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Grant Broggi, Major/USMC, SSC

Grant Broggi is a Marine Officer, owner of The Strength Co., Starting Strength Coach and a member of the Starting Read more...
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Nick D’Agostino DPT, SSC

Nick holds a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from Hofstra University and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the Read more...
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Byron Johnston, SSC

Serving the UK Starting Strength Community: In-Person 1:1 & 2:1 Coaching plus Online Coaching wherever you are in the world. Read more...
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Heidi Coffman, SSC

Heidi Coffman is the former owner/operator of Amarillo Strength & Conditioning in Amarillo, Texas. Once a Starting Strength Affiliate Gym, Read more...
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Tom DiStasio, SSC

Tom DiStasio has been a Starting Strength Coach since 2013. He is currently based out of Virginia Beach, working in Read more...
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Pedro Pereira, SSC

I’ve been coaching people privately, from all age groups and challenging backgrounds since 2018, both in Europe and in Asia. Read more...
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Andy Baker, SSC

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Jared Nessland, MSCC, SSC

Jared Nessland is a Starting Strength Coach based in Denver, Colorado and the Head Coach at Starting Strength Denver.  Originally Read more...
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Amanda Sheppard, SSC

Amanda is an SSC who currently coaches out of the Starting Strength Beaverton location. She is originally from the Chicagoland Read more...
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Nicole Rutherford, SSC

Nicole Rutherford has been a Starting Strength Coach since 2015 and was a Starting Strength Affiliate gym owner from 2017-2020 Read more...
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Connor King, SSC

Connor discovered Starting Strength while researching safe and effective training programs for his high school athletes. He began interning at Read more...
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Alex Koesarie, SSC

Alex has been training and coaching in the grappling sports since 2013, coaching barbell training since 2017, and earned his Read more...
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Carl Raghavan, SSC

Carl has been a Starting Strength Coach since 2014 and has been in the industry since 2005. Now a Digital Read more...
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Nick Delgadillo, SSC

Nick is the CEO of Starting Strength Gyms, owner of Iowa Park Jiu Jitsu Club and Starting Strength Oklahoma City, Read more...
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Robert Santana PhD, RD, SSC

Robert Santana is a Registered Dietitian and Starting Strength Coach and owner of Weights & Plates Gym in the Greater Read more...
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Austin Khamiss, SSC

I have been a certified Starting Strength Coach since spring of 2022, and have been coaching the barbell lifts since Read more...
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Dr. Rori Alter, PT, SSC, PRSCC

Dr. Rori Alter has been working in the fitness industry since 2009. She became a licensed physical therapist in 2012 Read more...
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Ryan O’Connell-Peller, SSC

Starting Strength Certified since 2014. Brooklyn born and raised, Ryan started his career in the strength training industry with the Read more...
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Adam Fangman, SSC

Adam is a Starting Strength Coach  that brings 8 years of coaching and training experience and has worked with hundreds Read more...
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Joseph Rodriguez, SSC

Located in New Braunfels, Texas, Joseph Rodriguez is a 37 year old husband, father, professional firefighter EMT-B, and Starting Strength Read more...
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Jarret Beck, SSC

Jarret is a Starting Strength Coach located in Central Ohio and serving the Columbus metro area through in-person coaching as Read more...
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Inna Koppel, SSC

Inna Koppel has been a Starting Strength Coach since 2014. She established the first Starting Strength Affiliate Gym on Long Read more...
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Daniel Raimondi, M.Ed., SSC

Dan has been a Starting Strength Coach since 2016.  Prior to opening 51 Strong, he spent 8 years in Division Read more...
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Steve Ross, SSC

Steve is the first Starting Strength Coach on continental Europe and the owner/head coach at Brussels Barbell. He has coached Read more...
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John Chung, SSC

John Chung has been full-time coach at the Starting Strength Houston gym since 2020. Prior to becoming a coach in Read more...
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Zohar Yermiyahu, SSC – זוהר ירמיהו

Zohar is the Founder and Head Coach of Be Stronger Online Coaching and the sole certified Starting Strength Coach in Israel. Read more...
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Francesco De Caro, SSC

First Italian SSC Based in Brussels, Belgium. I started getting interested in Starting Strength as far back as 2019. I Read more...
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Ryan Arnold, SSC

