More Than A Gym
Invictus is more than a gym, it’s a community of support, education, and encouragement to achieve your fitness goals.
Community
Join our Sea of Green. A community of locals who were just as nervous to get started or who had hit a training plateau.
Coaching
Work with our world-class coaches dedicated to helping you achieve your goals. Get training, nutrition, and mindset strategies that will help you succeed in the long term.
Results
How you do anything is how you do everything. Both our community and coaches are here to help you push past your comfort zone and achieve the results you want.
Fitness For Everyone
Our success stories include working professionals who have lost 40 lbs in just 8 weeks of training, women who have rediscovered their power and athleticism, recreational runners who have shattered personal best 5k and marathon times, and professional athletes who have gone on to win their sport’s ultimate prize.
“Invictus has helped me with my confidence. I feel great following our coaches’ instructions. I’ve had some injuries in the past following wrong ones, so whenever I’m at CrossFit Invictus, I feel confident that I’m learning from experienced coaches and performing movements correctly.”
-Corina Noriega
GET STARTED WITH INVICTUS!
Do you want to be healthy and happy? If so, we want to help! Our goal at Invictus is to provide you with a fun path to achieving their health and fitness goals. Getting fit should be fun, varied and done with friends!
- Our team of professional coaches are experts at combining the best results-based training and nutrition principles with a heavy dose of encouragement, accountability, creativity and laughter.
- That means you will join a supportive community of individuals who celebrate each other’s success.
- We know your goals are unique, which is why we offer a variety of programs and coaching options. Whether you want to “tone up,” get moving again, or you want to find your peak athleticism, we have a program for you.
- Our coaches are trained to listen to your specific goals and determine the best way to help you achieve them.
Come in as you are – no matter what your current fitness level or experience is, you will move and move well with us. Our goal is to keep inspired to continue pursuing their health and fitness goals for years.
GYM OWNERS
Jorge Valdes
Jorge Valdes has been an Invictus member since 2017. A Miami native, Jorge attended University of Miami, where he graduated with an MBA and BSEE. He moved to San Diego in 2005 to lead the Research & Development organization at Dexcom. He holds numerous patents in continuous glucose monitoring and data communications. After spending 12 years with the company, he retired in 2017 as Chief Technical Officer.
Throughout his professional career, Jorge has retained a strong passion for fitness and sports. He began weightlifting during his time as a track athlete in high school, and strength training has been a consistent part of his life ever since. During his time at Dexcom, he began to pursue long distance running alongside his everyday training, running multiple half-marathons, several triathlons, and the NY marathon. After joining Invictus in 2017, Jorge quickly fell in love with CrossFit, earning his Level 1 certification. He is always looking for new ways to deepen his involvement in the overlap between healthcare, fitness, nutrition, and longevity.
C.J. Martin
C.J. Martin is a Level 4 CrossFit instructor, USA Weightlifting Coach and former member of the CrossFit HQ training team. He believes that fitness is a medium for learning to cultivate an unconquerable mindset that will lead to not only improved health, but also happiness and success in all aspects of life. C.J. has coached more than 60 individuals and dozens of Masters athletes to the CrossFit Games. He has also coached Team Invictus to the CrossFit Games for 11 consecutive years. He has worked with athletes around the world through online coaching and program design since 2009, but still prefers the day-to-day interaction with athletes of all ages and abilities that walk through the doors of Invictus’ physical facilities.
Kim McLaughlin
Kim McLaughlin has been with Invictus for 15 years in a number of different roles. She started as a member just one month after Invictus officially opened it’s doors in Little Italy. New to CrossFit, she quickly fell in love with the community, the comradery, and the competition aspect of the gym and the sport. She won Invictus’ very first Look Good, Feel Good challenge and went on to compete in the sport of CrossFit on two different teams at Regionals before becoming a staff member at the gym in 2014.
Kim worked the front desk in the Little Italy location for two years before taking the floor as a coach in early 2016. She led classes at both the Little Italy location and the Point Loma location for about a year before stepping into the Head Coach/Manager role exclusively in Point Loma. There she worked hard to shape the community and create a home for those members until the doors to that location closed in 2019. At that point, Kim moved to the downtown location to fill in the Head Coach/Manager role there where she continued to focus on building community and helping people find the fun in fitness.
Kim has been an integral part in the day to day operations of our downtown location since her move in 2019 and her primary focus has always been on the members and the member experience. Top notch coaching, education, a sense of community and some fun in fitness are her top priorities. Now, as a partner in the business, she can ensure that those things stay the focus well into the future of the business.
Invictus is a truly special place. Ensuring that every person who walks through the doors can experience the same sense of community and comradery that Kim fell in love with back in 2009 has been and always will be her goal.