Fitness coaches for beginners
Compare 121 fitness coaches who focus on beginners. Besides beginners, the most common focus areas are online coaching, nutrition and habits, strength and powerlifting and mobility and injury. They most often work with athletes, women and professionals. Most charge $45 to $162 per hour or session.
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Adam Johnston
Adam Johnston runs Savage Strength Coaching and coaches strongman, Olympic weightlifting and strength and conditioning. He works with lifters from beginners to pro athletes. He is a Level 4 strength and conditioning coach based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Athletes he coaches hold Natural Strongman world records and have podium finishes at World's Strongest Natural Man. He coaches online worldwide and in person, and he also offers sports massage.
Alexa Mckenzie
Alexa Mckenzie is a personal trainer and fitness coach in the Houston area. She coaches strength, mobility, nutrition and mindset, and works with HYROX and hybrid athletes. She has trained Police Academy and Military recruits, youth athletes, beginners, and clients in functional rehab after serious health issues. She started strength training in 2013 and became a professional trainer in 2019. She offers small group and 1:1 coaching.
Amanda Brooks
Amanda Brooks is an online running coach who helps everyday runners of all paces train smarter and stay healthy. She started running in 2002 and founded Run to the Finish in 2007. She has a journalism background and has written more than 2,000 running articles. She has coached hundreds of runners one on one and thousands more through group programs. She also wrote a running book and co-hosts a running podcast.
Barbell Logic
Barbell Logic is an online strength coaching practice with a team of more than 45 coaches. Each coach holds the Professional Barbell Coach credential. Clients get a custom program, video review of their lifts, and nutrition coaching. The team has coached over 791,700 workouts. Clients are matched by name to one coach after a call. Programs fit around travel, busy work weeks, and home, garage, or commercial gyms.
Brian Tabor
Brian Tabor is a personal trainer and the owner of Strong Made Simple in San Diego. He trains people in person and online to build strength, fitness, and confidence. He holds a master's degree in exercise physiology and interned with the US Navy SEALs' Tactical Athlete Program. He won the 2010 North American Strongman National Championship under 175 pounds and was California's Strongest Man under 200 pounds in 2013. The practice has served clients since 2010.
Calixpert
Calixpert is an online calisthenics coaching business that helps beginners and advanced athletes build strength and bodyweight skills. It was founded by Malin Jansson and Daniel Flefil. Malin is a two-time Calisthenics World Champion. Clients get a custom program, form and video feedback, chat support, and progress benchmarks. The team works on skills like muscle-ups, handstands, and levers, and says it has helped over 1000 people.
Daniel Welstead
Daniel Welstead is a personal trainer and life coach in Sevenoaks, UK. He trains clients at their homes and also coaches on mindfulness and vegan nutrition. He is a former professional chef who became a trainer after a low point in 2009. He qualified as a personal trainer in 2010. He has also spent 15 years training people with brain injuries, neurological disabilities and rehabilitation needs across Kent, Sussex and Surrey.
Eddie Wardlaw
Eddie Wardlaw is a personal trainer and hybrid performance coach in Wokingham, UK. He trains HYROX and hybrid athletes, as well as beginners and busy professionals. He has over 7 years of coaching experience and competes in HYROX events across Europe. He works from ARC Gym and also coaches online. He holds a NASM Level 3 certification and is an Official HYROX Performance Coach. Some of his clients have lost over 50 kg of fat.
Fitman
Fitman is a natural bodybuilding and physique coach in Abington, Pennsylvania. Fitman trains first-time competitors, natural athletes, experienced lifters, and men and women who want their best natural shape. Fitman is an NGA Pro and won the 2022 NGA Mr. Natural Philadelphia title. Fitman's system covers training, nutrition, peak week, and posing, and this coach works without steroids or prohormones at a private gym.
Fivex3 Training
Fivex3 Training is a strength training gym in Baltimore that coaches people on barbell lifting. The team teaches the squat, deadlift, press and bench press, and builds programs around each person's goals. It is a Starting Strength affiliate led by owner Emily Socolinsky. Coaching is offered in person and online. Clients range from complete beginners to older lifters, and the gym calls itself Baltimore's only black iron gym.
