The Barbell Academy offers a complete pathway to become a strength coach.
Whether you are a curious and passionate trainee or on the path to becoming a Professional Barbell Coach, here you’ll find education, resources, and community to learn at a pace that works for you. Come join us and start applying client-centered, model-informed strength training that can help people improve their lives for good.
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What’s Included:
Coaching 101—originally $349
Your first step into coaching as a side hustle, or even a career change. Coaching 101 will quickly provide you with the knowledge and confidence you need to start coaching others now:
- Teaching Progressions
- Common Platform Errors and Corrections
- Novice Strength and Conditioning Programming
- Basics of Getting Started
Principles Course—originally $849
The fundamental knowledge and application you need to design and direct a basic barbell strength program. Critical for the passionate learner and early barbell strength coach:
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Biomechanics
- Programming
PBC Certification—originally $599
The Professional Barbell Coach (PBC) is a certification reserved for strength coaches with a high level of proficiency in coaching the lifts and a thorough understanding of programming concepts.
By earning the PBC, you will have the knowledge and confidence to serve your clients with excellence along with the backing of a reputable designation to help build credibility and trust. You will also join a network of coaches who are passionate about client-centered, model informed coaching and who are committed to supporting their clients for life.
Advanced Concepts—originally $799
Advanced Concepts is a series of courses that takes the foundational knowledge learned in Coaching 101 and the Principles Course to a deeper level. While open and beneficial to anyone who wants to learn more, the courses included in Advanced Concepts are designed specifically to help the aspiring barbell strength coach excel in their profession and fully prepare them to impact lives through coaching.
With Advanced Concepts you will immediately have lifetime access to the courses listed below as well as all future courses added to Advanced for no additional cost.
Anatomy: Upper Extremity
The upper extremity— hand, wrist, arm, and shoulder complex— are a complex, integrated system essential to the barbell lifts. Build on your knowledge of these systems, including the origins, insertions, and function of each muscle and how they interact to allow you to press incredible weight. This course will discuss common anatomical variation, injuries, and solutions in a way you can apply directly to the platform.
Anatomy: Lower Extremity
The lower extremity is made up of the largest and strongest muscles of the body, and virtually no big weights are going to move without them. This course will go deeper on the function, structure, and interaction of these muscles, joints, and connective tissues, exploring common injuries and their causes, to help you as the coach troubleshoot your lifter’s platform performance.
Post-Novice Programming
Apply MED and the BLOC Approach to HLM and 4-Day Split programs for a variety of lifter goals, including lifting competitions, conditioning for health, and training in support of sports and missions. Learn how to handle strength programming in tough spots: where the lifter lacks the equipment, time, or recovery to follow a “textbook” strength program.
Biomechanics
Go further into the mechanics of the lifts with the implications of momentum, impulse, and forces in three dimensions. In this course you will explore the math behind the moment arm with videos, walkthroughs, and problem sets to help you deeply understand how the lifter-barbell system works and how to take that understanding to the platform.
COMING SOON
Conditioning
Master the fundamentals of conditioning and expand your coaching skill set with this comprehensive course. You’ll dive into key concepts like VO2 Max and heart rate training zones, gaining the knowledge to confidently discuss and program conditioning for clients. Learn how to effectively use equipment like rowers, bikes, and heart rate monitors, while also receiving ready-made templates for novice and early post-novice clients.
Through practical workouts and hands-on experience, you’ll be able to deliver targeted conditioning programs, perfect for coaches working with athletes in sports like CrossFit, tactical training, and more.
COMING SOON
Coaching Efficiency
Streamline your coaching practice and maximize your earnings without burning out. In this course, you’ll learn how to optimize your weekly, daily, and per-session schedule to deliver high-quality coaching while efficiently managing your time and energy. We’ll guide you through the steps to reassess your workflow, helping you earn more per hour and maintain a balanced work-life dynamic.
You’ll also explore how to use TurnKey Coach (TKC) to enhance your online coaching, creating a seamless and scalable process for delivering meaningful results to your clients. Ideal for the professional coach who’s hit the solopreneur wall, this course will help you break through to the next level in both income and impact.
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RISK-FREE
Get lifetime access to Coaching 101, Principles Course, PBC Certification and all current and future Advanced Concept courses! If you are not satisfied with the course, you can cancel in the first 10 days and receive a full refund.
$2,596 $1,499
One-time payment for lifetime access to everything the Barbell Academy offers.
Included with your first Barbell Academy registration, you will automatically have an account with TurnKey Coach, the coaching delivery platform we use at Barbell Logic to coach clients all over the world. With your TurnKey Coach account, you’ll immediately be able to create and offer coaching plans, collect payments, and offer programming and feedback to your clients, meaning you truly can start coaching now. Your first month of TurnKey Coach is free, and then you’ll get 50% off for the following five months (an offer exclusive to Barbell Academy students).
