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Digital Rack · Online strength coaching

When the numbers stop moving, the plan has to change.

Work with me wherever you train. I build your programme around your equipment, experience and goals, then manage it using your training log and check-ins. Choose Signature for video review as well.

If you are unsure what is limiting progress or which level of support you need, start with the diagnostic. If you already know what support you want, choose a plan directly below.

See how the client portal works

Short answer

How does online strength coaching work?

You train from a programme built around your equipment, history and goal. You log the work and complete check-ins; the next training phase is adjusted from that information. Signature includes video review, while Foundation keeps the programme and monthly management.

Reviewed August 2026

A training programme displayed on a tablet
Personalised programming · Video review with Signature

The feedback loop

A PDF cannot read your training.

Most lifters know enough to start. They add weight until they cannot, then change exercises, add volume, or start again. None of that tells them what failed.

Your effort deserves a plan that responds.

The useful question is whether technique, loading, recovery, or the programme is limiting the next lift. Digital Rack gives that question a person responsible for answering it.

The process

Your training, reviewed and adjusted.

01

Start with your training

Your programme starts with your equipment, history, goals, current training, and recovery.

02

Log the work

You log the sessions and complete the check-in. On Signature, you can send form footage for review.

03

Manage the next phase

I use your training data and feedback to manage the next phase of training.

Is Digital Rack right for you?

Train independently without training alone.

Digital Rack fits if

  • You have access to equipment at home or in a gym and want a proper programme with coaching behind it.
  • You may be starting out or returning to focused training and want the plan to begin with your current experience.
  • You want to build strength or muscle, return to focused training, or break a plateau.
  • You want to train independently while keeping a coach involved in the decisions.

It is less suitable if

  • You are looking for “muscle confusion” or HIIT circuits.
  • You are unwilling to commit to a 12-week minimum.
  • You need someone physically present to hold you accountable every session.
  • You have complex injury rehabilitation needs that require hands-on assessment.

Client feedback

Support for the work between sessions.

After training the same way for a few years and finding myself plateauing, James was able to give me a work out plan and a realistic daily calorie/macro goal which really pushed me on in what I was trying to achieve.
Chris BamfordGoogle review
I absolutely love the workout plan, and how it works around my goals.
Kerry HughesGoogle review

Already know what you need?

Choose your coaching level directly.

Both plans include personalised programming and a 12-week goal review. Choose the amount of ongoing contact you need; the diagnostic is optional.

Online Strength Foundation

For independent lifters who want a structured strength and muscle-building plan, monthly load and volume management, technical logic support, and progress tracking.

£119per month · 12-week minimum

  • Custom strength and muscle-building programming
  • Monthly load & volume management
  • Technical logic support
  • Progress tracking via app
  • 12-week goal review with me
  • 12-week minimum commitment
Weekly oversight

Online Signature

For lifters who want weekly oversight, including form review, programming and load adjustments, nutrition oversight, and priority technical access.

£239per month · 12-week minimum

  • Weekly check-ins and video analysis
  • Weekly programming & load adjustments
  • Nutrition oversight
  • Priority technical access
  • 12-week goal review with me
  • 12-week minimum commitment

Unsure which level fits? Ask me.

Ask on WhatsApp →Ask by contact form →

What happens after you buy

Your programme and coaching, in one place.

I use Toolbox to keep your programme, training log and check-ins together. Here is how we work through it.

  1. 01

    Open your coaching link

    I provide access to your client portal. Complete the consent and starting health questions, then share the training background I need to plan your coaching.

  2. 02

    Read ‘My programme’

    Once I assign your programme, you can see your training days, exercises, prescribed work and coaching cues. I build the plan around your available equipment and current experience.

  3. 03

    Use ‘Log a session’

    Record the sets, reps and loads you completed, with notes on how the session went. Previous training numbers help you see what you are building on.

  4. 04

    Check in and read the reply

    Send your check-in and read my coaching reply in the portal. I use your training feedback to decide what changes next: monthly management with Foundation, or weekly check-ins and video analysis with Signature.

I can enable progress views and optional photos where they are useful for your coaching. Choose Foundation for monthly management or Signature for weekly oversight and video analysis.

If you want a coach beside you for each session, see private training in Neston. Online coaching suits people who can put the plan into practice independently.

Questions, answered

Online coaching FAQs

Use the client-portal link I provide. It runs in your browser. I assign your programme after reviewing your starting information. You can then use the portal for your training log, check-ins and my coaching replies.

You can send me a short flag between check-ins and read my coaching replies in the portal. It is not a live-chat or emergency service. Signature includes video analysis: arrange your form footage with me so I can review it.

Your programme is built around the equipment you have access to, whether that is at home or in a gym.

No. You train at your own gym or at home, using the equipment available to you. The Online Strength Diagnostic is a video call; ongoing online coaching does not require visits to The Zone.

Digital Rack is ongoing, personalised coaching with me. I use your training log and feedback to manage the next changes. Foundation includes monthly management; Signature adds weekly oversight and video review. A pre-built programme from the store is a separate purchase without personal check-ins.

Yes. Digital Rack is for people who train independently and want a coach involved in the programming decisions.

Foundation includes monthly load and volume management. Signature includes weekly check-ins, weekly programming and load adjustments, and video analysis.

Foundation keeps the programme and monthly management. Signature adds weekly oversight and video review. Ask me if you are unsure which level fits your training.

Both Foundation and Signature have a 12-week minimum commitment.

After payment clears, the session credit is unlocked. The existing booking flow then lets you select a 45-minute video-call slot.