Fitness coaches for athletes
Compare 173 fitness coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are online coaching, strength and powerlifting, running and endurance and nutrition and habits. They most often work with athletes, professionals 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.
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.
Alex Viada
Alex Viada coaches hybrid athletes, people who build strength and endurance at the same time. He runs Complete Human Performance, a coaching team that works with lifters, runners, triathletes, cyclists and CrossFit athletes. Alex wrote The Hybrid Athlete in 2015 and later wrote a second book. His team has coached thousands of clients and also teaches courses for coaches and athletes. He has more than ten years of experience in hybrid training.
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.
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.
Anthony Di Paolo
Anthony Di Paolo is a HYROX and hybrid performance coach based in Melbourne. He coaches athletes online around the world. Gyms also bring him in to run HYROX sessions and workshops. He is a HYROX Academy certified coach with a Solo Pro best of 59:32. He has raced 38 times and made 13 podiums. He races at 100kg and is 6'5", so he built his methods around getting faster without breaking down.
Big Benchas
Big Benchas is a powerlifting coaching team for people who compete in meets. The coaches build training blocks from each lifter's meet history, current strength, and recovery. Lifters send in videos for form feedback. The team includes Coach Ben, who has a 2120 lb total and an 820 lb bench press. Athletes come from 10+ countries and compete in federations such as USAPL, USPA, and WRPF. The team also runs The BenchCast 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.
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.
Brianna Battles
Brianna Battles is a strength and conditioning coach who works with pregnant and postpartum athletes. She founded Pregnancy & Postpartum Athleticism and has coached for over 20 years. She has taught thousands of coaches around the world how to train women through pregnancy and after birth. She runs online fitness programs and a certification course for coaches. She also co-owns a jiu jitsu gym in Eagle, Idaho, and hosts the Practice Brave Podcast.
Casey McNutt
Casey McNutt is a fitness and nutrition coach in the Augusta, Georgia area. Casey coaches clients on training, eating, and daily habits, and works with HYROX and hybrid athletes as a HYROX Academy certified performance coach. Casey holds a degree in Kinesiology and a master's in Biomechanics and Exercise Physiology. In October 2025, Casey opened Fit & Well CSRA, a small group and personal training studio in Evans.
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.
Charlie Knight
Charlie Knight is a strength coach and the Head Coach at Red Beard Barbell Club in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He coaches strongman and strongwoman athletes and other strength trainees, in person and remotely. He has coached strength since 2007 and has worked with people at all levels. The club runs weightlifting, powerlifting and strongman training. It also has the largest collection of strongman gear in the home counties.
Chris Hinshaw
Chris Hinshaw is an endurance coach who trains runners and hybrid CrossFit athletes. He founded Aerobic Capacity, a program built to develop aerobic fitness. He has coached 35 CrossFit Games champions and more than 50 podium athletes. He has also competed in 10 Ironman races. He has worked with over 20,000 general fitness enthusiasts. His training starts by measuring each athlete's fatigue factor, which shows how much speed drops between distances.
Christopher B Jung
Christopher Jung is an endurance and strength coach who works with HYROX, hybrid and multi-sport athletes. He runs Milestone Station in Fort Lauderdale, which pairs training with active travel. He holds a master's degree in exercise science and has coached triathlon since 1999. He also works as a licensed travel advisor. That lets him plan destination race weeks, training camps and outdoor adventures around a client's training.
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.
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.
Evoke Endurance
Evoke Endurance is a team of mountain and endurance coaches. They train mountaineers, climbers, skiers, trail and ultrarunners, backcountry hunters and military athletes. Beginners and Everest climbers both work with them. Every coach is hand-picked and trained by founder Scott, who runs a continuing education program. The team includes Western States 100 winners, UTMB winners, Piolet d'Or winners and Olympians. Plans are delivered in TrainingPeaks.
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.
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.
Greg McMillan
Greg McMillan is a running coach who helps runners of all levels train for races from the mile to the marathon. He built the McMillan Running Calculator, which sets training paces and predicts race times. His clients include Olympian Andrew Lemoncello and Houston Marathon champion Kelly Liljeblad. He offers online coaching, in-person coaching through other coaches, training plans and a run team. He also helps runners aim for Boston Marathon qualifying times.