About me: I became a Starting Strength Coach in 2016, spending most of my time coaching at Solace New York Read more...
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Tony Stein, SSC

Tony Stein is a Starting Strength Coach based in Houston, TX. He enjoys working with people from a variety of Read more...
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Rebecca Fishburne, SSC

Rebecca has been working in the fitness industry since 2008 as a group fitness instructor and personal trainer.  For decades Read more...
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Michael Jones, SSC

Michael Jones has been in the Fitness industry since 2016 working with NCAA Football strength and conditioning coaches, briefly training Read more...
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John Petrizzo, PT, DPT, SSC

John Petrizzo is a Physical Therapist, Starting Strength Coach, and a full-time faculty member in the Department of Health and Read more...
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John Dowdy, SSC

John Dowdy is a Starting Strength Coach in Boise, Idaho and is the Head Coach at Starting Strength Boise. He Read more...
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Christopher Palladino PT, DPT, SSC

Christopher Palladino is a Physical Therapist, Starting Strength Coach and the owner and operator of Stronger Physical Therapy, a garage-based Read more...
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Anna Marie Oakes-Joudy SSC, PBC

    Anna Marie knows a few things about incorporating strength into a busy and fulfilling life. She is a Read more...
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Pete Troupos, SSC

Pete has been a Starting Strength Coach since 2016. As well as Head Coach of Starting Strength Orlando, he runs Read more...
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Michael Shammas, SSC

An alumnus of Berklee College of Music, Michael developed a love of teaching when he began giving guitar lessons in Read more...

Jacob Pearce, SSC

Jacob, 30, is a combat infantry veteran of the ARMY’s 101st Airborne division. After military service he tried various careers Read more...
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Brad Muhlenkamp, SSC

Brad was introduced to strength training in high school and quickly understood strength’s influence on sports performance while competing in Read more...
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Josh Wells, SSC, USAW 1

I work with a wide array of clients. From Olympic weightlifting, nutrition, young, old, novice lifters, advanced lifters and anyone Read more...
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Mike Minigell, SSC

Mike started coaching people out of his garage gym in Maine after training with Paul Horn in Los Angeles. After Read more...
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Joe Jaloszynski, SSC

I started out like most gym-goers do.  I was a wildly mediocre high school football player trying to impress girls.  Read more...
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Aaron Frederick, SSC

Aaron Frederick began strength training about 9 years before becoming a member of Starting Strength Austin in June 2020. In Read more...
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Bruce Trout, SSC

Hello and welcome to my page. I’m Bruce Trout and I am an SSC in Ohio. My primary focus, at Read more...
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Gretchen Geist, SSC

Gretchen was born and raised in the Metro Detroit area. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing Management from Hillsdale Read more...
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Chris Olson, SSC

Chris “Moon” Olson couldn’t squat or deadlift without knee and back pain until he found Starting Strength in 2016.  Since Read more...
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Darin Lovat, MS, SSC

I have a total of over 50 years of both training and coaching experience on my resume and am currently Read more...
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Darin Deaton PT, DPT, OCS, SSC, Cert. DN, CAE

Darin Deaton PT, DPT, OCS, SSC, Cert. DN, CAE Darin is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with 31+ years of Read more...
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Hayden-William Courtland, Ph.D., SSC

As a scientist by training, I take an individualized, evidence-based approach to coaching. With a research background in orthopedics and Read more...
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Hari Fafutis, SSC

Hari Fafutis is the founder and coach of Tavros Fuerza y Acondiconamiento, the first gym that specializes in weight training Read more...
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Alex Ptacek, SSC

Alex has lived in Chicago all his life. In 2016, he discovered the Starting Strength method and has been applying Read more...
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Cody Annino, SSC

Cody is a Starting Strength Coach based out of Moodus, Connecticut. He is the owner and operator of Annino Strength Read more...
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Rebecca Skinner, SSC

Rebecca is a Starting Strength Coach based out of Annino Strength & Conditioning, a Starting Strength Affiliate, in Moodus, CT. Read more...
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Will Morris, PT, DPT, SSC, Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy

Experienced physical therapist, board certified clinical specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, and long-time Starting Strength Coach (2012). Read more...
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Emily Socolinsky, SSC

Emily is a certified Starting Strength Coach since 2010. Emily holds a Masters degree in Education and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Read more...
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KYOUNGHA KIM, SSC, USAW