Graham Elliss
Graham Elliss is a personal trainer in Hawthorn, Melbourne. He runs Renewed After 50, which helps adults over 50 get fitter and stronger. He leads Go4Life group classes online and in person. He also offers one-on-one training, eating guidance, and a fortnightly walking and hiking meetup. One client trained with him for six years. Another lost 18 kilos and went from struggling to run 100 meters to running 10 kilometers.
Grant Bain
Grant Bain is a performance coach who trains HYROX and hybrid athletes, plus people preparing for races and other fitness goals. He runs GB Performance Coaching from the Edinburgh area. He has over 20 years in fitness and sports. Grant competed solo at the 2025 Hyrox World Championships and has podium finishes at Deka, Spartan and running events. He also competed at national level in Shotokan Karate. His programs are built around functional strength.
James Crozier
James Crozier is a strength coach who runs JC Performance Coaching in Chelmsford. He helps people build strength, move better and train with confidence, from first-time lifters to strongman and strongwoman athletes. He has coached for more than 20 years and has worked with over 300 online clients. His clients range in age from 16 to 78. He trains people face to face at his private strength gym and also coaches online.
Jamey Merkel
Jamey Merkel is a performance coach and personal trainer in Calgary, Canada. Jamey helps adults build strength, improve conditioning, and prepare for HYROX races. Work covers athletic performance, bodybuilding, strength and conditioning, and nutrition coaching. Jamey is certified by the HYROX Academy and has more than 10 years of experience. Clients train in person, online, or in a mix of both. A new studio is set to open in the Beltline in October 2026.
Jennifer Vollmann
Jennifer Vollmann is a triathlon and mindset coach who runs Finding Endurance. She works with athletes on training and mindset, and she also coaches non-athletes on mindset. She has raced at four Ironman World Championships, earned a black shirt at Norseman Xtri Worlds, and won the Starvation Extreme Triathlon. Her coaching fits training to each person's personality, motivation style, and life goals. She also leads athlete travel trips, including cycling in the Dolomites and a swim and run trip in Greece.
Josh Wilkinson and Kyle
Josh Wilkinson and Kyle run Colossus Fitness, an online coaching business for people who want to lose fat and keep it off. Josh founded the company and has coached for 13 years. Clients get 1-on-1 coaching with weekly video check-ins and daily message access. The team reports 5,500+ transformations. They also host the Fit, Healthy & Happy podcast on training and nutrition. Clients train at least 3 times a week.
Layne Norton
Layne Norton is a nutrition and fitness coach who holds a PhD in nutritional sciences. He is a professional natural bodybuilder and powerlifter. He runs Biolayne, where a team of coaches offers one-on-one nutrition coaching built on research. The team works on fat loss, muscle building, reverse dieting, contest prep, intuitive eating and habit stacking. He also hosts a science-based health and fitness podcast and publishes a monthly research review.
Luke
Luke runs Lean with Luke, a personal training and online coaching business in the UK. He helps men and women lose fat, build confidence and keep a routine that lasts. His main offer is the LEAN Body System, a 12 week program for busy professionals. Clients get a custom app, meal plans built around their work hours, and weekly video feedback. He reports more than 500 client transformations.
Matt Swierzynski
Matt Swierzynski is a personal trainer in West Yorkshire. He trains adults of all fitness levels in Kirklees and Calderdale, including Huddersfield, Holmfirth, Halifax and Elland. He also coaches online. He has helped clients run half marathons, lose weight and improve sporting performance. He teaches that you do not need expensive gym kit or memberships to reach your goals. Sessions run 45 minutes, and he builds each plan around the client.
Nicole Rebecca
Nicole Rebecca is a personal trainer and fitness coach who works only with women. She founded Studio NRF, a private female-only studio in Middleton, and also coaches clients online. She qualified as a PT in 2020 and spent a couple of years coaching online and face to face before opening the studio. Her offers include 1:1 training, group classes, and online coaching with nutrition targets and weekly workout plans.
