Fitness coaches for bodybuilding and physique
Compare 49 fitness coaches who focus on bodybuilding and physique. Besides bodybuilding and physique, the most common focus areas are online coaching, nutrition and habits, strength and powerlifting and fat loss. They most often work with athletes, men and women. Most charge $75 to $150 per hour or session.
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Christian Thibaudeau
Christian Thibaudeau is a strength coach who trains lifters, bodybuilders and athletes. He runs Thibarmy, which offers online coaching from Quebec, Canada. He has worked with athletes from 28 different sports and served as Head Strength Coach for the Central Institute for Human Performance, the official center of the St. Louis Blues. He created the Neurotyping system, which matches training, diet and supplements to a person's brain chemistry. He has also written three books.
Adam Angeloff
Adam Angeloff is a strength and conditioning coach and baseball coach in Miami, Florida. He works with athletes and with private clients. He runs Mind2Matter Performance, a private coaching practice. His clients have trained for bodybuilding competitions and a multi-peak mountaineering trek across Mongolia's Altai range. At the University of Miami, he worked with NCAA Division I football and Olympic sports programs. He was on staff during a National Championship run.
Alicia Bell
Alicia Bell is a Toronto personal trainer, performance coach and online coach. She works with athletes, physique competitors and people who want to lose fat. She is an IFBB Figure Pro and a kinesiologist. She was head track and field coach at Ryerson University and led Team Canada to 13 medals at the 2013 Maccabi Games. Her clients include pro basketball players and entertainers.
Andy Griffiths
Andy Griffiths is an online personal trainer and nutrition coach in the UK. He helps busy people lose weight, build muscle and get fit. Andy spent five and a half years in the Royal Welsh Infantry and worked as an Army physical training instructor. He left the Army in 2014. He has more than a decade of one-to-one coaching experience and is a certified nutritionist. He runs his practice under the name Expert PT.
Ben Pakulski
Ben Pakulski is a fitness coach and former IFBB pro bodybuilder who helps men over 35 build muscle, lose fat, and improve their health. He founded Muscle Intelligence and runs the MI40 programs. His work covers testosterone and hormone optimization and longevity. He also offers programs for high-achieving business owners and leaders, and he hosts a weekly podcast.
Brandon Kempter
Brandon Kempter is the founder of BK Conditioning, a team that coaches natural bodybuilders through contest preparation. He holds an MSc in Sports Nutrition Science and earned his Pro card in 2016. He has worked in fitness since 2012 and has coached athletes from amateur to pro international level. The team also includes coaches Rachel and Jacob Herrmann. Clients get custom training and nutrition through an online app.
Bryan Krahn
Bryan Krahn is an online physique coach and personal trainer in Canada. He helps ordinary people build a lean, muscular look, with a strong focus on adults over 40. He is also a fitness writer and blogger. He builds his own physique as a semi-serious physique athlete but does not compete. He does not coach powerlifting, rehab or sprint performance. His work centers on taking the guesswork out of training and eating.
Charlie Garforth
Charlie Garforth is the head coach at Pro Physiques. Charlie coaches bodybuilding and bikini competitors online, while also coaching everyday people who want a body transformation. Charlie has coached since 2014 and holds Pro cards in 5 federations from competing days as an athlete. Charlie is a senior international bodybuilding judge and a qualified nutritionist. Charlie's team reports 1000+ client transformations and 500+ first place wins.
Danny Kennedy
Danny Kennedy is a personal trainer and strength coach in Melbourne, Australia. He coaches men and women on fat loss, strength, nutrition and habits, online and in person. He is the head trainer for the Kic app and hosts The Fitness and Lifestyle Podcast. Before coaching, he played full-time basketball for 2 years and later competed as a physique competitor at national and international level. His clients have included Olympic athletes and fitness models.
FitBliss Fitness
FitBliss Fitness is a team of contest prep coaches for physique competitors. They coach athletes in Bikini, Fit Model, Wellness, Figure and Men's Physique. Their team has guided athletes on the bodybuilding stage since 2013, from first-time competitors to IFBB Pros. Each athlete gets a primary coach plus the input of the whole team. Their Chief Science Officer, Natalie, is a published researcher who checks that training and nutrition methods rest on evidence.
FitBody Fusion
FitBody Fusion is an online coaching team for bodybuilding and physique competitors. They guide athletes from the improvement season through prep, show day and recovery. The team says 200+ clients earned pro cards and 35+ became Olympians. Coaches work at 50+ NPC and IFBB shows and give backstage support at national level shows. They coach every NPC and IFBB division, from first-time novices to Olympia level athletes.
