Staffed Hours
Monday-Friday
8am-12pm | 4pm-8pm
Saturday-Sunday
8:30am-5pm
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.
Faith Daniel
My focus is women’s heavy weight training, functional strength to use in everyday life, alternative pain relief and overall wellness. I am a Highland Games and Strongman Lightweight Women’s athlete. My goal is to inspire and empower women and girls to not only establish sustainable habits for their day to day life, but also take up space in athletics.
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Alumni of Texas State University
Co-Owner: Dwell House Coffee & Tap
Co-Owner: Fifth Branch Farms
Co-Owner: Florence Focus Magazine
COO: Dainty Brutes
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.
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!
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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.
Tamaria Bradford
Hi, I’m Tamaria.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve struggled to gain weight—no matter how much I ate. But I’ve learned that fitness is about more than just food. For me, it’s about building muscle and starting each day with the right mindset.
Through a consistent workout routine and unwavering discipline, I transformed my body from 120 lbs to a strong, muscular 160 lbs. Fitness became not just a physical journey, but a mental one.
I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Colorado State University, and over the past 8 years, I’ve worked my way up from an entry-level accountant to my current role as a Senior Business Financial Analyst and Project Manager. Outside of my career, I’m also a proud single mother to an incredible 11-year-old son. He’s my biggest motivator and the reason I show up for myself every day—mentally and physically.
Ten years ago, at just 20 years old, I made the life-changing decision to move away from everything familiar—relocating my one-year-old son and myself seven hours away from our support system to the Austin, TX area. Since then, we’ve lived across the city, grown together, and in November 2024, we reached a huge milestone: purchasing our first home in the Jarrell, TX community.
Every step of my journey—whether in motherhood, career, or fitness—has been guided by mental resilience. I believe true strength starts in the mind. The gym is where I train my body, but it’s also where I sharpen that mindset.
My goal is to help you do the same. Whether you're looking to lose weight, gain muscle, or simply find a powerful outlet to reset and refocus, I’m here to guide you. Our bodies will only go as far as our minds will push them. Let’s build that strength—mentally and physically—together.
Book your session accordingly, and let’s get started.