Potential Personal Training
Potential Personal Training is a fitness studio in Sussex that helps people lose weight, get fitter and build healthy habits. The founder lost over 6 stone after joining a gym in 2008 and became a personal trainer in 2009. The business started in 2012 and opened its Lindfield studio in 2014. A team of 6 coaches now serves 350 clients. Sessions run in small and large groups, with locations in Lindfield, Haywards Heath and Uckfield.
Saif Al Rawahi
Saif Al Rawahi is a fitness and nutrition coach in Muscat, Oman. He helps women lose fat, tone up and sculpt without long cardio sessions or strict diets. He founded Smart Approach Fitness, the first online personal training and fitness brand in Muscat. He has over 8 years of online and in-person training experience and has helped hundreds of men and women. He is a Precision Nutrition certified ProCoach and also works with clients outside Oman online.
School of Calisthenics
School of Calisthenics is a Nottingham based team that teaches progressive bodyweight training online. Its programmes are written by professional strength and conditioning coaches who have worked with elite athletes. Tim and Jacko founded it in 2016 after they took up calisthenics as former rugby players. None of the coaches come from a gymnastics background. The school also runs a podcast and is not open to new members right now.
Scott Eckett
Scott Eckett is a personal trainer, online coach and diabetes specialist based in North Devon. He helps busy professionals, beginners and people with type 2 diabetes get fitter and healthier. He founded Evolution Fitness & Health, where he offers training, nutrition and sleep coaching. His programs are built for people who find gyms intimidating. He also holds Level 4 qualifications in diabetes control and in nutrition for weight management.
Sean Ferguson
Sean Ferguson is a HYROX and hybrid athlete coach in Los Angeles. He trains beginners and returning racers online. Sean has over 20 years as a professional fitness trainer and is a HYROX Academy certified performance coach. He has raced HYROX 16 times, including 8 in Men's Pro, and finished the World Championship in Nice in June 2024. He also has 9 marathon finishes.
Shane Duquette
Shane Duquette is a muscle-building coach who helps skinny men, hardgainers and skinny-fat guys gain weight, get stronger and build muscle. He co-founded Bony to Beastly, Bony to Bombshell and Outlift. He gained 55 pounds in a little over two years himself. His teams have helped over 13,000 skinny people build muscle. Clients range from college students to senior citizens, and from office workers to Olympic athletes.
Simon Yates
Simon Yates, known as Diesel, is the head coach behind Physically Fit in the UK. He coaches bodybuilders, strongman and strongwoman athletes, powerlifters and general fitness clients. He has over 20 years in the fitness industry. He is a UKBFF light heavyweight bodybuilding champion and a strongman competitor at 105kg and masters level. He placed top 5 at the 2019 Static Monsters World Championships. Clients include a professional strongman who took 2nd at America's Strongest Man.
Steve Kamb
Steve Kamb is the founder of Nerd Fitness, an online fitness and nutrition coaching business for busy adults. He started it in 2009 as a blog for people with desk jobs who love nerd culture. It has grown into a team of over 20 people. Coaches build custom workout and nutrition plans and support clients through a mobile app. Nerd Fitness carries no ads or sponsorships.
Tom Hibbert
Tom Hibbert is a strongman athlete and strength coach who founded Winning Strength. He coaches strength athletes and teams, from beginners to elite competitors. He has more than 18 years in strength and athletic performance coaching. Winning Strength athletes have won 31 world records and titles. Tom runs a gym in Southampton, UK, and coaches athletes online around the world. He also teaches other strength coaches through courses and workshops.
Ania Z.
Ania Z. is a run coach and personal trainer who helps women build strength through running and fitness. She runs Fierce Feminine Athletics in Toronto. Her training plans are built around female physiology, including the menstrual cycle when a client wants that. She works with beginner and intermediate athletes, from first-time runners to marathoners. She also teaches short strength and mobility classes and coaches all genders.
