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Contest prep coach near St. Louis.

Prep coaching for the St. Louis circuit from a coach whose own record was written on it: the NPC Midwest in St. Louis, the Missouri State in St. Charles, and the overall title.

Coach JR training hard with a barbell during prep

A record written on your circuit

Every placing on my record happened within an hour of St. Louis: second in class at the 2022 NPC Midwest, seventh at the 2025 NPC Midwest, and then the 2026 NPC Missouri State Championships in St. Charles, where I won Men’s Physique Class D, Masters 35+, and the overall title at a national qualifier.

For a competitor targeting these stages, that local record carries practical weight. I know these venues, these backstage rhythms, these judging panels’ preferences, and the caliber of physique it takes to hold center stage here, because I have been compared against it and, most recently, been it.

The full prep system, locally rooted

St. Louis area prep clients get the complete system: assessment with honest timeline math, training and nutrition structure, weekly data-driven check-ins, posing woven through the prep, and a written peak week and show-day plan.

Local also means logistics get easier. Tanning, registration, venue quirks, hotel-or-drive decisions for St. Charles: I have solved these for my own preps, and my clients inherit the answers.

Metro East, Missouri side, or online

In-person training happens in the Alton and Godfrey area, thirty minutes from downtown St. Louis. Full remote prep is available for competitors further out, with the same check-in structure I have run online since 2020.

The best time to start a prep conversation is before you think you need to. Timeline math is free, and honest.

Questions, answered

Which shows do your St. Louis area clients typically target?

The area circuit includes the NPC Midwest Championships in St. Louis and the NPC Missouri State Championships in St. Charles, plus others within reasonable driving distance. Helping you pick the right one for your timeline is part of the coaching.

Do you coach prep clients in person or online?

Both. Metro East and St. Louis clients often train in person in the Alton and Godfrey area and handle check-ins online, which is exactly how the system is designed to work.

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Tell me where you are and where you want to be. I will tell you honestly what it takes to get there.

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