Ways to Work Together
It can feel hard to know where to start when you’re looking for coaching — especially when the work overlaps strength, movement, pain, and performance.
This page is here to help you orient yourself. It outlines the three ways I work with people, what each option supports, and where you might fit. You don’t need to decide anything here — just get a clearer sense of which door is worth opening next.
You Might Recognise Yourself Somewhere in Here
You might be here because you’re curious about how training, performance, and the brain actually work — your own brain, other people’s brains, or what happens when people train and perform together.
You might believe that training should be fun, not just effective. That the process has to be engaging and rewarding in its own right, or it simply won’t stick.
You might be chasing something ambitious — getting unusually strong, performing at a high level, or expressing strength in a way that feels powerful and meaningful to you. You know how much you’ve already overcome to get here, and you’re not finished yet.
You might be a strength athlete — or a parapowerlifter — who values the guidance and perspective of an experienced coach, but still wants autonomy. You don’t want to be ordered around. You want thoughtful feedback, good questions, and a partnership that respects your agency.
You might be comfortable with barbells, kettlebells, hard work, and resilience — and feel ready to go deeper, not just grind harder.
And underneath all of that, you might care about things like mastery, independence, belonging, and generosity — wanting to grow without losing who you are or where you come from.
If some of this resonates, the sections below outline the three ways I work with people. Each one supports a different starting point, and each links to a more detailed page so you can explore further and decide what fits best right now.
Four Ways We Can Work Together
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Strength & Performance Coaching
This is ongoing coaching for people who want to get stronger, more capable, and more confident over time. The focus is on building strength and performance using neuroscience and flow principles, with decisions shaped around you rather than a generic system.
This option suits people who value structure, feedback, and progression, but still want autonomy and partnership in the process. Strength is the goal. The work is thoughtful, adaptable, and designed to support long-term development rather than short-term intensity.
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Movement & Pain-to-Performance
This work is for people limited by pain, restriction, or uncertainty in movement — especially when traditional approaches haven’t fully helped. The aim is to reduce unnecessary protection, improve clarity and confidence in movement, and support a return to strength and performance.
It’s practical, active, and individual. Instead of pushing through or ignoring signals, the focus is on helping the nervous system feel safe enough to move well again, so training and performance can progress with less friction.
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Powerlifting & Bench Press Specialisation
This option is for strength athletes who want targeted, high-level coaching in powerlifting, with particular depth in bench press development. The focus is on smart progression, technical clarity, and decision-making that supports both performance and longevity.
It suits lifters who already train seriously and want specialist guidance from a coach who understands the demands of strength sport, as well as the human realities that come with it.
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The Baxter Strength Podcast
Conversations about strength, neuroscience, flow, and the human side of performance. This podcast is a space for stories — about training, setbacks, recovery, identity, and the paths people take toward becoming more themselves.
If you’re someone with a story to share — an athlete, coach, practitioner, or curious human who’s learned something the hard way — I’m always open to hearing from you. Not because it’s polished or impressive, but because it’s real.
How These Fit Together
These offerings aren’t separate worlds. They’re different entry points into the same body of work.
Some people seek coaching to get stronger or perform better. Others arrive because pain, restriction, or uncertainty has started to limit what they can do. Some prefer to listen, learn, and orient themselves first through conversation and stories.
Where you start matters less than where you’re trying to go.
Movement and pain-to-performance work often supports strength and performance coaching by restoring confidence and clarity in movement. Strength coaching builds on that foundation by developing capacity, resilience, and self-trust over time. Specialist powerlifting coaching narrows the focus further for athletes with specific competitive goals.
The podcast sits alongside all of this as a place to explore ideas, experiences, and perspectives — without pressure or commitment.
You don’t need to understand the whole system before taking the next step. Each option is designed to stand on its own, while still connecting naturally to the others if and when it makes sense.
How People Usually Start
Most people begin by reading through the service that feels closest to where they are right now. From there, they decide whether they want to explore that work further or look at one of the other options.
There’s no single right starting point. Some people move between services over time as their needs change. Others stay with one approach for a long while. The goal here is simply to help you get clearer about what fits you best at this moment.
Each option links to a more detailed page where you can learn more and decide on your next step.
Every decision we make is shaped by a clear sense of purpose.
Take Your Time
If you’re not sure yet, that’s okay.
You’re welcome to read, think, listen, and come back later. This work is here when you’re ready, and clarity tends to come from understanding, not pressure.