April
April is a certified personal trainer and yoga instructor who helps older adults get stronger and stay active. She built Yes2Next in 2020 when gyms closed, and it began with free home workout videos made with her mom. Those videos have been viewed more than 75 million times, and the channel has more than 650,000 subscribers. Before training, April spent 30 years in a full-time corporate career. Her focus is balance, strength, cardio and flexibility for people over 50.
BOMB Fitness
BOMB Fitness is a neighbourhood gym in east Toronto. It helps busy parents and professionals get fit without giving up family time. The gym has served the Danforth, Upper Beach and East York area since 2012. It runs over 50 full-body group classes each week at two locations, on the Danforth and on Kingston Road. It also offers personal training and kids fitness programs. Class sizes are small, and coaches check in with members often.
Chris Keith
Chris Keith is a private personal trainer in San Diego. She coaches adults on weight loss, strength, fitness and nutrition. She has trained clients one-on-one for over 30 years and started in 1995. San Diego Magazine voted her Best Personal Trainer. She runs programs for adults in their 40s, 50s and 60s, beginners, and people returning to strength training after physical therapy. Some clients have trained with her for more than 10 years.
Forge
Forge is an online fitness, nutrition and habit coaching practice for busy people. The practice has run since 2017. Each client works with one coach who builds training, meals and habits around their schedule, injuries, equipment, food preferences and travel. Forge also offers GLP-1 coaching and a 90 day habit program. Clients stay 18 months on average.
Granville Mayers
Granville Mayers is a fitness and performance coach in Oakville, Canada. He runs the Athletic Leaders gym and trains women and men in person and online. He coaches HYROX and hybrid athletes. He is a drug-free powerlifting champion and a world record holder. He is a StrongFirst Certified Team Leader and a HYROX Academy certified performance coach. His gym offers a 12-week program built around fat loss, strength and confidence.
Ian Torrence and Emily Harrison
Ian Torrence and Emily Harrison are a husband and wife team who coach runners online through Sundog Running in Flagstaff, Arizona. They focus on trail running and ultramarathons, and also coach road distances from the 5k to the marathon. Every runner gets a custom plan built from a questionnaire about running history and goals. The team has also raced multi-day stage races. Emily builds the run-specific strength programs for the team.
Jayne Nisbet
Jayne Nisbet is a running and performance coach in London who helps runners and HYROX athletes reach their next goal. She is a former international high jumper and has over 20 years of experience working with athletes and runners. She founded The Athlete Edge. Her plans combine running, strength work and movement guidance, and they are built around each client's daily life.
Jeff Galloway
Jeff Galloway is an Olympian and running coach based in Atlanta. He teaches the Run-Walk-Run method to beginner runners and older runners. His programs cover every level, from 5K to ultramarathon. He is the official training consultant of runDisney. His offers include one-on-one coaching with a custom training plan, local training groups in more than 30 communities, and simple nutrition guidance for runners.
Kris Oddo
Kris Oddo is an online fitness coach who trains busy professional men. He runs Gains from Geebs and works with each client one on one. He builds training, nutrition and daily accountability around the client's real week. Clients get weekly check-ins and work in 3 to 6 month coaching blocks. Kris does the coaching himself, with no assistants. He is a NASM certified personal trainer.
Kristy Gonzalez
Kristy Gonzalez, who goes by Kris, is a fitness coach in Miami who runs KHAOS by KRIS. She trains HYROX and hybrid athletes and holds a HYROX Academy performance coach certification. She offers online and in-person personal training, private yoga and Pilates, and group fitness classes. Her training plans run 6 to 8 weeks and include mat Pilates or yoga for mobility and core work. She also hosts custom group workout events.
Louise Hurley
Louise Hurley is a fitness coach who helps mums exercise safely through pregnancy, the postpartum months and later stages of motherhood. She runs Strong Mums and hosts The Body Resilient Mum podcast. She is a MumSafe Trainer and a Pregnancy and Postnatal Exercise Specialist with a psychology degree. Her programs include small group classes, personal training and online coaching. She works with pelvic health physiotherapists when a client has one.