Greg Williams
Greg Williams is the founder of Rox Lyfe, a coaching business for HYROX and fitness racing athletes. He is a nutritionist who studies race tactics, race data, hybrid training and performance mindset. He cut his own HYROX finishing time by more than 20 minutes. He also commentates on the HYROX Elite races. Clients get personalised plans built by a coach athlete on his team, plus nutrition and race support.
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.
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.
Jason Fitzgerald
Jason Fitzgerald is an online running coach who helps runners race faster and stay injury free. He has coached since 2010 and has worked with tens of thousands of endurance runners through plans, courses, and virtual coaching. He runs the Strength Running site and podcast. He is a 2:39:32 marathoner and a monthly columnist for Trail Runner Magazine. His training mixes running workouts with strength work.
Jeff Lukich
Jeff Lukich is an endurance coach who trains long-course triathletes, ultra-runners and marathoners. He also works with cyclists and athletes preparing for unusual events like double Ironman, Ultraman, staged races and SwimRun. He has coached since 2012. He owns Drive Multisport in Georgia and leads the Better Triathlete coach match program. He has finished 10 Ironman races and qualified for the Boston Marathon. He coaches online.
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.
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.
Jonno Ward
Jonno Ward is a personal trainer and HYROX performance coach in Epsom, UK. He helps people get ready for HYROX races, build strength, and feel better day to day. Jonno is a former police officer who left policing in 2022 to work in fitness. He trains clients at Twist Gym and also coaches online. He works with first-time racers and experienced HYROX athletes.
Julian Crooknorth
Julian Crooknorth runs P4M Coaching. He coaches adults who want to stay strong and capable as life gets busier, and athletes who race in HYROX, hybrid events, marathons and endurance running. He is an official HYROX Performance Coach and a Precision Nutrition Master Coach. His work rests on his own P4M NOVA Framework, which sets training intensity against recovery. He offers two paths, the Performance Club and the Hybrid Performance Club, and works with clients across Hampshire, Surrey and nearby areas.
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.
Katie Masters
Katie Masters is a strength coach who works with powerlifters and strength athletes, mostly intermediate lifters who have stopped progressing. She runs Masters in Strength in Rushden, UK. Her coaching draws on a First Class degree in Physics and a PhD in Mental Health. She has also been mentored under Reactive Training Systems and competed as an international athlete. Her roster is currently full, and she is moving from general coaching to a focus on powerlifting.
Lift Run Perform
Lift Run Perform is an online coaching team for runners and endurance athletes who want to add strength training. Mary Johnson founded it in 2017 after working as a strength coach and running coach in Hamden, CT. The team includes running coaches and two physical therapists. Coaches build custom programs that link weight room work to road running. They aim to help runners get stronger, faster and more resilient.
Lisa Rhyne
Lisa Rhyne is a fitness and nutrition coach in Huntersville, North Carolina. She trains athletes, busy entrepreneurs, dancers, moms, and people with muscle building or weight loss goals. Lisa is a former professional dancer who trained for two years at Broadway Dance Center in New York City. She blends strength training with Pilates-based core work. She built her method after fixing her own high cholesterol and body fat with lifting and eating more food.
Martise Moore
Martise Moore is a running and speed coach in the West Los Angeles area. Martise helps athletes, road racers, and military and law-enforcement candidates run faster for sports, races, and physical fitness tests. Martise won four Maryland state hurdle titles and ran track at USC as a scholar-athlete. Before coaching, Martise advised families and fiduciaries on investments. Martise runs GreenRunner and is writing a book on sports confidence.
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.
Miles Wydall
Miles Wydall is an online Olympic weightlifting coach who works with competitive lifters. She offers video analysis, individual programming and long-term competition planning. She was Team Manager and Coach of the Australian team at the 2025 Mini Pacific Games and Senior Oceania Championships, where the team won 20 gold medals. Her lifters have competed at the Commonwealth Games and the World Junior and Youth Championships. She also builds low cost keypads for the OWLCMS competition system.
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.
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 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.
