Chris “Moon” Olson couldn’t squat or deadlift without knee and back pain until he found Starting Strength in 2016. Since then, as a personal trainer, he started using the Starting Strength method with all of his clients when he realized that it worked for virtually everyone.
With extensive experience playing and coaching competitive soccer, Chris has been coaching people since 2012. Making a positive impact on peoples’ lives in the best way possible has always been his biggest goal. Proper, effective strength training is the best means he has discovered to do this yet. He has worked with clients of all ages, and has a particular passion for seeing how barbell training can give independence and hope back to the aging population. With a background in coaching youth soccer, he also thoroughly enjoys working with young athletes by ensuring that they get started down the right training path and avoid the many enticing pitfalls of the modern fitness culture.
Being a “work-out” enthusiast since his early teen years, Chris has tried just about every mode and model of “exercise”. From Crossfit to dumbbells-and-machines to hyper-isolated bodybuilding splits to being a Calisthenic King, nothing was left out (except for actually getting strong). The allure of squatting and deadlifting without knee and back pain was what initially brought him to try Starting Strength for himself. But what really sealed the deal was the constant stream of PRs.
Chris loves his work and loves the opportunity to create new meaningful relationships. He started Moon’s House Fitness in 2016 only to amend the name slightly to Moon’s House Strength in recent years in order to more accurately represent the work being done in the gym.
Monthly Small Group Personal Training
This is the bread-and-butter training option at Moon's House Strength. Train with Chris 3x/week in a small group setting where every rep is coached and every programming decision is made for you.
Private Training
90-minute, one-on-one session with Chris to get feedback on the main lifts, programming advice, and answers to whatever questions keep you up at night. Great for out of town guests or those who live further away for semi-regular feedback.
Intro Week
Three x 60-minute private sessions with Chris, a crash-course in proper barbell training. This intro week acts as a hands-on orientation for new group class members or a standalone offering for anyone else.
Online coaching is available on a limited basis. Check Moon's House Strength for more information and availability.
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4 Reviews on “Chris Olson, SSC”
For a guy who majored in Spanish in college, Chris is a motivating coach who is patient with his students, especially those who struggle with finding the incentive to lift weights 3x a week.
I have been going to Starting Strength Chicago for 5+ months and Chris had been my primary coach for the first 4+ month. Chris is an excellent coach who takes time to learn about his clients, understands their goals, any physical ailments, and their diet. When it comes to coaching the lifts Chris clearly knows what he is doing and helps to explain the “why” behind what you are doing and the necessary form that is needed. Chris makes the sessions fun, but never easy. I would recommend him to anyone looking for a strength coach.
Chris has been my strength coach for 6+ months and the standard of coaching I’ve received from him is second to none.
He pays a ridiculous amount of attention to the most granular details of each barbell lift and provides immediate feedback to ensure I’m moving the barbell correctly with the right resistance. When things are off, Chris does a great job of course correcting to push me safely and effectively.
On top of his knowledge and professionalism, he makes each session enjoyable and engaging through humor, compassion and conviction.
Chris is committed to helping me do better and I can feel that when working with him. I couldn’t recommend anyone better.
Chris Olson and Moon’s House Strength get 5+ stars in my book.
If I could leave more than 5 stars, I would. Chris exceeded any expectations that I had for a personal trainer by helping me learn the techniques to do back squat, deadlift, bench press and shoulder press without putting excessive/unnecessary pressure on joints. In addition to helping with form, he also designed my workouts. He suggested what weight to do for each exercise and when to do each of the different lifts. He also helped coach me through a back tweak that involved a counterintuitive approach (for me). I decided to trust him and my back recovered surprisingly quickly. I’m glad that I took his advice since I would have otherwise taken a couple weeks off. I’m very grateful for Chris’ coaching and would highly recommend him as a trainer for anyone who is looking for strength gains.