For two decades, Schaffhausen native Marco Kern lived the life of an elite competitor, capturing six Swiss championship titles, representing Switzerland internationally ten times, and racing in the World University Games final in Kazan. Today, he channels that high-performance drive into ARC, balancing elite-level programming with the welcoming spirit of a community leader.
A well-connected figure in Swiss sports association, Marco previously captained the adidas Runners Zurich community and co-founded the Schaffhausen-based running company, Runaissance. Outside work and the track, he enjoys life in Schaffhausen with his partner and their son.
Vago has spent his life in sport. It started in childhood with martial arts — American Kenpo and kickboxing — then moved to the gym, swimming and running. In 2012 he found CrossFit, and it’s shaped how he trains ever since.
In 2019 he co-founded a successful CrossFit gym in London. That’s where he learned what it really takes to build a place that lasts: sharp programming, high standards, and above all, community. He has coached functional fitness since 2017 and is a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer.
At ARC, Vago leads strategy, growth, and operations — channelling everything he’s learned into an athletic club built on real coaching and an uncompromising standard. Vago lives in Feuerthalen with his wife and kids. When he’s not working, training, or coaching, you’ll find him by the Rhine.
Lena is a movement all-rounder with an appetite for everything the body can do. In her early twenties she travelled to India to complete her yoga teacher training and to immerse herself in meditation and free dance.
She has taught ever since, returning again and again to ashrams for longer stays to deepen the practice. In 2021 Capoeira Angola — often called the yoga of Bahia — came into her life, and it has been a large part of her movement practice since.
Lena has a gift for making the complex accessible: she meets her students exactly where they are.You may already have practised with her at sunrise on the Rhine — Lena teaches the morning classes at the Rhybadi in Schaffhausen. At ARC, she brings that same quality of attention indoors, year-round.