Maximum Mileage
Maximum Mileage is an online running coaching team for busy marathon and ultra runners. The coaches build training plans that adjust when work, family or life gets in the way. The team looks after 90+ athletes across the globe. Every coach is a competitive runner. The team also includes a physiotherapist, a partner nutritionist and a mental performance coach who is a veteran and ultra runner.
Miro Istvanik
Miro Istvanik is a personal trainer and performance coach who helps people build strength, lose weight, and prepare for HYROX and DEKA events. He runs Elite Edge Coaching and trains clients at Body By D Gym in Yorktown, Virginia. He holds a HYROX Academy certification. One client cut over 2 minutes from a DEKA Strong time in one month and placed 1st among men.
Phil Corlis
Phil Corlis is a strength, running and HYROX coach who runs KINETIQ HUB in Camden, NSW. He works with people just starting out, runners and competitive HYROX athletes. Before coaching, he spent more than 19 years developing and leading people in the Australian Defence Force. His training follows a 12 week cycle with three phases: Build, develop and perform. Each plan brings strength, running fitness and race performance together.
Ronnie Loaiza
Ronnie Loaiza is a health and fitness, life and performance coach in Los Angeles. Ronnie helps people who keep starting and stopping their plans for fitness, eating and productivity. The focus is habit building, accountability and steady momentum. Ronnie is a NASM certified personal trainer with training in behavior change, mental toughness, nutrition and pre and post natal fitness. Ronnie teaches that small routines last longer than big starts and short bursts of motivation.
Run2PB
Run2PB is an online running coaching service. It helps runners of all levels train for races from 5K to ultramarathon. Its coaches include Olympians, Australian representatives, national champions and state champions. Every runner gets a custom plan built around goals, experience, current fitness and lifestyle. Coaches follow each run and session on the Final Surge training platform. More than 1000 runners around the world have trained with the team.
Runners Connect
Runners Connect is an online running coaching company for runners of all levels. The team has coached runners since 2009 and was one of the first to offer online coaching for runners. It builds training plans and courses for races from the 5k to the marathon. The team has over 600 members. In the last 2 years it helped 867 runners set new personal bests.
Samuel Figueroa
Samuel Figueroa is a personal trainer in London who runs SF Personal Trainer London with a team. He coaches fat loss, muscle gain, boxing and online training. His private gym and Pilates studio sits by Tower Bridge. He builds custom training programs for busy professionals and teaches clients how to keep their results. He has trained people from university students to retirees in their late 80s.
Sohee Carpenter
Sohee Carpenter is a fitness coach and content creator who helps women build strength and improve their relationship with food, fitness, and their body. She holds a PhD in Sports Science and is a certified strength and conditioning specialist. She has advised Women's Health Magazine on fitness since 2018. Her Sohee Fit brand offers training programs, nutrition programs, and coaching built on her eat. lift. thrive. approach.
Tamara Hanegraaf
Tamara Hanegraaf is a sports nutritionist, personal trainer and HYROX performance coach in Melbourne, Australia. She runs Ember Nutrition and helps people fuel for performance or lose fat in a lasting way. Her clients include beginner endurance athletes and women who want to feel stronger. She holds HYROX Academy certification. Her coaching mixes nutrition, strength and endurance training, and mindset work. She trains for HYROX and half marathons herself.
Training Think Tank
Training Think Tank is a CrossFit coaching company that trains athletes who want to keep performing for life. It runs a gym in Roswell, Georgia, and coaches people online anywhere. Clients can get CrossFit classes, personal training, remote programming, nutrition coaching and physical therapy. The team also teaches other coaches through courses and a mentorship program, and it hosts annual training camps.
Volition Fitness
Volition Fitness is a private personal training and strength coaching practice in Boise, Idaho. The team trains busy people, beginners, and competitive athletes. Clients can train one-on-one, two-on-one, in small groups, or online. The practice also offers powerlifting coaching and InBody testing. The team has studied exercise science and nutrition since 2010. Training runs from a private facility and serves Boise, Garden City, Eagle, and Meridian.
