Kelsey MacDonald

Kelsey MacDonald (“KMac”) is a movement, mobility, and adaptive fitness coach with more than 15 years of experience helping people move with greater confidence, strength, and freedom. She specializes in mobility training, foot and gait mechanics, return-to-training support after injury or time away, and individualized coaching for adaptive athletes.

A former two-sport collegiate athlete in soccer and lacrosse at Plymouth State University, Kelsey earned her degree in Exercise Science and built her career through collegiate strength and conditioning, exercise physiology, personal training, and rehabilitation-focused exercise. Her firsthand athletic background and professional experience continue to shape her practical, athlete-centered approach: understand how a person moves, identify what is limiting them, and build a realistic path toward the activities that matter most.

Kelsey is a CrossFit Level 2 Trainer, an Adaptive Training Academy Adaptive and Inclusive Trainer, and has completed The Ready State 101 and 102 training. Her coaching combines mobility work, movement assessment, foot and gait health, strength training, breathing and nervous-system strategies, movement control, and individualized exercise modifications. She helps clients improve how they squat, walk, run, lift, train, and recover while building capacity that carries over into everyday life, sport, and recreation.

She is especially passionate about supporting people who feel held back by recurring injuries, stiffness, pain-related movement limitations, loss of confidence after an injury, or the challenge of returning to exercise after time away. Kelsey works within her scope as a fitness professional, collaborating with a client’s medical or rehabilitation team when appropriate, to help bridge the gap between rehab and a confident return to training.

Kelsey also coaches adaptive athletes and individuals with disabilities who want thoughtful, capable, and inclusive support in strength and conditioning. Her approach begins with the athlete in front of her, not a rigid template, and focuses on meaningful progress, smart modifications, and building skills that support independence, performance, and long-term participation.

Whether the goal is moving better, improving foot and gait mechanics, returning to strength training, learning a first pull-up, developing gymnastics or Olympic lifting skills, preparing for CrossFit competition, or simply feeling stronger in daily life, Kelsey meets each athlete where they are and helps them build from there.

For Kelsey, coaching is not just about completing a workout. It is about helping people understand their bodies, trust their movement, and build the strength and confidence to keep doing what they love.

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