About Selene

My name is Selene Teitelbaum, and I’m a professional beach volleyball player and competitive CrossFit athlete in South Florida. Growing up in Northern California, I played indoor volleyball at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

After graduating, I switched to beach volleyball after trying to play professional indoor volleyball for a couple years. In California, I competed in the California Beach Volleyball Association, the EVP, AVP Qualifiers, GAV as well as International Development Qualifier tournaments for several years before taking a coaching job and moving to Minnesota. After a five year hiatus, I moved to South Florida so I could start playing pro beach volleyball again.

I started doing CrossFit in 2007, to prepare my body for professional beach volleyball. I fell in love with CrossFit. I went on to get CrossFit Level I Certified and open a gym in Santa Cruz. Since then, I moved to Minnesota where I opened CrossFit La Crosse with my business partner. I currently manage The Training Pit CrossFit in North Lauderdale, Florida.

I’ve always been passionate about maintaining an active lifestyle. I have a heart condition called SVT (supra ventricular tachycardia). This makes it imperative that I take care of my body by exercising daily and maintaining a nutritional diet. I’m always striving to improve and find ways to get better physically, technically and mentally. I earned my Master’s degree in Sports Studies and I am a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, a CrossFit Coach and Certified Personal Trainer. My motto is “Kaizen”, which literally means “constant daily improvement” in Japanese.

I also have a passion for nutrition and have followed a mostly Paleo-Zone diet for the past 10 years. I recently discovered nutritional cleansing and athlete performance nutrient timing, which has made a huge difference in my performance, my recovery and my body composition. My goal is to help as many people as possible improve their lives through health and wellness! I hope to make my contribution to improve global health by helping one person at a time reach their goals through proper nutrition and exercise.

Achievements

4 year collegiate indoor volleyball player at UC Santa Cruz
CrossFit athlete and coach since 2007
Collegiate Volleyball and Juniors Volleyball Coach for 11 years
Top ranked beach volleyball player in the CBVA in 2008-09 (California beach volleyball association)
Granite Games team competitor 2014
FreezeFest competitor 2014

Personal Records