LEE LOVETTE
Owner/Coach
Born and raised in Key West, Florida, Lee Lovette’s life revolved around the water and sports. On a small island there isn’t much to do except be active. Lee grew up playing baseball and soccer. He went to High School on a soccer scholarship which transpired into a College scholarship. His soccer career made it to the semi-pro level. He was always in the gym moving weights and being active. There wasn’t a sport that he didn’t at least try once, and if competition was involved, he was there. Naturally he adapted well to “The Sport of Fitness.”
Lee spent the last 14 years of his adult life as a police officer in Key West. During that time, he was an active SWAT officer for 10 years, and he was a Search and Recovery Diver for 12 years. Both of these duties were physically challenging assignments. Lee was also an instructor for both of these specialties. These opportunities not only kept him in great physical shape, but it also gave him the ability to hone his coaching skills, and reach students on multiple levels of communication to meet their learning needs. This again inadvertently adapted him well to “The Sport of Fitness.”
Lee has been a functional fitness Athlete for the last 9 years, a competitive athlete for the last 8 years, as well as a coach and strongman competitor. He’s been blessed to study under Games athletes such as Chris Spealler and Noah Olson. It was only natural that his next step in his functional and performance fitness coaching evolution was to branch off on his own and settle down in the heart of Winter Garden, FL. Lee say’s that he’s honored to bring all of his training and experience to Winter Garden Athlete Factory.
ALEXIS LOVETTE
Co-Owner
Alexis Lovette is the co-owner of Winter Garden Athlete Factory alongside her husband Lee Lovette. Alexis started functional fitness with her husband back in their hometown of Key West Florida in 2012! She immediately fell in love with the community of the sport, so when her husband Lee retired as a police officer and wanted to open a gym here in Winter Garden, she was completely on board. Alexis was a competitive cheerleader all her life, throughout high school, and some in college. She has also coached competitive cheerleading for several years in her hometown.
Alexis is an emergency room registered nurse and has been for eight years, one of those years being in management. She is BLS, ACLS, and PALS certified. She works here at Winter Garden Athlete Factory as our general manager, keeping everything in order! She will be the one who reaches out to get you started and properly welcomed into our wolfpack.
MICHELLE HOLMES
Coach
Michelle Oquendo is a professional fitness instructor in Winter Garden, Florida. Her goal is to empower her athletes with knowledge, skills, support, guidance and resources to help and inspire them on their fitness journey. Michelle is involved multiple fitness programs at WGAF. Because of her passion for teaching the fundamentals of fitness she serves as one of our Foundations and Boot Camp instructors.
She is on the coaching staff of our award-winning Orange County Special Olympics weightlifting team, which boasts multiple first place athletes. In addition, she oversees our kids program which focuses on providing kids with a fun, safe and challenging fitness environment.
Finally, Michelle is the strength and conditioning coach for the Lady Hawks Softball Team, who have also won multiple tournaments. Michelle is a competition athlete, who instructs her peers in strength training, conditioning and gymnastic movements.
Michelle certifications include multiple functional fitness level certifications, CPR/BLS certifications, and completion of the NASM Curriculum.