Tammy Lee
Tammy Lee is the owner of GO FIT LIFE. She coaches endurance athletes who chase serious race and performance goals. Her coaching ties together endurance training, strength, nutrition, recovery and accountability. She has more than 25 years of education and coaching experience and has coached over 4000 people. She also sells training plans on TrainingPeaks and partners with the TransRockies Race Series to support its athletes with training plans.
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.
Thomas Lilley and John Sheaffe
Thomas Lilley and John Sheaffe run ZeroW, a powerlifting coaching business that offers online coaching, nutrition coaching and coach education. Thomas founded ZeroW in 2012 as a gym. It now has 11 gyms in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The team has coached over 1500 clients, including elite lifters like Colton Engelbrecht. They have produced more 1000kg totals than any other coaching business in the world.
Tiago Lousa
Tiago Lousa is a HYROX coach and elite HYROX athlete. He runs TLW Training, also called The Lousa Way, which offers online training plans for HYROX racers. He is a Certified Hyrox Master Coach. He builds his programs from real competition data. Since 2021, more than 130 of his athletes have qualified for the HYROX World Championships across five editions. His athlete Alex Roncevic won the Elite Hyrox World and European titles in 2024 and 2026.
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.
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.
Amy Taylor
Amy Taylor is an online HYROX performance coach and personal trainer in County Durham. She coaches people preparing for their first HYROX race, chasing a personal best, or stepping up to Pro. Amy is a hybrid athlete who has raced Solo, Mixed Doubles, Womens Doubles and Relay formats, so she knows how each one feels. Her coaching runs through Perform 365 Fitness and is built around each athlete's fitness, strengths, weaknesses and available time.
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.
Ceri Cummings
Ceri Cummings is a high-performance fitness coach in Perth, Australia. Ceri coaches HYROX and hybrid athletes and also trains people for fat loss and strength. Ceri leads Bolt Fitness, the first certified HYROX training centre in Western Australia, and is the state's first Level 1 HYROX Coach. Training is personalised and runs in a team setting. Ceri also works as a fitness educator and consultant.
Coral Owen
Coral Owen is an endurance and strength coach who trains women athletes. She leads Team BABE Athletics in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. She has coached female athletes since 2008 and has more than 20 years of experience. She is a certified triathlon and strength coach and a HYROX Academy certified performance coach. She also directs the Tampa Bay BABES Triathlon, the area's only women's sprint triathlon.
Danny Fierro
Danny Fierro is a personal trainer and HYROX performance coach in Fulton, New York. He runs Legacy Strength Co. and helps adults 40 and older rebuild strength, move better, and build habits that last. He also trains HYROX and hybrid athletes. Danny spent more than 23 years in ministry and leadership before he started training people. He offers a 13-week training plan and a free assessment to start.
Dean Somerset
Dean Somerset is a kinesiologist and personal trainer in Edmonton, Alberta. He coaches adults on strength, fitness, mobility and injury recovery, in person and online with clients around the world. He has trained people after joint replacement surgery, cardiac rehab, spinal cord injuries and cancer, as well as elite athletes. He starts with assessments to see what each person does well. His writing has appeared in Men's Health and Women's Health.
Dylan Truesdale
Dylan Truesdale is a performance coach who trains HYROX and hybrid athletes. Dylan is a HYROX Academy certified coach, a former Army Ranger and a HYROX Pro competitor. Dylan writes fresh programming every week and delivers it online through the TrainHeroic app. Dylan's plans mix running, lifting, conditioning and recovery. Athletes get direct access to Dylan for feedback, accountability and answers.
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.
Hector Feliciano Ayala
Hector Feliciano Ayala is a personal trainer and performance coach in Washington, D.C. He trains HYROX and hybrid athletes, and also coaches busy people who want to get strong and feel better. He is a HYROX Academy certified performance coach and a former collegiate basketball athlete from Puerto Rico. He runs Hector's Fitness Advantage, which offers training in a studio, at a client's home, on Zoom and through an app.
Ian Sharman
Ian Sharman is the Head Coach of Sharman Ultra Coaching, based in Bend, Oregon. He coaches ultra and trail runners at all levels and for all distances. Sharman is an elite ultrarunner and works with Team USA. He leads a team of champion ultrarunners who also coach. The team has helped hundreds of runners reach their race goals, and the plans focus on getting faster and staying injury free.
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.
