The health and fitness industry is focused on the wrong things.
People don't need more nutrition education or fitness programs. They need to learn how to change their habits, follow through, and stay consistent. They need lifestyle change.
Hard House is here to help regular people like you learn how to eat well, stay active, and develop habits that stick around for a lifetime.
Our mission: put a dent in the obesity epidemic by combining nutrition education with the science of behavior change and create a healthier, more active society.
Hard House aims to be the go-to resource for people looking to stop program-and-coach-hopping so that they can finally make lasting health and fitness changes.
Our mission will be accomplished through:
Throw out everything you think you know about changing your habits
#1 Creating a one-on-one high-caliber coaching service with high client satisfaction and success rate.
#2 Creating a membership complete with the ultimate blueprint for our community alike to substitute bad habits with good ones and craft a new healthy baseline that lasts.
#3 Reduce disordered eating and weight regain by incorporating behavior change principles in our coaching and curriculum by offering life-changing, backed-by-science perspectives surrounding nutrition and exercise.
We've helped hundreds of individuals, including:
Everyday gym goers
Stay at home moms
Graduate students
Active duty military
First responders
Retired, empty nesters
Newly postpartum
Ultramarathoners
Powerlifters, CrossFitters
Nightshift nurses
Psychologists and Dietitians
Sedentary individuals
... and more
Our client's needs, lifestyles, and goals vary across the board. Our coaches each possess unique talents and skills to help the diversity of individuals that come through our door.
We're your health and fitness
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meet the team
Sarah Tierney
Owner & CEO
Sandi Hylan
COO & community manager
shelly denholm
DIRECTOR OF COACHING
Shauna Treseder
NUTRITION COACH & TRAINER
aj Peña
nutrition coach & TRAINER
meet the team
Meet the Team
Shauna's love of health and fitness spans across the spectrum , rom hosting group fitness classes to one-on-one personal training. Beyond the gym, she uses her fitness to enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking and paddleboarding. Where Shauna really shines is helping her clients bridge the gap between where they are and where they want to be with their nutrition and fitness goals.
Shauna is a LEO wife and mother of four teenagers. She enjoys quality time with her family through playing games (card and video!) and outdoor sports.
Sandi is an experienced CrossFit and nutrition coach, and enjoys working with general population athletes who struggle with under-eating and over-exercising. Sandi's history of eat less/move more negatively impacted her health and relationship with food, and has experienced first hand how learning to fuel appropriately and find a responsible balance with exercise is life-changing.
Sandi is a wife to a fireman, mother of two boys under 6, and splits her time between nutrition coaching and helping keep Hard House a well-oiled machine as COO.
Shelly truly embraces the active lifestyle through yoga, biking, and weightlifting, She thrives with helping women feel like themselves again, improve their health, and lose unwanted weight. She's places special emphasis on nutritious foods and loves working with clients with different dietary needs such as plant-based, gluten-free, etc.
Shelly is a wife and mom to a successfully launched son. She spends her free time with friends at her family cabin and teaching yoga class. Shelly is tasked with training/mentoring Hard House staff and supporting our clients as part of her role as Director of Coaching.
B.S. Exercise Science
B.S. Nursing
Precision Nutrition Level 1
Precision Nutrition Level 2
Mac-Nutrition Certified
Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
Health Mindset Coach Certification
Health Mindset Coach Certification Level 2
Nutrition Coaching Institute Level 1
Sarah Tierney
Owner & CEO
Sandi Hylan
COO
shelly denholm
director of coaching
shauna treseder
Nutrition coach & personal trainer
aj Peña
nutrition coach & TRAINER
coaching staff qualifications
Sarah's speciality is combining nutrition science and the psychology of behavior change so that clients can make lifestyle changes that stick. Apart from coaching, Sarah is also the lead instructor inside Hard House University, and is co-instructor and program mentor for the Health Mindset Coaching certification.
Behind the scenes, Sarah is a mom of two teens, hybrid athlete, avid reader, amateur gardener, and aspiring rancher.
AJ's experience with diet culture was the catalyst that influenced her transition from a career in law enforcement to personal training and nutrition coaching. Watching her dad struggle through chemotherapy and eventually losing his battle with cancer was another impetus in wanting to help people improve their health through nutrition and exercise, using behavior change science to inform her coaching methods.
AJ is a LEO wife and mother of two, and spends her free time taking care of four dogs and six chickens. She is also an in-person trainer at her local gym located in Oregon and head of Hard House Training.
Functional Nutrition and Metabolism Specialization
Online Fitness and Nutrition Certified
CrossFit Level 1
CrossFit Level 2
Yoga Teacher Practitioner
Physique Coaching Academy
NASM Certified Personal Trainer
Stress, Sleep and Recovery Certification
achieve better nutrition and health for life
It's time to add a nutrition coach to your support system.