김경하아시아 최초의 스타팅 스트렝스 코치(2013년 자격 취득)이며 USAW 자격 보유자(2010년 자격 취득)입니다. 10년 넘게 스트렝스 훈련과 역도를 지도하고 있습니다. 초보자뿐만 Read more...
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Chris Charvat, DPT, SSC

Chris was first introduced to the Starting Strength method through Crossfit where he coached for several years before moving to Read more...
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Jeff Bernitz, SSC

Jeff is a Starting Strength Coach at Starting Strength Austin. Jeff began training with the Starting Strength method in 2020 Read more...
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Brian Payne, SSC

Brian is a 21 year combat veteran of the US Army. Fitness has been a key part of his entire Read more...
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David Abdemoulaie, SSC

David is the proud owner and operator of Chicago Strength & Conditioning located in the Edgebrook neighborhood of Chicago. He Read more...
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Andrew Lewis SSC

Andrew Lewis is a Starting Strength Coach, mechanical engineer, and Brazilian Jiujitsu purple belt. He keeps your results in mind Read more...
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stef bradford, PhD

Stef has been working with Mark Rippetoe to produce and refine Aasgaard Company books, websites, and training events since 2005. Read more...
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Victoria Diaz, SSC

Victoria Diaz, a Starting Strength Coach since 2017, began her professional career pursuing fitness in New York. After earning a Read more...
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Phil Meggers, SSC

A former high school math and physics teacher for over a decade, Phil Meggers started coaching the barbell lifts to Read more...
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Nicholas Racculia, SSC

Nicholas earned his SSC in October 2012 and has been coaching since.  He has experience coaching special populations and currently Read more...
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Jeremy Fisher, SSC

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Nikki Burman, SSC

Nikki is a Starting Strength Coach based out of Litchfield Park, AZ. She is a master at genuinely connecting with her Read more...
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Jay Mund, SSC

Jay earned his Starting Strength Coach‘s certification in 2012. He coaches at Fivex3 Training, a strength and conditioning gym in Baltimore. Read more...
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Sam Krapf, SSC

Sam is the owner/head coach at Ground Zero Strength, a Starting Strength Affiliate Gym in Twin Falls, Idaho. A former Read more...
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Jordan Claypool, SSC, CSCS

Jordan started his fitness journey as a track and field athlete at a young age. His desire to improve his Read more...
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Chase Lindley, SSC

Chase currently coaches out of Oklahoma City. Originally from Wichita Falls, TX, he has had the opportunity to train and Read more...
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Elad Levy, SSC

Elad Levy’s journey into strength training began in high school when he was a skinny, weak, and insecure teenager searching Read more...
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Jeff Hairston, SSC

Coach Jeff is a certified Starting Strength Coach who teaches lifters out of The Strength Co.,  Starting Strength Affiliate Gyms Read more...

Craig Bearss, BA, CSCS, SSC

Craig is Canada’s only Starting Strength Coach. He coaches out of East Van Barbell where he works with a wide Read more...
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Diego Socolinsky, SSC

Diego is a certified Starting Strength Coach since 2010, USA Weightlifting certified Level 1 Sports Performance Coach, and has been training in a variety Read more...
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Shelley Hancock-Wells, SSC

Shelley earned a BS in Athletic Training and MS in Exercise Physiology from Midwestern State University. Prior to being an Read more...
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Mia Inman, SSC

I became a Starting Strength Coach in 2013. I coach evenings and weekends, out of my home gym in Yellow Read more...
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Camisha Noble, SSC

Coaching clients at Starting Strength Cincinnati since May 2022. Read more...
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Dan Buege, SSC

Dan is the head coach at Starting Strength Miami. After his father introduced him to Starting Strength, and after seeing Read more...
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Jordan Burnett, SSC

Jordan has been in the fitness industry for 6 years, and has been coaching full-time at Starting Strength Dallas for Read more...
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Andrea Mates, Ph.D, SSC

Andrea Mates is a coach at Starting Strength Austin. Teaching strength training with barbells is only the latest in a Read more...
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Matt Hebert, SSC

Matthew Hebert, head coach at Starting Strength San Antonio, played baseball at East Texas Baptist University and Stephen F. Austin Read more...
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Cameron Cox, SSC, BBQ