Joyce Parsons
Joyce Parsons is a HYROX Academy certified performance coach who works with HYROX and hybrid athletes. She coaches through EH Athletix in Canandaigua, New York. The practice offers one-on-one coaching, endurance coaching and HYROX programming. Clients get custom plans for in season, peak season and off season. The team also includes Ironman endurance coaches for triathlon athletes. Ruck and sandbag classes run at Canandaigua Lake, and the practice moves to Bristol, New York in fall 2026.
Keven Connors
Keven Connors is a fitness coach on the Sunshine Coast in Australia. She runs Bulletproof Training Method, which offers small group coaching for people over 35. She has 20 years in the fitness industry and is a HYROX Academy certified performance coach. Her method starts with how well a client moves before adding hard training. She also helps clients work through chronic pain, and coaches HYROX and hybrid athletes.
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.
Mark Frater
Mark Frater is a run coach in Melbourne, Australia. He runs Frate Train Run Coaching and helps athletes train for events from the 5K to the marathon, plus ultras, Ironman and Hyrox. He is a Level 2 Hyrox Performance Coach who focuses on running performance. He has guided athletes through a 100km ultramarathon and a 200km backyard ultra. Most coaching is online, and local athletes can train with him in person at Box Hill.
Matt Fitzgerald
Matt Fitzgerald is an endurance coach and author who built 80/20 Endurance. The company offers training plans for running, triathlon and cycling. His method has athletes train 80 percent at low intensity and 20 percent at high intensity. He wrote 80/20 Running and 80/20 Triathlon. Over 250,000 plans have been sold, and more than 150 certified coaches use the method worldwide. Members also get Mind of Matt, an AI coach trained on his work.
Matt Hunt
Matt Hunt is a performance coach who trains HYROX and hybrid athletes in Sydney. He owns UN1T Sydney in Alexandria and serves as its Head Trainer, which he runs with a co-owner. He has spent over 15 years as a personal trainer and group exercise coach. He holds a HYROX Academy certification. His studio offers strength, conditioning and HYROX-focused sessions in 50-minute classes.
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.
PerforMotion
PerforMotion is an exercise physiology and powerlifting coaching practice in Teneriffe, Brisbane. The team helps people move from pain and injury back to training, and coaches lifters who want to hit PRs. Clients range from competitive athletes to adults in their sixties getting stronger. Coaching runs online and in person. The practice also offers nutrition coaching, small group classes, and a recovery zone with an ice bath and sauna.
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.
Robbie Bruce
Robbie Bruce is a HYROX and endurance coach who founded C26 in Overland Park, Kansas. He helps athletes prepare for HYROX races, from first-timers to podium chasers. He has more than a decade of endurance coaching and founded C26 Triathlon. He has coached athletes in several endurance sports, from their first finish line to World Championships. He coaches online and in person at the C26 Hub.
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.
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 |
| Adam Johnston | Strength and powerlifting and Online coaching | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Alex Viada | Strength and powerlifting and Running and endurance | $85 to $150 an hour |
| Alexa Mckenzie | Strength and powerlifting and Nutrition and habits | $95 to $175 an hour |
| Alicia Bell | Fat loss and Bodybuilding and physique | $75 to $150 an hour |
| Anthony Di Paolo | Running and endurance and Strength and powerlifting | $80 to $175 an hour |
| Big Benchas | Strength and powerlifting and Busy professionals | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Brandon Kempter | Bodybuilding and physique and Nutrition and habits | $65 to $125 an hour |
| Brian Tabor | Strength and powerlifting and Mobility and injury | $80 to $175 an hour |
| Brianna Battles | Women's fitness and Postpartum | $110 to $190 an hour |
| Casey McNutt | Nutrition and habits and Health and wellness | $95 to $175 an hour |
| Charlie Garforth | Bodybuilding and physique and Online coaching | $65 to $125 an hour |
| Charlie Knight | Strength and powerlifting and Online coaching | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Chris Hinshaw | Running and endurance | $75 to $190 an hour |
Common questions
How much does a fitness coach 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, 88% offer online sessions.
What else do these fitness coaches help with?
Common focus areas include online coaching, strength and powerlifting, running and endurance and nutrition and habits.
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Last updated September 2026.