Opening June 2026. Cahaba Heights, Alabama.
Live more confident every day, building mental, physical, and spiritual stability.
A personal training gym in Cahaba Heights, serving Birmingham women and men who want real coaching, programs written for them, and strength that shows up in weeks and compounds for years.
Cahaba Heights, Alabama. Opening June 2026.
Philosophy
Real strength shows up sooner than most people think. Most members see and feel change in their first two months, and it just keeps compounding for years after that. Every program is built around the small handful of movements that actually move the needle, progressed steadily session to session.
We are not a bootcamp. We are not a CrossFit box. We are not a commercial gym with trainers upsold at the desk. We run small-group and private coaching sessions with a real methodology behind them.
Sequoias do not grow alone. Their roots graft together underground, quietly sharing water and nutrients between trees. Our sessions are small enough to know every person by name, and the people training beside you become part of why you keep showing up.
Methodology
No one-size programs. No guessing. Every session you walk into is part of a plan written for your body, your goals, and the life around them.
Every program is hand-written for the person it belongs to. Your goals, your history, what your body does well, and what it is working through.
Many of our members arrive with no lifting background. Some have not been in a gym in a decade. We take real pride in meeting you exactly where you are, without judgment, and coaching every movement from there.
A short warmup, a main block built around the lifts that matter for you that day, and targeted work to shore up what needs it. No filler, no wasted time.
Every member has a training log. You will watch your strength climb week after week, not just feel it in the moment. That visible progress is what keeps people coming back.
About the coach
Sequoia is owned and operated by Kalvin Frelich, NASM Certified Personal Trainer.
Kalvin coached thousands of personal training sessions in Birmingham before Sequoia and came away frustrated by how much gyms limited what he could actually deliver to the people in front of him. If he wanted to deliver his best, he needed a solution.
Most of the people Kalvin has coached are women in perimenopause and the years after — a season of life where the right training makes an outsized difference for bone density, muscle, mood, and sleep. It became the work he was most drawn to, and the direction Sequoia is built around.
In 2026 he decided to follow a dream he had been carrying for a long time: open a gym of his own, one aimed solely at improving the quality of life of the people who train inside it. No shortcuts. No compromises on what members get. Just the best he can offer, every session.
Sequoia is the result.
Fit
Membership
Two formats, two structures. Standard memberships are built around showing up, set days and set times that become part of your week. Plus memberships are built for when life refuses to sit still. All memberships run in 3-month terms billed via ACH. Monthly billing available on request. No annual lock-in.
Best for: People who want steady accountability at a fixed time every week.
Training alongside up to three other members in a group coached by one coach. Recurring set times mean you know when you train, and your coach knows when to expect you. The accountability is built in.
Best for: People with unpredictable schedules who still want the small-group experience.
Everything Grove gives you, built to flex around the weeks when life gets chaotic. If you travel, switch shifts, or just need to move things around, Grove+ is designed so you do not fall off.
Best for: People who want a coach's full focus every minute of every session.
One coach, one member, 45 minutes entirely for you. Every cue, every correction, every progression is yours. The deepest level of personalization we offer.
Best for: Private training that bends around your life instead of the other way around.
All the depth of private coaching, built for schedules that refuse to stay still. Plus an additional remote touchpoint from your coach between sessions.
Location
Address
3244 Cahaba Heights RdGetting here
In the heart of Cahaba Heights, just off US-280. Serving Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook, Hoover, and the greater Birmingham area. Ample parking on site.
Opening
June 2026.
FAQ
Not at all. No exercise knowledge is necessary. We take real pride in meeting people wherever they are, and a large share of our members have never seriously lifted before or have been away from the gym for years. We coach every movement from the very first session. If you have been nervous to walk into a gym, this is the right room.
A very big part of who Sequoia is built for. Strength training during and after menopause is one of the most effective things you can do for bone density, maintaining lean muscle, mood, sleep, and energy. Most of our members today are women navigating this stage of life, and the programming is written with that in mind. No lifting background is needed, and nothing about the environment is built to intimidate.
45 minutes, warmup included.
Grove is semi-private: up to three other members training alongside you with one coach. Roots is fully private, one coach per member, the full 45 minutes focused entirely on you. Grove and Grove+ differ in scheduling flexibility. Same for Roots and Roots+.
Yes, and you have options. Most couples take two Grove memberships and train in the same small-group session, which gives you the accountability of training side by side at a lower total cost. If you want fully private time together, you can share a Roots or Roots+ slot at the tier rate. We will walk through which fits your situation best.
Memberships run in 3-month terms billed via ACH. No long-term lock-in beyond the term. Monthly billing is available on request.
Life happens, and we build grace into every membership for exactly that. If you already know your schedule is going to be chaotic, or you travel often, Grove+ or Roots+ are great fits: flexible scheduling, and we write you personalized workouts you can do wherever you are while you are on the road. The Plus memberships are designed to take as much friction out of the way as possible, so you stay in rhythm even when life does not.
June 2026.
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