Structured strength coaching built for demanding schedules, high-stress weeks, and the long game.
Located at MUV Fitness Tanasbourne in Hillsboro.
Serving Portland's west side.

18 Years Coaching Strength
Former Gym Owner
Competitive Lifters and Everyday Athletes
MUV Fitness — Tanasbourne, Hillsboro OR

This is for you if:
You have been lifting on and off for years and the pattern is getting old
Your schedule is demanding and most programs fall apart when life gets complicated
You want to build real strength not just look busy in the gym
You are a former athlete who wants to train with that same standard again
You value a structured system over random workouts and motivation-dependent routines
This is not for you if:
You are looking for a generic cardio program or group fitness class
You want a four-week shred with no regard for what comes after
You are not willing to commit to a defined structure and clear progression

In 2020, everything came apart at once.COVID ended my gym — a facility I had built and operated for over a decade. The income was gone. The identity built around it went with it.Shortly after, I ruptured my Achilles and was unable to walk.My family converted a school bus into a home while I was still on crutches.For a period, we lived without electricity. Longer without running water.I borrowed a car to interview for work and rode a bicycle to the job that followed. Some shifts started at 1 a.m.I cleared space in an old barn and trained there every morning before work.

That season did not produce a philosophy.It revealed one.I was no longer a lifter chasing records. I was a man training so he could show up for work and still have something left for his family.The conditions were not favorable. The structure held anyway.Not perfect.
Not optimized.
Unbroken.The Unbroken Strength Framework is built on what that season made clear: a durable system does not assume cooperation from the calendar.It plans for disruption from the beginning, defines what will be protected, and adjusts everything else.The unbroken thread of consistent practice, maintained through the difficult weeks, is worth more than any single peak performance.
Built around real schedules, not ideal weeks.

The Unbroken Strength Framework is built on four principles:
Position: Movement quality before load. The foundation does not shift.
Pressure: Appropriate stress applied with intention. Not more. Not less.
Progression: Sustainable overload over time. Strength built in months, not days.
Practice: Consistency through disruption. Structure that survives what motivation cannot.
Volume adjusts. Accessories shift. The foundation does not.
Coaching with me at MUV Fitness Tanasbourne is a defined system, not a collection of workouts.Here is what that looks like in practice:
MUV Fitness – TanasbourneI work at MUV Fitness in Tanasbourne with a limited number of clients — not as a scarcity tactic, but because this work requires attention.Coaching done well is not high volume. It is high standard.
This is not random workouts or reactive programming. It is a defined system built around your current capacity, your schedule, and a clear progression model.You will know what you are doing, why you are doing it, and what comes next.If you are local and serious about building strength that holds up across real life, this is where that starts.
THE PROCESSApplication
A short form covering your goals, schedule, and training history. This determines whether the fit is right before either of us invests further time.Consultation
A movement assessment and goal alignment session. The starting point is established here — honest, accurate, and without ego.Structured Start
Individualized programming, defined progression, and a clear standard from day one. No confusion about what the work is or how to measure it.
The Unbroken Strength Framework

Most programs are built for the moment of commitment, not the months that follow.They have no answer for the difficult week — no compression protocol, no defined floor, no guidance for when the schedule does not cooperate.The Unbroken Strength Framework was designed around that week first.This is an eight-week system built on four principles:Posture
Pressure
Position
ProgressionIt meets you where you are and builds forward from there — across two, three, or four training days depending on what life allows.The structure adjusts. The principles do not.
INSIDE THE FRAMEWORK

A complete eight-week progression model with programming templates for two, three, and four training days so the system functions regardless of what the week allows.
A layered lifestyle structure covering nutrition, hydration, and sleep introduced in sequence across eight weeks so each behavior is established before the next is added.
A defined floor. The minimum effective session, the high-stress compression model, and a clear protocol for the weeks when conditions are not favorable. Planned in advance so there is no decision to make when the difficult week arrives.
A behavioral progression model that builds from observation to structure to identity — not through motivation, but through repeated kept commitments.
Video Library Add-On Block

The framework includes a complete video library covering all main lifts and developmental exercises in the system.Breathing, rooting, & bracing.
Foundational movement patterns.
Barbell primary lifts.Each one filmed with the same standard the book is written to, not as demonstration for its own sake, but as a reference tool for the work itself.The sequence matters.A goblet squat precedes a barbell squat. A kettlebell deadlift precedes a loaded barbell hinge. The video library follows that order.Beginners use it to build position before load is introduced.Intermediate and advanced lifters use it to audit mechanics under weight.Every primary lift is covered.
Every foundational pattern is covered.Breathing, rooting, and bracing, the principles that make the rest of the system function, are demonstrated before any loaded movement appears.The videos are not a supplement to the framework. They are part of it.
Use it as your foundation.
Your reset.
Or your entry point into structure.The goal is not a peak. It is a practice that does not require restarting.

You do not need perfect conditions. You need a system designed for the ones you actually have.Strength that adapts to conditions is durable. Strength that depends on them is fragile. The difference is not effort. It is architecture. It is building a practice that remainsUNBROKEN.If you are ready to build something that holds — across the difficult weeks, the shortened sessions, the seasons when nothing cooperates — the work starts below.