For most, the term “CrossFit” brings up a mental image of something akin to boot camp: people sweating through grueling workouts while burly instructors yell at them. It’s not a picture that makes the average person want to run out and buy a gym membership. But at Frontline Fitness in Alexander City, Staff Sergeants Steven and Sofia Denney are out to change the stereotypes of typical CrossFit instructors. They have already challenged the model of the typical romance.

“We actually met in drill sergeant school,” said Sofia Denney. “The school was two months long, and literally by graduation day we were ready to get married and have a white picket fence.”