Fitness coaches for strength and powerlifting
Compare 186 fitness coaches who focus on strength and powerlifting. Besides strength and powerlifting, the most common focus areas are online coaching, nutrition and habits, beginners and mobility and injury. They most often work with athletes, women and professionals. Most charge $60 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.
Karina Inkster
Karina Inkster is a vegan personal trainer and author in Canada. She coaches plant-based and veg-curious adults online on fitness and nutrition. She leads a team of vegan trainers and has coached more than 1000 clients over 15 years. She gave a TEDx talk on living your values through food to an audience of 1,000 people. She also hosts the No-Bullsh!t Vegan podcast. Her coaching focuses on building muscle, body composition, and long-term health on a plant-based diet.
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 Robles
Alex Robles is a physician and NASM certified trainer who runs The White Coat Trainer with Dr. Brittany Robles. They help busy professionals build muscle, get stronger and improve long-term health through short workouts and simple nutrition. Alex built the approach during OBGYN residency, while working 80+ hours a week. Alex reached a deadlift of 2 times bodyweight by training 30 minutes a day. Workouts run 30 to 35 minutes.
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.
Amber Brueseke
Amber Brueseke is an online fitness and nutrition coach who helps women lose fat, build muscle, and learn to count macros. She runs Biceps After Babies and created the MACROS 101 program, which over 10,000 women have joined. She is a registered nurse and certified personal trainer. She also hosts the Biceps After Babies Radio podcast, which has passed 417 episodes.
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.
Ashley Reid
Ashley Reid is an exercise physiologist who helps moms stay active during pregnancy and after birth. Ashley runs Active Mom Fitness and wrote the book Active Mom, published by Bloomsbury. Ashley's guidance focuses on core work and strength training that fit changes in the body and in daily life. Ashley has helped hundreds of moms. Ashley's program has won Best Exercise Program for New & Expecting Moms four times.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
JP Bolwahnn
JP Bolwahnn is a fitness and life coach for high-performing men over 35. JP helps men rebuild strength, discipline, confidence, and structure. JP served as a Navy SEAL at 19, played international rugby at 31, and walked on to a Division 1 college football team at 33. JP also worked as a firefighter on Kauai. JP has coached men for more than 20 years and offers a 5 minute Discipline Audit that gives each man a personal scorecard.
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.
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.
Laura DeMarco
Laura DeMarco is a strength coach and life coach in Reston, Virginia. She runs Berkembang Coaching and helps clients with strength training, nutrition, and health and wellness coaching. She has coached since 2005 and has owned CrossFit gyms. Her background includes Olympic lifting, bodybuilding, kettlebells and yoga. She also offers reiki and life coaching. She focuses on clients in their 40s, 50s and 60s who want to stay strong and active.
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.
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.
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.
Mitch Calvert
Mitch Calvert is a fat loss coach who runs Calvert Fitness, also called Cal Fit. He helps busy parents over 40 lose belly fat without strict diets or long gym hours. He has coached since 2012 and reports 1,500+ client transformations. He writes a fitness column for the Winnipeg Free Press and has been a featured expert in Men's Health. He once weighed 260 pounds, and that shaped how he coaches.
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.
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.
Rita Jenkins-Wolcott
Rita Jenkins-Wolcott is a personal trainer and menopause fitness specialist who helps women over 40 get stronger and leaner. She is also a certified nutrition coach and a former fitness studio owner. In 16 years, she has worked with hundreds of women in perimenopause and beyond. Her Bolder STRONG program uses short at-home workouts. She trains with the same workouts herself at age 61. She also pairs exercise with nutrition and lifestyle habits.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Vanessa Flores
Vanessa Flores is a fitness and health coach who helps women over 40 build strength. She founded The Strong Fit Life in Tennessee. She has worked as a trainer in multiple gyms for over 10 years. Her plans use kettlebell workouts, protein-first food guidance and weekly check-ins. She built her own 1:1 method, the StrongHer P.E.R.I-Reboot Method, for women in perimenopause and menopause. She also has a program for parents.
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.
WarriorBabe
WarriorBabe is a coaching company for women over 40. It helps them rebuild strength, metabolism and confidence through menopause with the WB4 Method. Coaching covers macros, strength workouts and recovery. Nikkiey Stott started it in 2018. She is a registered nurse and a pro natural bodybuilder. A team of 65+ specialists works under her lead. The company says 21,800+ women have gone through its programs. Its VIP coaching is built around eating more while building muscle.
