The Team (thus far:)

Raised in Sacramento and shaped by time spent in Massachusetts, Jarreau Pelote brings years of experience as a personal trainer and coach.  His childhood love of sports, instruments and theatre are still a part of him. 

His personal training journey began at Inner City Weightlifting, where he used fitness as a tool for empowerment—lifting both himself and others in the process.

Since then, Jarreau has continued to build his own training business, remaining committed to the same purpose: growth, strength, and transformation. 

His goal is to help people develop the mindset and skills they need to thrive both inside and outside the gym. This is what really drives him, being with people, being of service and building strengths.

Sarah spent 29 years building a successful San Francisco retail business at Mom's the Word while raising two children, and later worked as a certified life coach with parents of adolescents. In both jobs she focused on truly understanding people's needs, listening without assumptions, and walking alongside clients rather than directing them.

In 2020 she became a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for a 17-year-old, navigating weekly through the foster, juvenile justice, and now adult incarceration systems. That relationship changed everything. Through him and the other young people she met, Sarah gained new understandings of resilience, community, and what commitment to self looks like under the most challenging circumstances—insights that inspired Build Up Fitness, where she believes in one wins/one wins/we all win.