Whitney Meza
Whitney Meza is a fitness and lifestyle coach who helps people with movement, eating habits, and mindset. Whitney has coached over 800 individuals and calls Whitney a movement specialist. Whitney's clients include competitive athletes, cancer survivors, grandparents, and pregnant and postpartum parents. Whitney runs Wellness Blueprint, an outdoor fitness studio in Somerville, Massachusetts, with group classes and one-on-one coaching. Whitney's coaching covers both training and the mental side, like time, emotions, and asking for a raise.
Wilson Coaching
Wilson Coaching is an online fitness and fat loss coaching practice for women. The coach is also a professional footballer and has coached for 6 years. Hundreds of women have worked with them on training, eating and building habits they can keep. Clients get workout plans, custom meal plans and a mobile app to log progress. A women's community group is part of the program.
Winstrong Coaching
Winstrong Coaching is a strength coaching practice in Weymouth, Dorset. It coaches athletes, busy parents, working professionals and people returning to training after time away. Coaching covers powerlifting, strongman lifts, and general strength and conditioning. Clients can train in person in Dorset or online anywhere in the UK. Winstrong also runs strength and conditioning plans for local sports teams and offers a rehab-style return to training program.
Avi Silverberg
Avi Silverberg is a powerlifting coach who helps lifters improve their technique and get stronger. He served as the National Powerlifting Coach for Team Canada. He founded PowerliftingTechnique, a site that offers online coaching, on-demand courses, and articles. His team of coaches and lifters has more than 20 years in the sport. Lifters can also learn from his courses on squat, bench, and deadlift skills.
Ayren Honey
Ayren Honey is a personal trainer and HYROX coach in Edinburgh. Ayren works with busy professionals, first time gym goers and HYROX athletes. Sessions take place at The Gym Group at Waverley Gate in the city centre, and online coaching is also available. Ayren is a HYROX Academy certified performance coach. Training covers strength, engine work and race preparation, with personal programming instead of templates.
Chantal Colette
Chantal Colette is a fitness and health coach who helps people build an easy, steady relationship with movement and food. She is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and an ACE Certified Personal Trainer. She used to work as a mental health therapist. Her coaching is not tied to a certain look or body shape. She offers both personal training and intuitive eating coaching, online or in person for clients who live near her.
Darek
Darek is an online calisthenics coach who runs Learn Calisthenics. He trains adults through one-on-one coaching and set programs, including one for people over 40. His fitness path began in 2015, when he filmed a one year progress video that now has 27,000,000 views on YouTube. For the past 9 years he has focused only on calisthenics. His method, Hybrid Calisthenics, mixes calisthenics, mobility work and skill training.
Edgar Crockett
Edgar Crockett is a performance coach who trains HYROX and hybrid athletes online through his business, The Iron Den. He holds a HYROX Academy coaching certification. He has an engineering background and uses data and problem solving to build plans. He works with new and established athletes. His plans adapt to each person's goals, schedule, and needs. He also offers running programs and daily workouts.
Jess
Jess runs Radical Coaching and coaches strength and fitness for people who want to change without extreme diets. Jess is a world champion powerlifter who once avoided exercise. Jess has worked with hundreds of clients over more than 10 years. Jess coaches online and one-on-one in Basingstoke. Jess is also listed in a UK directory of strongman coaches.
Lean Strong Fitness
Lean Strong Fitness is a gym and coaching team in Guelph, Canada. The coaches train adults through small group personal training, 1:1 personal training and nutrition coaching. The gym focuses on fitness for adults 50+, and it welcomes all fitness levels. The team has more than 50 years of combined coaching experience. Clients get custom programs, ongoing coach support, and habit coaching alongside their workouts.
Leslie
Leslie is a pre and postnatal fitness coach who helps people exercise safely during pregnancy and after birth. She is a certified personal trainer and a prenatal and postnatal corrective exercise specialist. Her work targets diastasis recti, pelvic floor problems, and low back pain. She offers on-demand classes, live Zoom classes, and one-on-one training, online or in person.
Lionel (Leo) Isaac
Lionel (Leo) Isaac is an online Olympic weightlifting coach and author. He coaches athletes of any level, including complete beginners. He builds each athlete a training program and gives feedback on technique. He writes education resources for weightlifting coaches and athletes. His clients live in North America, Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and Australia. He also works with people in isolated places who have no access to an experienced weightlifting coach.
