About Us

Hi, we are the Rhea family! Our family’s approach to training is that “we get to do this.” We understand how fortunate we are to be able to run, push, pull, squat, throw, and play sports. An active lifestyle is something we have been passionate about for years and we can’t wait to share this gift of health and fitness with you!

When we are not in the gym, we are either cooking homemade meals from scratch, taking long coffee walks around our neighborhood, gluing ourselves to the tv for a Liverpool Football Club match, screaming for The Tennessee Vols to find the checkerboard end zone, watering our dozens of houseplants, singing, dancing, or finding exciting places to travel with our family of 4.

Thank you for taking the time to learn about us and our gym. We look forward to meeting you and adding to our team of like-minded individuals who “get to do this.”

-Clay, Deena, Leeland, and Milo

Meet the team

  • Clay Rhea

    Owner/Head Coach/CF-L2

    I have been coaching fitness for more than a decade. Coaching others began at the park using makeshift equipment like old basketballs filled with sand and parallettes made out of glued PVC pipes. This incredible journey has taken me to gyms around the world and has allowed me to work with some amazing clients to achieve some amazing results. I am very proud of the team and community we are building at Marble City.

  • Deena Rhea

    Owner/Coach/CF-L2

    I was first introduced to CrossFit back in 2014. Before I started CrossFit, going to the gym was never my thing. I didn’t know what to do, what I even wanted out of it and my gosh it was so boring by myself. That all changed after my first class. Now almost 10 years later I get the pleasure of introducing others to this form of training and have a blast in the process.

  • Cameron Miller

    Coach/CF-L1

    Working out has been a part of my life since I was little. My dad had me in the gym early in life and I fell in love with it. With no one there to push me, I had trouble making myself go workout after my college football career ended. CrossFit has changed that. Although I’m new, I love the community that CrossFit offers and I love growing with other people … no matter how much it’s hurts! I look forward to helping as many people as I can grow in and outside of the gym!

  • Jeremy Snow

    Coach/CF-L1

    My CrossFit journey started back in 2012 when I watched Rich Froning win the CrossFit Games. I was hooked so I decided I would build my own garage gym using Greg Glassman’s Garage Gym article. I used the WODs from CrossFit.com and some of the work outs that Rich Froning would post. I used my training to compete in obstacles course races and triathlons. A few years later, work became busy and my training faded. Since moving to Knoxville and finding the gym, my passion has been reinvigorated and has pushed me to pursue a coaching role. I cannot be more honored and excited of what the future holds for this journey!

  • Cydney Cudzilo

    Membership/Community Specialist

    I did not expect to find myself at a CrossFit gym in 2021 but there I was… fully intimidated, doubtful, and somehow still very intrigued. Fast forward 3 years and it has been one of the most empowering and humbling experiences I’ve ever had. I am honored to exercise alongside so many incredible people and to be a part of the Marble City team!