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.
Greg Doucette
Greg Doucette is a fitness coach who helps men and women lose fat and build strength through custom diet and training plans. He is an IFBB pro bodybuilder and a powerlifter who holds a Guinness world record. He has a B.S. and M.S. in Kinesiology. He has coached thousands of clients around the world. He also writes cookbooks and training books and runs a popular YouTube channel. He works from Nova Scotia, Canada.
Hany Rambod
Hany Rambod is a bodybuilding and physique coach who trains IFBB pros and elite physique athletes. He has built championship physiques for over 20 years. His FST-7 system has helped his clients win 25 Olympia titles, in classes including Mr. Olympia, Ms. Figure Olympia, 202, 212, Classic Physique and Physique. He is also the CEO of Evogen Nutrition and hosts a podcast called The Truth. He is nicknamed The Pro Creator.
James Ayotte
James Ayotte is a Montreal-based coach who trains bikini and physique competitors. He founded Team Atlas in 2016 and leads it as head coach. Since 2018, his athletes have earned 142 IFBB Pro cards and 41 Bikini Olympia qualifications. Team Atlas produced 27 IFBB Pros in 2025 alone. He builds training, nutrition and competition plans for each athlete and stays involved in every athlete's progress.
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.
Joe Bennett
Joe Bennett is the Hypertrophy Coach. He coaches lifters who want to build muscle, from everyday gym goers to Olympia champions. He has coached for decades. Members join his team, get a personal video message on day one, and are placed on a program that fits their goal. Joe teaches each exercise and answers questions daily. He also trains people in person in Tampa and has a library of 35+ programs.
Justin Harris
Justin Harris is a bodybuilding and powerlifting coach who runs Troponin Nutrition, a coaching and supplement company. He builds customized training and performance nutrition plans for serious athletes, from competitive bodybuilders and powerlifters to others chasing personal goals. He holds a Master's degree in Atomic Physics and a degree in Kinesiology. He won the 2004 Mr. Michigan overall title and the 2006 Jr. USAs superheavyweight class. He also offers carb cycling programs.
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.
Mike Thurston
Mike Thurston is a fitness and business coach who works one-on-one with entrepreneurs, creators and athletes. He has 19 years in the industry. He qualified as a personal trainer in 2013, opened a gym in 2014, and built a YouTube channel with 1.9M+ subscribers. He also runs the THRST App, THRST Apparel and a podcast. He now coaches on physique, brand, business model and systems.
Nathan Sweeting
Nathan Sweeting is an accountability coach and health coach in the Bahamas. He focuses on fat loss and mindset, and he works with busy Christian parents. He has worked in health, wellness and fitness since 2015 and has helped 100+ people change their bodies and lives. He co-created and co-facilitated the Bahamas National Wellness Program Pilot. He has also given 200+ presentations at companies and events across the Caribbean.
Revive Stronger
Revive Stronger is an online coaching service for bodybuilders, physique competitors and lifters who want better training and nutrition. The team writes custom plans and gives regular feedback. Several coaches compete themselves and have taken many athletes to the stage. Clients also get a members-only site with hundreds of hours of content, plus a podcast run by the team. The service grew out of the founder's own body rebuild after a serious injury.
Ryan Irwin
Ryan Irwin is a fitness and nutrition coach who helps bodybuilding and bikini competitors prepare for shows. He also works with people who want to lose fat and get back in shape without competing. He is the founder of Impact Action Coaching and has 2 decades of online and in-person coaching experience. He ran a natural bodybuilding competition in 2014. Some of his clients have earned pro cards with the International Pro Elite Bodybuilding Federation.
Scott Abel
Scott Abel is an online physique and bodybuilding coach based in Canada. She has coached bodybuilders and everyday people since the 1980s. She builds meal plans, workouts and strategies around each client instead of making the client fit a set diet. She wrote Physique After 50 and created the Flexible Fitness program. Scott is now retired and only works with her existing clients.
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.
Skip La Cour
Skip La Cour is a fitness and success coach who works with older men. He helps busy men get in shape, lose fat, build muscle and improve their mindset. He is a six-time national drug-free bodybuilding champion with over 35 years in personal development and motivation. He coaches one-on-one and in groups, and he speaks at live seminars around the world. He also wrote the Age Optimization System audiobook.
Steve Mousharbash
Steve Mousharbash is an IFBB pro who coaches bodybuilding competitors and people who want to improve their health and fitness. He founded Flawless Physique in Jacksonville, Florida in 2009. He has over 20 years in the industry and has coached hundreds of men and women to national and pro status in the IFBB and other federations. His team works with athletes in bodybuilding, classic physique, men's physique, figure, wellness and bikini divisions.
