Coaching Staff

Coached, not just supervised

Three coaches cover strength, conditioning, and Olympic lifting, and every one of them still trains here themselves.

Renata Cole, conditioning coach at Ironwood Strength Club, working on a cable machine

Conditioning Coach

Renata Cole

Renata programs the conditioning circuits with one rule: work hard enough to earn the rest between rounds. She specializes in coaching members back from injury without losing their engine.

  • ACE Certified Personal Trainer
  • Precision Nutrition Level 1
  • 7 years coaching
Malik Ferris, Olympic lifting coach at Ironwood Strength Club, training with battle ropes

Olympic Lifting Coach

Malik Ferris

Malik teaches the snatch and clean and jerk from first principles, one position at a time. Members who think Olympic lifting is not for them usually change their mind in his Monday session.

  • USA Weightlifting Level 1
  • Former collegiate track athlete
  • 5 years coaching

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