01Why
Why strength, and why it matters
Your body isn't yours by accident and it isn't yours to neglect. It's on loan, it's the thing you do all your work through, and it's the thing your family depends on you having. Getting stronger is one of the plainest ways to take that seriously.
I'm not going to oversell it. Scripture is clear that physical training has real but limited value next to godliness, and I'd rather say that out loud than pretend the squat rack is a means of grace. It isn't. It's stewardship — ordinary, unglamorous, and worth doing well.
That's the frame I coach inside. You don't have to share it. If you're not a Christian and you want a coach who'll take your training seriously, you're welcome here and I'll do the same work for you. I'm just not going to be quiet about why I do it.
Bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things. 1 Timothy 4:8
02Your coach
Matthew Majeika
Strength coach · Rhode Island
I coach men who want to steward their bodies well and actually get stronger doing it.
Your programming is written for you — around your schedule, your equipment and your training history. I read your log every week and tell you plainly what I find in it, and next week gets adjusted on what actually happened.
Twelve clients at a time, so that reading every log every week stays a real promise.
03How it works
What a week actually looks like
The program is the easy part. The week is where coaching either happens or doesn't.
I call it the weekly loop — five steps, every client, every week.
Your sessions are waiting in the app
Written for you, not pulled off a shelf. Sets, loads, and targets already filled in when you walk in.
You log what you did
Including the days it went badly. Especially those. A log that only records good sessions is useless to both of us.
I read the numbers
Every client, every week. Volume trends, missed sessions, lifts that have stopped moving.
You hear from me about what I found
Specific, not a form letter. If your volume jumped fourfold in two weeks, we talk about that before something gives.
Next week gets adjusted
Based on what happened, not on what the plan said should have happened.
04What clients say
Their words, not mine.
The first one was posted publicly — the link goes to the original so you can read it in context.
PSA: Do not send lifting videos to @majeikstagram unless you are prepared for:
- Constructive criticism
- Knowledgable insight
- Measurable results
- Tailored lifts
- Increasing capacity beyond the perceived threshold
- Consistency in care and details
Something I was not expecting — your ability and willingness to work with me in fatigue management. Things have gotten overloaded before and you helped me with scheduling and pushing me.
After consistently training, my desire for self improvement began to span into other areas of my life.
over five weeks
A current client’s last five weeks. Shared with his permission, name withheld.
Read it as adherence, not as a record chart. Every square is a session he was programmed and did. That’s a man training the same way whether or not he felt like it.
05Pricing
Two ways to work together
Both are month to month. Cancel whenever — though give it three months before you judge it, because that's roughly when the numbers start telling a clear story.
Programming
For men who mostly need the plan to be right.
- A Week One Assessment, filmed and reviewed, so your baselines are set before anything is written
- Individually written programming, delivered in the app
- Built around your schedule, equipment, and history
- Your training log reviewed every week, and a message from me about what I find in it
- Programming adjusted week to week, not monthly
- Message me anytime, reply within two days
Programming and technique review
Eyes on your lifts all year.
Everything in Programming, plus
- Send video of any set through the app — no limit on how much
- Video feedback back within one business day, not a paragraph of notes
- Same turnaround on anything else you send me
- Technique corrected before it becomes an injury
- A thirty-minute call with me once a month, one to one
I coach twelve men at a time. That's the number where I can still read every log every week and mean it. When it's full, it's full, and I'll tell you rather than take your money and thin the work out.
06Is it for you
Whether this is a fit
I'd rather turn you down now than take three months of your money and disappoint you.
A good fit if you're someone who
- Can train at least three days a week, consistently
- Has access to a barbell, plates, and a rack
- Will log your sessions honestly, bad ones included
- Wants to get stronger over months, not transformed in six weeks
- Would rather hear the truth about your training than be encouraged
Not a fit if you're looking for
- A meal plan, macros, or anything primarily about weight loss
- Rehab for an injury no clinician has looked at
- A program to download and run on your own
- Daily check-ins and constant motivation
- Powerlifting meet prep or competitive peaking
07Questions
Questions men ask before starting
What happens in the first week?
You don't start training blind. Week one is an assessment, not a program: a handful of lifts worked up to a hard set of five, so I have real numbers instead of a guess off a form. You film it, and I go through the footage alongside the numbers. Your first written block comes off the back of that.
Do I have to be a Christian?
No. The name says what I'm about and I'm not going to hide it, but you don't have to share it to train with me. I coach anyone who wants to get stronger and will do the work. What you won't get is a coach who pretends he has no reason for any of this.
Do I need a gym?
A barbell, plates, a rack, and somewhere to pull from the floor covers almost everything I write. A commercial gym is fine. A decent garage setup is fine. If you're working with dumbbells only, say so when you get in touch and I'll be straight about whether I can do good work with that.
I'm out of shape and embarrassed about it. Is that a problem?
No, and it's more common than you think. The first few weeks will feel conservative on purpose, because I need to see how you move and recover before loading you up. Nobody starts strong. Starting is the part most men never do.
What if I miss sessions?
You will, and the log keeps them. Missed sessions are information, not a mark against you. What matters is the pattern: one bad week is life, six weeks of drift is something we should talk about.
How fast will I see progress?
Strength is slow and it's measurable, which is both the good news and the bad news. Expect the numbers to tell a clear story around three months. Before that there's too much noise to read much into it.
Do you do nutrition?
Not as a service. I'll tell you to eat enough to support the training you're doing. If you need real nutrition work, I'd rather point you to someone who does it properly than do it badly myself.
Is this online only?
Yes. I'm an online strength coach based in Rhode Island, which means you can be anywhere and train in whatever gym you already use.
Can I cancel?
Any time, and you keep access through the end of the month you've paid for. A message is enough. No call, no talking you out of it.
There's room right now.
Tell me what you're training for and where you're starting from. If I'm not the right coach, I'll say so and try to point you somewhere better.
Ask about a spotChoose your hard. Either embrace the immediate physical challenge of training now, or the future challenge of a body unable to handle age. Walker, former client