Results

The work, and what it added up to

Numbers from real lifters in the Salt Lake valley and online. Different starting points, same approach: teach the lift, then load it patiently.

+118 lb

Average squat gain in a client’s first year of coaching

92%

Of monthly clients still training after six months

First-time powerlifting meets coached on the platform

Training injuries requiring time off in the last three years

Before & after

Three lifters, three very different goals

Rachel M. — from never lifting to a bodyweight deadlift

Rachel came in having never used a barbell and unsure whether a gym was for her. We spent three weeks on technique alone, then ran two novice blocks with three sessions a week around her work schedule.

Deadlift 95 → 175 lbSquat 65 → 150 lbSessions missed 3 in 8 months

Dave T. — stalled squat to 9 for 9 on the platform

Two years of the same numbers. The fix was bracing and bar position, not more volume. Six months later he went nine for nine at his first sanctioned meet in Utah.

Total 905 → 1,102 lbSquat 315 → 391 lbAttempts made 9 / 9

Small group case

Priya & Sam K. — 14 months of never missing Tuesday

A couple who wanted to train together without one of them being dragged along. They run separate programs in the same small group session — hers built around a first meet, his around a bad shoulder.

The real result is not a number. It is 61 consecutive weeks of showing up, because the session is something they look forward to.

Bench (Priya) 75 → 135 lbDeadlift (Sam) 225 → 365 lbConsistency 61 weeks