Helping you become more fully alive, starting with fitness.
I’m Josh Kennedy, a National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) certified personal trainer, online coach, and content creator.
My mission is to help people become more fully alive. I help people build strength, confidence, mindsets, and habits that give them more freedom to participate in their lives. That might mean feeling comfortable in the gym, having more energy for family, pursuing a physical challenge you’ve been thinking about for years, or just feeling happier in your body.
I especially enjoy working with beginners and people finding their way back to fitness. There’s something meaningful about helping someone discover what they’re capable of, and watching that confidence carry into the rest of their life.
From Desk job to coaching
Before becoming a full time coach, I earned my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from UT Austin and worked in accounting, consulting, and project management as a CPA.
I know what it’s like to fit training around a demanding job and reach the end of the workday with limited energy. That experience shapes my approach: a useful plan needs to account for your schedule, responsibilities, and capacity.
I eventually left corporate work to pursue the purpose I found in coaching. Today, I bring that same attention to structure and problem-solving to helping people build healthier lives.
Josh Kennedy
My Coaching Style
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You’ll have a clear plan and schedule, with room and flexibility because real life is unpredictable.
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I’ll celebrate your wins, challenge you when appropriate, and help you work through obstacles without shame. My clients become my people, and I will be invested in your success in and out of the gym!
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I take a no-nonsense, evidence-based approached to my training. I explain what we’re doing and why, so you become more confident and capable in your training.
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My coaching is LGBTQ+ affirming and grounded in respect for your identity, body, background, and starting point.
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We’ll build routines you can return to through busy periods, imperfect weeks, and changing priorities. The goal is for you to build the habits and experience to eventually be able to do this on your own!
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A lot of male coaches tend to think all of their clients should train like bodybuilders. I am not one of those. Your program should feel right and make sense for your goals, preferences, lifestyles, and body type.
Experience
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NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Nutrition Coach
Masters and Bachelors in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin
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I’ve worked with people across different life stages, experience levels, and goals, including:
Strength and body composition: building muscle, improving strength, losing fat, and body-recomposition.
Performance & Competition: preparing for 10Ks, half-marathons, marathons, HYROX, and powerlifting.
Everyday fitness: developing cardiovascular fitness, balance, coordination, and the strength to participate more confidently in daily life.
Confidence and consistency: working through gym anxiety, building sustainable habits, and developing a more positive relationship with exercise and food.
Training alongside recovery: supporting exercise alongside physical therapy following surgery, with programming informed by the client’s care team’s guidance.
I’ve also worked with clients with a wide range of health considerations, disabilities, and neurodivergent experiences, including:
Diabetes, PCOS, obesity, hyper-mobility, ADHD, and autism, among many others.
We’ll discuss how your circumstances affect your training, what support you find helpful, and any guidance from your healthcare team. Your program should reflect you as an individual.
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My own training has spanned competitive swimming, bodybuilding, distance running, powerlifting, and strongman. Exploring different disciplines has given me an appreciation for the many reasons people choose to move and challenge themselves.
My background in accounting, consulting, and project management brings organization, problem-solving, and an understanding of demanding work schedules to my coaching.
My Fitness Philosophies
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My goal is to create a welcoming and inclusive space in the fitness community where ALL people - all fitness levels, income levels, gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, sexualities, etc. - feel like they belong and are supported, motivated, and confident.
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The number one driver for your success is building an environment, lifestyle, and habits that allow you to be consistent. I work very closely with my clients to meet them where they’re at and ensure that their plans are practical and fit to their unique needs, so they’re able to maintain consistency.
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No one’s fitness journey will be perfect, but if you do the right things a large majority of the time- and for an extended period of time- things will fall into place. I’m here to give you the structure, knowledge, and accountability you need to get to where you want to be.
beyond the Gym
Outside of coaching, I create content about fitness, self-improvement, masculinity, and the politics that shape those spaces. I challenge the shame, exclusion, and authoritarian messaging that can show up in fitness culture, and advocate for spaces where more people feel welcome and empowered to participate.
I’m especially passionate about helping young men explore a version of masculinity with room for compassion, emotional honesty, connection, and strength. Through my content and future advocacy, I want to help people build confidence in themselves and a greater sense of responsibility toward one another.
Away from work, you’ll find me outdoors, spending time with my corgi, Lenny, hanging out with my nieces and nephews, experimenting in the kitchen, or cozied up watching a good anime or reading a sci-fi novel.
To me, becoming more fully alive means having the freedom to be yourself, connect deeply with others, and participate in the things you care about.