Nathan Martin
Nathan Martin is a triathlon, Hyrox and running coach in Wellington, New Zealand. He runs Change Fitness Coaching and works with athletes from beginners to elite. His system draws on 15+ years of experience and covers training, recovery, support and results. He is a HYROX Academy certified performance coach. He also runs a 50-minute small-group Hyrox Stations class and hosts half and full Hyrox simulations during the year.
Neil Young
Neil Young is a personal trainer and nutrition coach who works with adults in Guildford and Godalming. He builds exercise programmes and dietary advice around each client's goals and busy schedule. He has worked with hundreds of people across Guildford, Godalming and Surrey. He asks about exercise likes and dislikes in the first conversations, so a client who hates running gets a plan with no running.
Peter Walker
Peter Walker is a personal trainer and weight loss coach in Auckland, New Zealand. He works with men and women who let fitness slip down their list of priorities and want to change that. Peter lost 75kg himself, and he coaches from that experience. He offers personal training, nutrition coaching and online coaching. He is also a HYROX Academy certified performance coach who works with HYROX and hybrid athletes.
Simon Graham
Simon Graham is an online and in-person HYROX coach who helps hybrid athletes train and race stronger. He is an official HYROX Performance Coach and works from a private studio in Farnborough, Hampshire, near junction 4a of the M3. He builds plans for first-time racers and for people chasing a Worlds qualifying time. He also prepares clients for similar events, including DEKA, TRYKA and GYMRACE.
Lindsay Horst
Lindsay Horst is a run and fitness coach in Appleton, Wisconsin. She runs Accountability Partners, LLC. and builds training plans for runners, from a first 5k to a PR marathon. She is a certified run coach and a 3-time Half Ironman. She also coaches triathletes and swimmers. Her plans mix psychology and physiology, and each one is made for the individual client.
Female Personal Trainer
Female Personal Trainer is a women-only fitness service in West London. The team of female coaches trains women through 1-1 sessions, small groups, bootcamps and online coaching. The founder has helped hundreds of women in West London change their bodies and their habits. Training happens in a private women-only gym, which suits women who feel uneasy in mixed gyms, including clients who wear the hijab.
Josh Hezza
Josh Hezza is a strength coach who leads JH Elite Performance & Coaching, also known as TeamJoshHezza. He coaches strongman and strongwoman athletes, powerlifters and general strength trainees, online and in person. His team works from the North East of the UK. He has more than a decade in the field and has published 200 free articles on strength training and Conjugate programming. He also runs a course for coaches.
Rachel Cosgrove
Rachel Cosgrove is a fitness coach and co-owner of Results Fitness in Santa Clarita, California. She focuses on women's fitness. The gym offers personal training, small group training and nutrition coaching. Results Fitness has served clients since 2000 and has helped over 5000 Santa Clarita residents reach their goals. The gym has worked as a consulting partner with Nike, Gatorade and Livestrong, and has won awards from Women's Health and Men's Health magazines.
TPS Method
TPS Method is an online coaching and training program for powerlifting and general fitness. The owner has decades of experience as a coach and works with a team. Members get full programs for raw and equipped powerlifting, from beginner to advanced. They also get Training for Life fitness programs. Members upload training videos to a forum and get form feedback from a coach. New memberships from 2026 on run through an app.
Team FFLEX
Team FFLEX is an online physique coaching team for NPC and IFBB competitors, people who want to compete, and lifestyle clients. Coach Ry leads the brand. The team preps athletes for Bikini, Wellness, Figure and Fit Model divisions, plus Bodybuilding, Classic Physique and Men's Physique. It has worked with over 3000 top placing competitors and over 30,000 non-competitor clients. Clients get custom workouts, custom nutrition and their own coach.
