"My time being coached by SBS was pivotal. I came to my coach a soft, COVID-ified version of my former self. Still lifting consistently, however yielding lacklustre results based on the effort I was putting forth in the gym. In fact, that was pretty much the story of my entire lifting career. Once I connected with Coach Eric, I knew we were a great match. His calm, rational demeanor, and “data-driven” approach truly resonated. He helped me rely on trackable metrics (in both nutrition and lifting) and understand that the results come over time… and impatient program hopping, which I certainly succumbed to in the past, simply leaves one confused and frustrated. He also provided invaluable wisdom during a major shift in my career and life, and helped me focus on what is within my control and what deviates from such. SBS was my introduction to taking responsibility for my nutrition intake by way of diligent, accurate tracking, and that has led to some incredible changes in my body composition and life. I am very grateful for my coach and the SBS Team"

"When I first contacted Eric, I was feeling lost and needed some direction. I had been retired from competing as an IFBB Pro bodybuilder for a year and I still wanted to challenge myself and make good progress. ... I immediately felt confident that Eric could help me progress, and I thoroughly enjoyed his structured ways and how he listened and took into account my personal lifestyle and individual needs. I really felt he paid great attention to those, and he always had a solution and understood my mindset. .. He gave me direction, targets, explained everything in great detail, and I really felt I built up a great rapport with him, even though i live in the UK. Thank you Eric for giving me guidance and results at a time when I was feeling lost."

I'm a registered dietitian with a master's degree in human nutrition and a personal trainer. So I thought that I knew all that I needed to know to get stronger, more muscular, and leaner. But man, was I wrong. I've learned so much from SBS coaching, and it's far exceeded my expectations. I've been coached by SBS for nearly three years, and I'm not stopping anytime soon. I've competed in two USAPL meets since I started coaching and hit all-time PRs in both. I've also experienced very notable body recomposition, which I didn't think was possible at my level of training. And I've accomplished all this despite a grueling work schedule. I highly recommend SBS coaching if you want to get stronger, more muscular, or lose fat.

"Coming from a background in natural bodybuilding, I was looking for a coach who could tailor a program for an advanced lifter with a busy schedule. It was refreshing to work with an experienced coach who actually took the time to work with me on a consistent basis over the course of my program. As a result, I worked with Eric as my coach for an extensive period of time. Eric had a very methodical approach in the design of his program, tracking of progress and interaction with me as a client. I still implement some of his training methodologies in my program today. Overall, he is an excellent and dedicated coach."

"I worked with coach Eric (Trexler) for 3 years and cannot recommend SBS coaching highly enough. As a physician and fitness coach myself, I am seriously impressed by both the quality of coaching as well as personal and caring relationship despite being online. I was able to progress both my physique and knowledge base as well as learning to be more mindful and compassionate towards myself. When facing difficult times due to chronic illness and lack of self belief, I was continuously supported by my coach. I also successfully trained through my second pregnancy with Eric. 6 stars out of five!"

"While I’ve been doing plenty of physical activities through the years - skiing, bicycling, sailing - I’ve never seriously considered weightlifting or even just signing up for gym until my late 30s. Then, a barbel bug bit me, and six years and hundreds of training days later, I am now in my 40s, stronger and fitter than I’ve ever been. After several years of working out at my local gym, I’ve built a home gym and started working with strength coaches online. I have a deep respect for my first and second coaches, but the idea of online-only coaching never really “clicked” with me until I started working with Eric Trexler. Eric went above and beyond in tailoring the program to meet my [changing] needs, answered every question I had, and provided support and encouragement to get through a few rough patches. I could not expect more, and I am very grateful to Eric for helping me set new aesthetic & performance goals and then reach them. I am looking forward to continuing working with Eric or other SBS coaches in the future and would highly recommend them as a go-to team for anyone looking for professional coaching."

Before meeting Eric I had been working with a variety of coaches over a 5-year period. What really stood out to me after engaging with SBS Coaching was the attention to detail both in terms of nutrition and exercise. I would frequently spot small changes in my targets that I could trace back to the information I was passing to Eric such as minor injuries, satiety feeling, RiR numbers and so on. This along with the frequent check-ins made it clear I was truly being 1 on 1 coached and not just put through a boilerplate template. I came out of my first year of coaching with a better physique, better understanding of my macro-nutrient requirements and a strong desire to continue training as I now jump into year two with SBS.

