Cris Engen

Leading group fitness for 25 years, Cris inspires others to enjoy their best life yet! January of 2020 was the beginning of Faithfully Functioning Forward, a Christ inspired well living program, combining over 25 years of leading group fitness and weight management programs together.  Motivated by a family history of heart disease on her father’s side of the family and by the vision of what her mother would share about her grandfather being buried in a coffin the size of a piano case, haunted Cris and was the catalyst that began her own choice to exercise from a young age of 10.  In 2000, Cris realized that being well was more than just exercise and being a certain weight, it was about being healthy ~ mind, body and spirit as she personally experienced that Jesus Christ was her personal trainer.  A mind set change to a desire to want to care for the body gifted to her, by God, Cris began to enthusiastically  encourage others to also live well.  Certified by American Council on Exercise in Group Fitness and a Certified Weight Management Specialist, Cris brings enthusiasm with a servant’s heart to share in the benefits of living well physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually following the Bible as the best instruction manual on living life and to take care of the body you have been gifted.  Wife to Jeff of 33 years and mother of 3 boys and a daughter-in-law, Cris enjoys running, hiking, spending time on the beach and meeting new friends wherever she goes.  Better together, stronger together, faithfully functioning forward together and living life well.