Coaching with GAINS
Looking to be bigger, stronger and healthier?
Have you ever wanted to be stronger? Have you ever wanted to be happier and healthier in your body, without having to go through all the garbage BS of dieting and losing weight?
Maybe you’ve tried out one of those beginner strength programs on the market, and you’ve been stuck at the same level of strength for months or years without any progress.
Maybe you’ve been program hopping, trying every program but never seeing any serious results.
Maybe you’re an absolute beginner looking to get into lifting for the first time, but you’re struggling to understand it all. We’ve all been there!
Let’s skip the struggle and go right to the part where you become your best self.
Meet the Team
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Adam Fisher
Founder, GAINS.af
Strength training, powerlifting, bodybuilding, physique, general fitness
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Meg Humphrey
Fitness Coach
General fitness, strength training
Our philosophy.
We believe that:
Fitness should be fun
Everyone should be able to participate, regardless of age, weight, ability, or gender
Weight loss is not a worthwhile goal for most exercisers
Fitness should be simple and accessible
Workouts should be as simple and short as possible while maximizing your results
Personalized Online Coaching From Expert Coaches
GAINS offers world-class online fitness coaching, available from anywhere in the world. So long as you have an email address, you can work with us.
Online fitness coaching is typically more affordable than in-person coaching, while enabling you to work 1:1 with an experienced coach - you’re no longer limited to whatever personal trainer is available locally (and who knows if they’re any good!).
We’ve been doing online coaching since 2012. With hundreds of clients helped, our results speak for themselves. Most of our clients established their fitness habit for the first time, or see superior results compared to years of wasted effort with past programs and ineffective trainers.
We work with clients of all levels of ability, age, and gender, and we work with any type of fitness goal.
What You Get:
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You’ll start off with a free intake call with your coach, where you’ll talk over your needs, goals, and training history, and we’ll answer any questions you might have.
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In your free intake call, you’ll discuss your goals, needs, and past experience with your coach, who will then personalize a program to suit your needs.
Your program will be updated regularly based on past data to ensure optimal progress.
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We’ve built out an incredibly powerful spreadsheet that tackles everything, and enables you to track: workouts, habits, sleep, diet, training volume, strength improvements, and more.
Your spreadsheet is customized based on your needs, and will contain your weekly/monthly workout updates.
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You will work with a coach who is always available to answer questions and provide guidance. Our email turnaround time is within 24hrs.
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You can schedule video calls with your coach as frequently as you’d like, and dependent on your coach’s availability. Current clients are not charged for calls.
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Your coach will check in with you by email weekly, or you can discuss more frequent checkins as needed.
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Your coach can analyze your lifting form from provided videos, and provide you with feedback on tweaks to make to your lifts or your program as a result.
What makes us different?
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Here’s the secret to our methods - there’s no secret.
We’ve been writing for over a decade about our training methods, for free, on this site. There’s no magic pill or hidden technique to seeing the results you want. Just a good plan, consistency, and time.
The first mistake lifters make is putting all their good effort in all the wrong places. If you’re not focused on the right kinds of work, you’re not going to see results.
The second mistake is thinking that it's about finding the "perfect" exercise plan. There’s no such thing.
No mass market plan will show you the results you want to see forever. They work for a little bit, but then you stop seeing results. Why is this? Because progress is easy at first - this is called beginner gains. But after you stop seeing beginner gains, you absolutely need to get smart about how to continue getting results. You’re an individual person, with individual strengths and weaknesses. Targeting those weaknesses shows you the fastest and most consistent results - but most programs don’t have any kind of method for doing this.
If you’re just copying a program designed for the average person, you won’t succeed - because you’re unique, and you need a program that’s designed for you. A successful transformation is about YOU and YOUR psychology, physiology, and your specific environment. One size never fits all.
It’s not about having the perfect program - it’s about having a program that’s right for you. That’s what we do for you.
If you stumble in your diet or exercise plan, crappy coaches will yell at you and tell you something like “stop being lazy” or “just toughen up.” These coaches don’t get results. Usually, we’re the coaches who say something more along the lines of “take an extra day off, you deserve it!” or “eat some pizza already!”
There are certainly some people who need a bit of tough love - but they’re the minority.
Maybe another coach will tell you what to do, but not why you’re doing it. This is smart for them, because it keeps their clients reliant on them - but it also means you’re just wasting money.
We’re different. Our clients stay with us because they want to, not because they’re forced to. We’re dedicated to being facilitators and guides on your fitness journey, helping empower you to understand more about your own fitness.
We’re dedicated to the success of our clients. That means if the program isn’t working out, it’s our fault and not yours. That’s how we get results: by valuing your needs above our own. By tailoring the programs we create for you to be just right for your goals, injury history, physiological setup, personal weak points, available equipment, and yes, your own preferences and levels of motivation from day to day - you’re getting a program that’s right for you, every time.
Many coaches haven’t worked with very many clients, and don’t know how to make anything other than one-size-fits-all programs. We’ve worked with hundreds of clients in more than 20 countries around the world. We’ve mastered the art of getting bigger and stronger.
Quinn shed 20lbs in a couple months, when he decided to get in shape after his divorce.
Brandie's transformation started before we started working together, but she's an amazingly consistent client who's built a lot of strength.
Liz saw amazing results working out from home - with minimal changes to their diet or lifestyle.
Chris G.
“I worked for three months with Adam as a personal trainer this summer and had a great time. My goal was to learn how to use weights and how to build muscle groups. Adam was a great trainer. He was personable, knowledgable, and fun to be around. He pushed me when I needed to be pushed and understands when the body needs to rest to prevent injury. I never felt uncomfortable nor embarrassed by how I was doing during the training sessions. By the end of the three months I had lost four pounds of fat and gained nine pounds of muscle. I look better and feel better. My running regime has also been accelerated by my training sessions. Overall I had a great time and looked forward to each session.”
Matt J.
“When I started at the gym I had a consultation with Adam and I was really surprised at the numbers he told me. I was at 219 lbs. and 23.5% fat. In just 2 shorts months I was down to 208 lbs. and 17.6% body fat and I was simply astounded. I could not believe that in such a small amount of time I could lose 12 lbs. He is a great trainer and I have him to thank for the transformation I am seeing in my body today.”
Packages
Month to Month
No commitment, cancel at any time. Rates from $200/mo.
4 Month Commitment
Minimum 4 month commitment, prepaid or contract. Rates from $150/mo.
Best Value!
Budget
No commitment, but workouts updated less frequently. For clients who need less guidance, and just need a customized program to follow. Rates from $100/mo.