"I originally sought out coaching as a means to have some accountability for my workout routine, but more importantly I understand the important connection between nutrition and fitness, and figured if I was going to invest in exercising it would be smart to kill two birds with one stone. I’ve always been fairly active, but I have a nasty habit of allowing myself to fall out of shape, and I don’t think I have to explain to anyone reading this how crappy it is to get back into shape, especially on your own. Beyond that, as a physical therapist I have a pretty strong bias towards attacking specific individual goals (sounds obvious but it’s been my observation that this is sorely lacking in both my field and personal training). Nothing irritates me more than a cookie-cutter program. I value the ability to communicate freely, specificity of goals, and scientific approaches to fitness above all else. Eric over-delivered on all 3. Between check-ins every other week, the ability to email whenever I needed a question answered, and the ability to track the exercise program and nutrition, I was blown away with how efficiently we met my goals. What impressed me the most about this program was the adaptability. When I was going to be out of town for a week, it was no problem, he had a plan. When my schedule changed and workouts became harder to accomplish in short windows, he had a plan. The nutrition was easy to manage and stay on top of. I’ve tried counting macros/etc in the past and it was always a huge pain, but this was not the case with our plan. Anything that came up that might normally derail my progress, I was able to take to Eric and he had a quick response that allowed me to keep rolling. I was able to get back into an acceptable level of fitness and nutrition, and even feel like I have a plan to make sure I maintain some level of fitness when life gets busy and the gym/nutrition fall onto the back burner. This has been the most convenient, efficient, and affordable personal training service I’ve ever been a part of, and I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who wants their specific fitness goals met. As someone who has been in this industry for a while, I can safely say you won’t find anything else like this."

"I registered for coaching with SBS in March of 2020 and was a coaching client for over 2 years. Prior to that, I had been a frequent listener of the SBS podcast and a MASS subscriber. Given the quality of the content produced by SBS, I had very high expectations for one-on-one coaching. However, even starting with very high expectations, my experience with SBS exceeded my hopes. I initially sought out coaching with SBS because I was interested in pursuing strength-specific training goals. The majority of my training before starting with SBS had been physique focused. I spent several years competing in amateur bodybuilding shows, and by the end of 2019 I was feeling extremely burnt out. By the time I reached out to the SBS team, I was struggling to love the gym like I once had. Starting out, I believe I was a challenging client. I was very emotionally invested in my training goals, and I was dealing with health repercussions from years of extreme exercise and diet behaviors. My coach was nothing less than brilliant at validating my concerns, providing feedback and recommendations, developing conservative and actionable plans for working towards my goals, and helping me develop the self-efficacy to participate in the process. When I started with SBS, I believed that reaching my strength goals would add the most to my quality of life. While getting to a 375lbs deadlift and a 205lbs bench as a 130lbs female was certainly exciting, regaining my love of lifting and my sense of autonomy around food and exercise has truly made a lasting impact on my quality of life. "

"As a doctor of physical therapy, I wanted to find a coach who used evidence based approaches to strength and conditioning. I had been doing my own programming for a few years but was hitting a wall and feeling broken down a bit. Eric was instrumental in balancing the demands of my life stressors (father of two), my age, cardiovascular endurance requirements for my unusual sports (ice climbing and mountaineering), and the desire to put more weight on the bar, as well as improve aesthetics. Eric was adaptive, creative, and responsive to my input throughout the training process. After working with Eric for about six months, my strength gains were fantastic and I looked and felt the best I had in my life. In the mountains, I would normally end up with knee pain after multiple days sending objectives. I found I could climb hard day after day without knee pain. I was able to advance my ice climbing by a whole grade of difficulty after working with Eric."

"I’d played a lot of sport up to my late 30’s, put on 50bs after an injury and then lost that weight through resistance training, and then remained at a lean (circa 10%) bodyfat for 2 years. I really enjoyed resistance training and wanted to put on some muscle to reflect the training I was doing. I struggled to do this for 2 years resulting in my then coach labelling me a ‘hard gainer’. I came to the coaching services of Stronger by Science feeling as I wanted to exhaust all possible avenues, I could take for muscle gain before accepting that my genetics were working against me. Eric took a detailed history and dug deep to understand my goals and the underlying motivation. He was spot on with the basics; a very detailed plan for nutrition and training, easy to use spreadsheets and documents while feedback was very clear and always on time. What I really benefited from is that Eric would always explain the rationale behind the strategy and any changes to nutrition or training that was needed. It soon became clear that my fear of fat gain was getting in the way of muscle gain. Eric was very empathetic with this but as a great coach he worked with me to overcome this obstacle rather than pander to it. The results have been very evident as my physique is visibly more muscular in exactly the areas I wanted. I’m definitely not a hard gainer and I’ve only been able to discover that with Eric’s support and expertise. I’d highly recommend Eric or any of his vetted team to tailor coaching to your specific goals. He certainly did for me."