A growing directory of Oregon’s personal trainers, strength coaches, and fitness professionals, plus long-form interviews with the ones who stand out.
How This Directory Works
Most fitness directories are pay-to-play. This one is not. Trainers are added based on editorial judgment, not advertising spend. We look for the people Oregon men should actually train with. Profiles include the trainer’s background, location, specialty, training style, and how to reach them.
The interview series goes deeper. We sit down with trainers across the state and ask the questions that matter: how they came into the work, what they have learned about coaching men, what they think is overhyped in the fitness industry, and what they would tell a 40-year-old guy walking into their gym for the first time.
What Gets a Trainer Featured
- Active practice in Oregon (or in person with Oregon-based clients)
- Credentials that hold up to a real look (CSCS, CPT through a reputable certifying body, kinesiology background, sports performance background, or equivalent real-world track record)
- A coaching philosophy that respects the client, the science, and the long game
- No pressure tactics, no supplement upselling, no fake credentials
We are particularly interested in trainers who work well with men in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and beyond, recovering from injury, returning to lifting after years away, or building strength for the long haul. Bodybuilding prep coaches, powerlifters, strongmen, functional fitness pros, jiu-jitsu coaches, and rehab specialists are all welcome.
Directory by Region
Portland Metro
Profiles coming soon. Portland, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Tigard, Lake Oswego, Gresham, and East County.
Willamette Valley
Profiles coming soon. Salem, Keizer, Eugene, Springfield, Corvallis, Albany, McMinnville.
Central Oregon
Profiles coming soon. Bend, Redmond, Sisters, Prineville.
Southern Oregon
Profiles coming soon. Medford, Central Point, Ashland, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Roseburg.
Oregon Coast
Profiles coming soon. Astoria, Cannon Beach, Tillamook, Lincoln City, Newport, Florence, Coos Bay, Brookings.
Eastern Oregon
Profiles coming soon. Pendleton, La Grande, Baker City, Ontario, Burns, John Day.
Interviews
Long-form conversations with the coaches doing the most interesting work in Oregon. New interviews will appear here as they are published.
Are You a Trainer? Want to Be Featured?
If you are an Oregon-based trainer, strength coach, or fitness professional and you would like to be considered for the directory or interviewed for the series, reach out through the contact page. Tell us where you train, what you do, who you work with, and what makes the way you coach worth talking about.
If you are a reader who has trained with someone in Oregon you want to put on our radar, send their name and gym through the same form. Most of the best coaches in the state will never market themselves. The people they train are how the rest of us find them.