's, PCOS, perimenopause, pelvic floor dysfunction, body image and disordered eating, menstrual cycle struggles, hormonal imbalances and so much more).

She can only imagine what it’s like for most people who don’t have the background and education, because she was also once there wanting guidance, mentorship, education and the best exercises for what her body needs in order for her to get what she wants. From dealing with chronic back pain for over 5 years, chronic shoulder pain for 2 years and on and off overuse injuries from over the years, she is well-rounded in understanding what the journey to reclaiming your physical freedom and active life can look like from many angles.

Justin Mosley

Justin is a competitive powerlifter, ex-collegiate football player, and has a passion for fitness with over 10+ years of experience. After completing his MBA, Justin went to pursue a career in personal training which led to him becoming the Training Director for the gym he was working at. The gym he worked at was an Active Life Pro Path gym which led him to the role of being a professional in Active Life Long Beach space.

Justin was born and raised in Long Beach, NY which makes his pursuit of the Active Life Long Beach mission even greater. He has always been an active member of his community by providing volunteer work and community service to those in need. To be involved with a team focused around helping others reach goals they thought were impossible is a dream come true for Justin, especially in the town he grew up in.

Through multiple injuries and many years of experience in the health & fitness field, Justin brings a unique approach to his training. Justin has gone through an ACL/Meniscus Reconstruction, Shoulder Labrum Tear, herniated discs, and malignant tumor removal on the coccyx. Despite having gone through all these setbacks, Justin has been able to compete at high levels of competition successfully and pain-free. The understanding of these setbacks that Justin has had is what led him to many accolades and successes. Having a greater understanding through experience, it has allowed Justin to get firsthand experience of the processes of rehabilitation and where there have been cracks in the healthcare system when handling return to activities of daily interest.

Outside of work, Justin enjoys spending his time with his family and friends along with pursuing his goal to earn his pro-card for powerlifting.