The Strength Guys
The Strength Guys is an online powerlifting coaching team for drug-free athletes. Coaches write custom programs, review lifting technique, and plan competition strategy. The team also offers nutrition coaching led by a Registered Dietitian and a rehab service for injured lifters. Clients range from novices to elite lifters, including world record holders. TSG also runs a University Team Coaching service for powerlifting teams and gives each client an athlete tracking system.
Total Body Fitness
Total Body Fitness is a fitness practice in Lee's Summit, Missouri, near Kansas City. Its competition team, The Hive, preps NPC and IFBB athletes for the stage. The team is led by IFBB Pro Deshae Betts. Mike Patton, a former NPC judge, is also a coach. They cover 11 NPC and IFBB divisions, including bikini, figure, physique and bodybuilding. Coaching includes nutrition, posing and peak week support. The minimum commitment is 4 months.
Vaughan Wilson
Vaughan Wilson runs Prep Coach UK and coaches bodybuilding and physique competitors in the UK. He guides athletes from the off-season to show day and the weeks after. He has worked in the industry for 10 years and has competed on stage himself. His team lists 287 first places, 567 top three finishes, 23 overall wins and 1 PCA pro card. He attends every show his clients enter, including the night before.
Vegan Muscle and Fitness / Root Force PT
Vegan Muscle and Fitness is a plant-based fitness practice that trains and coaches people who want to build strength and muscle on a vegan diet. Derek runs Root Force Personal Training, a plant-based gym in Richmond, Virginia, that opened in 2012. He is a natural bodybuilder who earned Pro status in two federations and qualified for NPC Nationals. He also offers online coaching, custom plans, and an app for staying strong into your 60s and beyond.
Aadam Ali
Aadam Ali is an online fitness coach and writer who runs Physiqonomics. He helps men and women lose fat, build muscle, and make sense of training and nutrition. He also publishes free articles on topics like bulking ratios and muscle loss while dieting. Each client gets a custom training plan, a tailored nutrition plan, and weekly check-ins with him.
Darin Starr
Darin Starr is a bodybuilding and physique coach who helps people prepare for contests or change their bodies. He runs Five Starr Physique and has coached full-time for more than 15 years. He covers diet, training, routine building and physique analysis. He also teaches clients the technical side of nutrition and training so they can talk with him more clearly. He offers one-on-one coaching and workout programs.
Kris Gethin
Kris Gethin is an online body transformation coach who helps clients build muscle, lose body fat and improve long-term health. He hosts the Kris Gethin Podcast and works with celebrities through the year. His plans cover training, nutrition, cardio, supplements and biohacking.
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.
Austin McGehee
Austin McGehee coaches HYROX and hybrid athletes, and also works with strongman and strongwoman athletes and general strength trainees. He is a sports performance physical therapist and an exercise physiology professor. He holds a HYROX Academy performance coach certification. His HYROX work joins rehab, strength training and race prep. That helps athletes train hard, stay healthy and feel ready on race day. He lists the Dallas area in Texas, including Allen, Plano and Frisco.
Mike Israetel
Dr. Mike Israetel is a co-founder of Renaissance Periodization, also called RP Strength. RP offers online training and nutrition coaching for lifters and physique athletes. Clients work with a team coach who builds a custom plan around their schedule and goals. RP started over a decade ago as an evidence-based diet and training company. It now runs two apps, the Hypertrophy App and the Diet Coach App, and a YouTube channel.
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.
Data Driven Strength
Data Driven Strength is a coaching team for lifters who want more strength, more muscle, or a leaner body. The coaches work with competitive and recreational powerlifters and with people who have general strength goals. Every coach is a published researcher. Clients have ranged from busy professionals to powerlifting world champions. The team also runs a podcast and a YouTube channel that break down strength and muscle research.
Greg Nuckols
Greg Nuckols is linked to Stronger By Science, a research-driven brand that offers one-on-one online training and nutrition coaching. Clients work on strength, physique and health goals. Each client is matched with a coach from the SBS team, and that coach builds a plan around the client's goals, lifestyle and training history. The brand also publishes guides on squatting, benching, deadlifting and dieting, plus a free program bundle.
J3 University
J3 University is an online education and coaching service for bodybuilding and physique athletes. It is led by IFBB Pro John Jewett. It teaches competitors and coaches how to train, eat, and prepare for the stage. Offers include courses, training programs, and one-on-one coaching. Coaching covers training, nutrition, supplement strategy, and weekly oversight. It also has a female physique module built for women who train or compete.