Located in Charleston, SC, Cameron Cox delivers southern fried feedback for every client. Like Papa’s secret biscuit recipe, Cameron’s coaching Read more...
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Trent Jones, SSC

Trent Jones is a Starting Strength Coach who coaches clients both online and in-person in the Chattanooga area. Prior to Read more...
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Mark Rippetoe

Mark Rippetoe has worked in the fitness industry since 1978. He was a competitive powerlifter for ten years, retiring from competition Read more...
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Antonio Maldonado, SSC

Antonio “Tony” Maldonado began training with the Starting Strength model in 2020. After realizing the benefits the program has to Read more...
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Scott Acosta, SSC

Scott Acosta is the Head Coach and General Manager of Starting Strength Memphis. Prior to working with the Starting Strength franchise, Read more...
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Adam Lauritzen, SSC

Earned Starting Strength Coach Certification in 2010. Owner of Silverback Strength and Conditioning since 2014. Brazilian JiuJitsu Brown Belt. Read more...

Christian Conti-Vock, SSC

Zealous about empowering healthier, fuller lives.  Has coached folks aged 17 to 77 years with varying goals, limitations, and injuries. Read more...
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Tyler Holm, SSC

A mechanical engineer by trade, Tyler has been coaching at Testify Strength and Conditioning since 2015, and has been a Read more...
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Joe Leppo, SSC

A practicing and certified Starting Strength Coach (SSC) since 2012. I am a Veteran (retired US Navy) that is experienced Read more...

Joey Gaona, SSC

JosephGaonaSSC@gmail.com Read more...
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Jonathon Sullivan, SSC

greysteel.fitness@gmail.com Read more...
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Barb Mueller, SSC

Barb loves coaching people to get stronger because strength makes everything easier. In addition to being a Starting Strength Coach, Read more...
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JD Shipley, SSC

I found Starting Strength in 2016 and became an online coaching client around the same time.  In early 2018 I Read more...
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Brandon Sherwood, SSC

Brandon began training with barbells in 2016, to improve sports performance and prevent injury. Brandon has competed at a national Read more...

Marie Worsham, SSC

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Inhyuk Eun, SSC

저는 체격이 커지고, 강해지는 것이 삶을 살아가는 데 큰 도움을 줄 수 있다고 믿습니다. I do believe, getting bigger and Read more...
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Phoebe Hightower, SSC

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Anthony Barragan, SSC

With over 23 years of active duty service in the U.S. Army, Anthony Barragan brings discipline, resilience, and leadership to Read more...
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Xavier Lima, SSC

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Mark Diffley, SSC

Mark Diffley has been involved in barbell coaching for over a decade. He discovered Starting Strength in 2011 while coaching Read more...
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Adam Martin, SSC

Adam Martin has a history training and coaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in West Virginia. He began training with the Starting Strength Read more...
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Brent Carter, SSC

Brent Carter has been a Starting Strength Coach since 2013 and a Seminar Staff Coach since 2014, coaching Starting Strength Read more...
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Ron Ballatore, SSC

Ron is the owner and coach at Ballatore Strength, located in Gainesville, Florida.  He has over a decade of experience Read more...
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Ryan Burnell, SSC

Ryan is Australia’s only Starting Strength Coach.  He has been coaching and teaching for over 20 years and is the Read more...
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Shaun Pang, SSC

Shaun discovered Starting Strength while searching for a safe, methodical and effective training program to become stronger. He started training Read more...
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Jeremy Elder, SSC

Jeremy is a professional barbell coach and the owner/operator of Toolshed Training in Altadena, California. Jeremy holds certifications from Starting Read more...
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Joannes Marvin, SSC

Marvin is Southeast Asia’s second Starting Strength coach. His passion for barbell training stemmed from his pursuit to get stronger Read more...
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Chris Reis, SSC, DPT

Born and raised in Cincinnati, OH, Chris has been a practicing Physical Therapist since 2016 primarily in the outpatient setting, Read more...
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Christian Fox, SSC

Christian A.K.A The World’s Shortest SSC has been involved in fitness since 2013 when he needed to GAIN 15lbs to Read more...

David Laws, SSC

David has spent the last decade providing bodywork and massage therapy. In that time he has worked with thousands of Read more...
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Quinn Bonney, SSC

Quinn has been a Starting Strength Coach since 2025 and is the head coach of Starting Strength Miami. He also Read more...