Truth. Tools. Tribe.
Welcome to MOHB — where women and men 40+ come to get strong, feel powerful, and stop playing small. This is where midlife becomes your most powerful chapter yet.
Meet The Coaches
Expert coaches who know your name. Programming designed for your body. A tribe that shows up for you.
Steve Mittleman
Owner & Strength Coach
My personal journey includes years of competitive strength sports — Powerlifting, Olympic weightlifting, Scottish Highland Games, and training philosophies from Arnold's era. But MOHB exists for our local community: active humans over 40 who refuse to settle and want the most out of life. The MOHB team intentionally designed and built this studio from the ground up. We procured every piece of equipment specifically for what our community needs.
Amanda Mittleman, M.S.
Founder & Master's-Level Exercise Scientist
I've spent 30 years in fitness — and I'm just getting started. I'm a master's-level exercise scientist whose graduate research focused on body composition in women over 40. I didn't stumble into this work. I was called to it. After three decades of watching the fitness industry underserve women in midlife, I stopped waiting for someone else to fix it. I built MOHB — a studio where the programming is smart, the coaching is personal, and the community is real.
Laura Carnicero
NASM-Certified Personal Trainer & Group Fitness Instructor
Laura Carnicero is five feet tall and carries approximately six-foot-ten worth of passion, fire, and coaching excellence. Fair warning: her motto is No Mercy — and she means it. She brings a background in weightlifting and CrossFit to her group fitness and cycling classes, with a deep focus on balance, core strength, and helping people build bodies that work better for the long haul.
Lorri Dee
NASM-Certified Personal Trainer & Spin Instructor
Before Lorri Dee was coaching, she was a client. With nearly four decades of lifting under her belt, Lorri knew hard work. What she didn't expect was to fall in love with coaching. What makes Lorri Dee extraordinary isn't just her experience — it's her attention to detail and her genuine passion for helping people move well. She understands strength, mobility, and what aging powerfully actually looks like from the inside out.
Alex Williams
Group Fitness Instructor
Alex is the kind of instructor who changes people. With over 35 years of experience, a background in fitness brand performance work, and credentials as a former aerobic competition judge, she brings a rare combination of technical mastery and electric energy to everything she teaches. HIIT, cycle, strength, step and boxing — she does it all, and she makes it look effortless.
Marlene Hankin
Yoga Instructor & Strong Woman Competitor
On paper, Marlene Hankin doesn't make sense. She holds 1,500+ hours of yoga teaching experience — and she competes in strongwoman events. She has a master's degree in data science — and she leads classes that blend deep reverence with genuine, room-filling laughter. Her classes meet you where you are and move you somewhere better — whether that's a deeper stretch, a quieter mind, or an unexpected belly laugh.
Yumi Yamagishi
Group Fitness Instructor
Twenty years ago, Yumi wandered into a Turbo Kick class — by accident. One class changed everything. She lost fat, gained energy, built confidence, and found something she didn't know she was looking for. Today, Yumi is one of MOHB's most beloved coaches. She teaches cycle, circuit training, kickboxing, and strength with the kind of infectious energy that makes you work harder than you planned and leave happier than you expected.
Susie Briggs
Group Fitness Instructor
A former cross country and track athlete, Susie carried her love of fitness into a full career in law enforcement as an Orange County Sheriff's Deputy. She has been part of the MOHB community since the very beginning — over 15 years — and she brings that same no-excuses, full-heart energy to every class she teaches. After recovering from major back surgery, Susie understands in her bones what strength training means for long-term function.
Samantha Cervantes
Studio Operations & Organization Specialist
Every great team has someone who holds it all together. At MOHB, that's Samantha Cervantes — our Studio Operations Maestro. She is the calm in the chaos, the order behind the scenes, and the quiet force making sure everything runs with precision and care. Calm, kind, and organized to her core — with a witty sense of humor that makes even the most chaotic days feel manageable. She didn't earn this role because of her last name; she earned it because she is genuinely, exceptionally good at it.