Jeff Alberts
The team works with drug-free lifters on training and nutrition. Options include contest prep coaching, off-season coaching, video consult programs and powerlifting meet prep. Contest prep usually runs 20 to 24 weeks or more. The team also sells video courses on hypertrophy programming, nutrition and off-season gaining. The stated aim is to build long lifting careers, not only one show.
Paul Revelia
Paul Revelia runs Pro Physique, a coaching team that works one-on-one with clients on weight loss, fitness and nutrition. The team helps people who want to lose fat, gain muscle or eat to feel better. It also coaches physique athletes for contests and teaches stage posing. Each client starts with a detailed onboarding assessment. Pro Physique also runs events such as Mind Body Built and Command the Stage.
Physique Collective
Physique Collective is a bodybuilding coaching team that works with physique athletes and competitors online. The team includes Joe, Matt, Ryan and Leon. Joe moved into full time online coaching after sharing articles on bodybuilding forums. Matt has 18 years with physique athletes and holds an MSc in Sport and Exercise Science. The team also runs a podcast, a contest prep seminar course and a members area with over 500 education videos.
Lylas Leona
Lylas Leona is a fitness and nutrition coach who works with women through the Lady Sculpt program. Lylas has spent 20 years helping women change their bodies. Lylas's clients lose weight, build their physique, and train for the competition stage. Lylas also helps women stop dieting for good. Lately Lylas puts more focus on helping women reconnect with their bodies and desires and shape their lives on purpose.
Andrew Chappell
Dr. Andrew Chappell is a natural bodybuilding coach. He helps people prepare for contests, change their physique, build strength, and learn posing. He holds a PhD in Human Nutrition and is a World Champion WNBF Pro. He has competed in over 30 events, including 10 World Finals, and won a record 6 British Championships. He has also judged over 100 events and served as President of the WNBFUK. He has coached over 100 athletes to the stage.
Aaron Straker
Aaron Straker is a physique coach who works with lifters that train hard but do not look it. He runs Straker Nutrition Co. He is an IFBB Pro who has also competed in powerlifting, Olympic weightlifting and CrossFit. His Blackline Physique Framework ties together nutrition, training and health. He co-hosts Eat Train Prosper. He trained for years in his 20s without a physique he liked, and that shapes how he coaches.
Todd Langley
Todd Langley is a health, fitness and life coach who works only with divorced men and divorced dads. He helps them lose fat, build muscle and gain confidence without diets, fads or gimmicks. Todd is a certified health and wellness coach and a former business leader. He is also a divorced father himself. He created his own method, called DMO Transformation Breakthrough, which covers body, mind and soul.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Thibaudeau | Strength and powerlifting and Bodybuilding and physique | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Adam Angeloff | Strength and powerlifting and Bodybuilding and physique | $80 to $175 an hour |
| Alicia Bell | Fat loss and Bodybuilding and physique | $75 to $150 an hour |
| Andy Griffiths | Fat loss and Bodybuilding and physique | $40 to $65 per session |
| Ben Pakulski | Fat loss and Bodybuilding and physique | $75 to $150 an hour |
| Brandon Kempter | Bodybuilding and physique and Nutrition and habits | $65 to $125 an hour |
| Bryan Krahn | Bodybuilding and physique and Over 40 and 50 | $90 to $150 an hour |
| Charlie Garforth | Bodybuilding and physique and Online coaching | $65 to $125 an hour |
| Danny Kennedy | Fat loss and Strength and powerlifting | $75 to $150 an hour |
| FitBliss Fitness | Bodybuilding and physique and Women's fitness | $75 to $140 an hour |
| FitBody Fusion | Bodybuilding and physique and Nutrition and habits | $65 to $125 an hour |
| Fitman | Bodybuilding and physique and Nutrition and habits | $90 to $150 an hour |
| Greg Doucette | Fat loss and Strength and powerlifting | $75 to $150 an hour |
| Hany Rambod | Bodybuilding and physique and Online coaching | $50 to $130 an hour |
| James Ayotte | Bodybuilding and physique and Women's fitness | $85 to $150 an hour |
Common questions
How much does a fitness coach for bodybuilding and physique cost?
Most fitness coaches charge $75 to $150 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, 97% offer online sessions.
What else do these fitness coaches help with?
Common focus areas include online coaching, nutrition and habits, strength and powerlifting and fat loss.
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Last updated September 2026.