212 Foundry Row, Denver, CO 80216
(555) 014-7720

Coaches

Four full-time coaches. No contractors, no rotating faces. The person who assesses you is the person who writes your plan, trains you and answers your messages.

Train with us

Portrait of Mara Lindqvist

Mara Lindqvist

Head coach, strength

Mara opened Keelson in 2017 after nine years coaching college throwers and a long stretch in a physical therapy clinic. She writes the method every other coach here follows.

She still coaches the 6 am sessions and reads every athlete's log on Sunday night.

Certifications
CSCS, USAW Level 2
Coaching since
2008
Ask her about
Deadlift setups and shoulder rehab
Portrait of Dev Okafor

Dev Okafor

Strength and powerlifting

Dev spent twelve years as a competitive powerlifter before he started coaching full time. He runs the Strength program and the meet team, and he is the calmest person on the floor when a bar gets heavy.

Most of our members over fifty train with Dev. He likes the long game.

Certifications
USAPL Club Coach, CPT
Coaching since
2013
Ask him about
Squat depth and bracing
Portrait of Tomas Reyes

Tomas Reyes

Conditioning and youth

Tomas came to Keelson from endurance sport, where he coached a club of amateur triathletes. He writes the Conditioning program, runs the monthly tests and leads Keelson Youth on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

He has a rule: nobody leaves a conditioning session unable to talk.

Certifications
CSCS, USA Cycling Level 2
Coaching since
2015
Ask him about
Zone 2 and what your watch gets wrong
Portrait of June Park

June Park

Mobility and recovery

June is a former dancer who found barbells late and never left. She teaches every Mobility session, runs the recovery check-ins and films the home routines your coach sends you.

If something hurts, June is the first person you talk to.

Certifications
FRC Mobility Specialist, CPT
Coaching since
2018
Ask her about
Hips, and why your warm-up is too short

How we coach.

Three rules, written on the wall by the chalk bucket. Every coach here was hired because they already believed them.

Rep by rep

A coach watches every working set. Setup gets fixed before the bar moves, not after the video.

Progress you can see

Every lift, every test and every review lives in your app. You will know what changed and why.

Honest loads

We would rather add five pounds for a year than add fifty and lose you for a month. The plan is slow on purpose.

Meet your coach before you decide anything.

The assessment is sixty minutes, one on one, with the coach who would train you.

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