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.
Allan Misner
Allan Misner, known as Coach Allan, is a health and fitness coach for men and women over 40. He runs 40+ Fitness and hosts the 40+ Fitness Podcast, which has over 760 episodes. He also wrote The Wellness Roadmap, a book on health and fitness after 40. His coaching centers on weight loss, real strength, and being fit for the tasks of daily life. He holds certifications from NASM, Precision Nutrition, and the Functional Aging Institute.
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.
Andy Morgan
Andy Morgan is the founder of RippedBody and a fitness coach who helps busy men lose fat and get stronger. He co-wrote the Muscle and Strength Pyramid books with Eric Helms. Since 2011, his team has helped over 2,000 men. They teach a calories-first approach and do not sell supplements. He also runs free guides, calculators and a 15-lesson email course that reach over 23,000 readers.
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.
Brandie Collis
Brandie Collis is a Christ-centered fitness and wellness coach who helps women lose weight, gain muscle, and build strength. She uses her own StrongHer Reset Method, which combines strength training, nutrition, and faith-based habits. She is a former corporate professional and a lifelong athlete, with a background in figure competitions, CrossFit, and obstacle course racing. She offers a 1:1 program and a hybrid program.
Caro Pemberton
Caro Pemberton is a personal trainer and nutritionist in Birmingham, UK, who coaches adults on weight loss, strength and fitness. Training runs under the Supreme Fitness name and happens at home, outdoors or online. Caro has worked as a trainer for 6 years and has helped hundreds of people get fit and lose weight. Caro also has a background in MMA. Clients come from Birmingham, Solihull and Sutton Coldfield.
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.
Debra Atkinson
Debra Atkinson is a fitness and menopause coach who helps women over 40 build strength and manage hormone changes. She runs Flipping 50, which offers coaching, a membership, books, videos and a blog. She is an author and podcaster. She started her podcast in 2014, when few people talked about menopause fitness. Her programs focus on weight training, nutrition and lifestyle habits for women in perimenopause and post-menopause.
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.
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.
Jess Heiss
Jess Heiss is an online running and strength coach who helps everyday athletes get stronger and more confident. She runs Sturdy Girl, a coaching business with a weekly podcast and an apparel shop. Her plans mix strength, running, triathlon, nutrition, and mindset work. She builds training around each client's job, stress, and goals. She rejects body shrinking as a goal and focuses on strength and body image.
Jessie Mundell
Jessie Mundell is a pre and postnatal fitness coach and educator in Canada. She trains pregnant and postpartum women, and women in perimenopause, with a focus on strength, the core and the pelvic floor. She has coached for 15 years. She also certifies trainers and health practitioners who work with pre and postnatal clients. Her programs use a non-diet approach and value all body sizes.
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.
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.
Melanie Durette
Melanie Durette is a strength and nutrition coach who helps women over 40 build muscle, improve body shape and stay strong as they age. She runs Female Fitness Systems and has coached for more than 12 years. Her main offer is an 8-week online program delivered through a training app, with Home, Express and Gym versions. She answers client questions personally and offers an optional meal plan with over 60 meal ideas.
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| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Thibaudeau | Strength and powerlifting and Bodybuilding and physique | $70 to $145 an hour |
| Karina Inkster | Strength and powerlifting and Nutrition and habits | $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 Robles | Strength and powerlifting and Busy professionals | $95 to $175 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 |
| Amber Brueseke | Fat loss and Strength and powerlifting | $80 to $175 an hour |
| Anthony Di Paolo | Running and endurance and Strength and powerlifting | $80 to $175 an hour |
| Ashley Reid | Postpartum and Women's fitness | $110 to $190 an hour |
| Barbell Logic | Strength and powerlifting and Nutrition and habits | $95 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 |
Common questions
How much does a fitness coach for strength and powerlifting cost?
Most fitness coaches charge $60 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, 84% offer online sessions.
What else do these fitness coaches help with?
Common focus areas include online coaching, nutrition and habits, beginners and mobility and injury.
Prices and research
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Other focus areas
Last updated September 2026.