Meet the Team | Raise the BAR

Meet our team

We take pride in our extensively trained and experienced team of coaches. Each specializes in their own specific craft and are always ready to work with you and your schedule to ensure you meet all your fitness and health goals.

Heather Sconci

Leader/Owner/Coach

Heather Sconci graduated from Texas State University in 2001 with degrees in Social Work and Criminal Justice. Her studies were focused on mental health and environmental factors which led her to her work in victim services. After the death of her 4 year old daughter Haley in 2010, Heather turned to the only thing she knew to cope - working out.

Heather has been a competitive athlete since her early childhood and learned that strength stemmed from the solitude of weightlifting and accountability therein. She has played sports both recreationally and at the collegiate level. Even now at over 40, she is a Nationally Qualified Figure competitor. She sees fitness as not only a way to become and remain physically healthy, but also mentally attuned.

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Paige Parliament

Paige is from the DFW area, and graduated from Texas Tech University. The college athlete life has allowed her to gain skills for interacting with various populations, and to lead bootcamp classes since 2020. She joins the team bringing experience from Physical Therapy school, and having her Corrective Exercise Specialist-NASM certification.

Paige values physical activity and exercise as it is one of the most important parts of a human’s daily life. She has a passion for helping people reach their fitness levels, improve their balance/strength to be able to participate in hobbies, and helping people target any impairments so they can have achieve a high quality of life.

When not in a gym or training, Paige is on the basketball court as an NCAA women’s basketball referee.

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Train with Alex

Alex Katz

Alex Katz is a coach, speaker, nonprofit director and ninja warrior athlete with over 9 years of experience in the fields of education, fitness, and mental health. In addition to being a certified personal trainer and nutrition coach (among other certifications), Alex holds degrees in Psychology (B.A.), Spanish, (B.A), and a M.S. in Human Development and Higher Education.

Alex was named a Top Motivational Speaker to Watch in 2021, and Instructor of the Year at the University of Connecticut in 2020, and loves helping others grow through transformative workshops, events and other educational opportunities. She provides a holistic, strengths-based and trauma-informed approach to wellness and behavior change, and is passionate about helping others improve their lives.

When she’s not coaching, training, finding lost dogs in the neighborhood, or running her nonprofits (Neighborhood Ninjas, F.O.S.T.E.R Independence Foundation and Texas Rescue Network), Alex can be found producing Shred the Should Podcast, lifting, running, spending time in nature and playing with her pups, Spartan and Ninja.

Alex loves living in Jarrell and is excited to bring her experiences and passions to the Raise the Bar family and the Jarrell community!

Casey Minchey

My training emphasis is functional and resistance training. I love training to improve movement in everyday life and training weights to get stronger. One way that I like to motivate myself is by having a group of people that can encourage me to keep going while trying to get better everyday. Working out is one of my favorite ways to destress. It makes me feel more confident in myself and lowers my stress.

My IG handle is casey_daisuke

Im a professional baseball player.

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Frank Donahue

Frank runs the SASQUATCH STRONGMAN class weekly at Raise the BAR Fitness. His class covers the basic (and not so basic) strongman movements, and how to do them comfortably, correctly and safely!

If you’ve watched ‘Worlds Strongest Man’ and thought to yourself “hey, that looks pretty cool, I wanna try that!” then come join us Friday nights at 7:30!

No experience is required, just the want to get in here and learn something new. If you’re already training the sport of strongman, come for some fun training! If you’re new, come out and learn something new!

No need to sign up or register. Show up and let the front desk know you are here for strongman training with Frank.

$10 entry fee payable by Venmo or cash.

Howdy! I'm Alec Brem, a passionate sports enthusiast committed to fusing the principles of Jesus, coaching expertise, and youth mentorship. Growing up immersed in a wide sports background, with a specific focus on baseball, has uniquely positioned me to blend the technical aspects of the game with a holistic understanding of athletic development. Combining that background with teachings from MLB-caliber mentors and professional-level strength and conditioning coaches has expanded my knowledge greatly and set me up for success in teaching others. My foundation in Kinesiology from Texas A&M University fuels my commitment to applying science-backed coaching methods. Incorporating key factors like sports psychology, biomechanics, and anatomical development into programming. Through coaching and mentorship, I strive to instill values of teamwork, discipline, and faith, creating a positive impact on the youth.