Trevor and Angie Spinas
Trevor and Angie Spinas run Marathon Training Academy, an online coaching business for runners. They help people train for a first marathon, a half marathon or an ultra. They also coach runners who want a personal record or a Boston qualifying time. Angie designed over 70 training plans. The team started a marathon podcast in 2010 that gets over 100,000 downloads a month. Clients match with one coach from their team of coaches.
Chris Protein
Chris Protein is a personal trainer in South Austin, Texas. Chris runs Evolve Personal Fitness, a private training gym just off W. Highway 290. Clients get one-on-one sessions, a custom exercise plan and a custom nutrition plan. The team also does a full body composition analysis. The gym has an outdoor area with TRX bands, punching bags and tires. It also has showers and changing rooms. The first session is free.
Fit After 50 SoCal
Fit After 50 SoCal is a strength and conditioning gym in Long Beach, California. It offers group classes and personal training for adults over 50. Its team works with women over 50 on balance, pain, strength and confidence. Classes are set up in small groups so members can meet others. Workouts mix a strength portion, such as deadlifts, squats or Olympic lifts, with a short daily workout. The gym is on Viking Way, near Bellflower and Carson.
Future
Future is an online personal training service that pairs each member with a dedicated human coach. The coach builds a custom workout plan around the member's goals, schedule, equipment and injury history. Members use an app with video demos, voice cues and form guidance. Coaches check in, track progress and adjust plans over time. Future has run for nearly a decade and has delivered more than 8 million coaching sessions. It also offers health coaching for nutrition and sleep.
Jon Mallon
Jon Mallon is a strength trainer who runs Strength Forge Coaching. He coaches strongman and strongwoman athletes and other strength trainees, from beginners to elite athletes. Jon holds a Sports Science degree and an MSc in Advanced Strength and Conditioning. He has coached athletes in many sports, from amateur to professional elite level. He has worked with hundreds of clients across industries. He also teaches isometric training and writes free training guides.
Kalev Jaaguste
Kalev Jaaguste runs Kalev Fitness Solution, a boutique personal training studio in Vancouver. The studio helps beginners, busy professionals and people new to working out build strength and healthier habits. A team of 9 coaches serves over 1,100 members. New clients start with a free first session that ends with a take-home plan of simple at-home exercises and a nutrition tip sheet. The studio also runs a 6-week fitness challenge.
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| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Johnston | Strength and powerlifting and Online coaching | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Alexa Mckenzie | Strength and powerlifting and Nutrition and habits | $95 to $175 an hour |
| Amanda Brooks | Running and endurance and Beginners | $100 to $175 an hour |
| Barbell Logic | Strength and powerlifting and Nutrition and habits | $95 to $175 an hour |
| Brian Tabor | Strength and powerlifting and Mobility and injury | $80 to $175 an hour |
| Calixpert | Strength and powerlifting and Beginners | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Daniel Welstead | Mobility and injury and Nutrition and habits | $40 to $150 per session |
| Eddie Wardlaw | Fat loss and Strength and powerlifting | $80 to $175 an hour |
| Fitman | Bodybuilding and physique and Nutrition and habits | $90 to $150 an hour |
| Fivex3 Training | Strength and powerlifting and Over 40 and 50 | $115 to $2,000 per session |
| Graham Elliss | Over 40 and 50 and Fat loss | $90 to $150 an hour |
| Grant Bain | Strength and powerlifting and Running and endurance | $80 to $175 an hour |
| James Crozier | Strength and powerlifting and Nutrition and habits | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Jamey Merkel | Strength and powerlifting and Bodybuilding and physique | $80 to $175 an hour |
| Jennifer Vollmann | Running and endurance and Beginners | $75 to $175 an hour |
Common questions
How much does a fitness coach for beginners cost?
Most fitness coaches charge $45 to $162 per hour or session.
Can I work with a fitness coach online?
Yes. Of the fitness coaches on this page who say how they work, 80% offer online sessions.
What else do these fitness coaches help with?
Common focus areas include online coaching, nutrition and habits, strength and powerlifting and mobility and injury.
Prices and research
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- Do Certified Coaches Charge More?
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- How Many Coaches Are There?
- How Many Coaching Sessions Do I Need?
Other focus areas
Last updated September 2026.