Focused Strength

Oscar has coached me in powerlifting - both online and in-person - for a couple of years now. He has helped me improve my movement patterns, mobility and training capacity, leading to strength gains on the platform as well as increased mental fortitude!Oscar is always teaching me new things and challenging my mindset so I'm always growing as an individual and athlete. His approach is empathetic and he truly works to accommodate my needs and abilities. When I was unable to go to the gym due to COVID-19 measures, he took it in his stride and helped me to progress from home.Looking forward to continuing to work with him!

Oscar will equip you with the ability to build strength, endurance, and resilience. He is an empathetic, knowledgeable trainer. I have learnt skills that will now last a lifetime.

I started seeing Oscar at Focused Strength a little while after COVID-19 shut down the gyms and I was trying to teach myself how to train with kettlebells. I am so glad that I did - it has been a huge benefit to me and my fitness to have someone so knowledgeable and relatable helping me to improve my strength training.I never thought I would be happy to be up early and outside in the middle of winter but after every session with Oscar I've walked away feeling better and training more effectively. Oscar is definitely a 'strength geek' but is also an excellent communicator with a good sense of humour and I thoroughly recommend training with him.

I am a powerlifter and Oscar has been my coach for over 6 years. He has coached me at competition, written all my programs and is a very supportive coach. I have various long term running related injuries and he has me lifting weights I thought I would not touch again pain free. His methods are very evidence based, which means he can always explain the reasoning behind why he choses certain movements for you and how they will help you achieve your goals. He is extremely knowledgable and very adaptable, he has helped me work towards various goals over the years, including athletic, strength, and body composition. In addition, his novelty t-shirt collection is on point and he makes very good cold brew coffee.

I have been strength training for nearly 40 years, so I have worked with a lot of coaches. To get results, a coach has to be up to date on the science and to be able to put together an effective programme but also have the empathy and communication skils to help the client to achieve. Oscar excells at both aspects.

Oscar has been our personal trainer for the past six months and we have nothing but positive things to say about him. He is exceedingly knowledgeable (regularly sharing the latest research) and adaptable, so if we are tired or carrying aches or pains he is able to adjust our program. Since starting training, we have grown significantly stronger and improved fitness and mobility. Additionally, the group training sessions offered are challenging and enjoyable with great people (including us!). We cannot recommend him enough.

I’ve been training with Oscar a couple of times per week for 6 months and have noticed a huge difference in my strength, fitness and posture. We’ve been training outdoors because of the pandemic, but even with only using a limited range of equipment Oscar manages to keep sessions varied, challenging and fun. There is lots of focus on correct posture and technique to help build core strength and efficient movement. I can now confidently swing a kettlebell that I couldn’t even lift off the ground a few months ago!

I have had regular training sessions with Oscar for over a year. I have found him to be an extremely consistent, capable, competent and dynamic trainer. I have made significant gains in my physical strength, endurance and body awareness as a result of our training. Oscar uses a wide variety of training approaches to keep things interesting and varied. And most impressively Oscar was able to adapt and evolve my training program to allow me to train up until week 36 of my pregnancy as well as return to training fairly promptly in my postnatal period. I cannot recommend training with Oscar enough irrespective of your level of fitness, training experience or pregnancy status!

I've been training with Oscar for the last 5 months and he's been superb! He's extremely supportive, encouraging and knowledgeable, and I've been pleasantly surprised at how much I've learnt and how much stronger I've become. For those of us that care about these things, I can assure you that there are no whistles, there's no shouting, and there's no macho nonsense. I don't write many of these, but I have absolutely zero reservations about recommending Oscar - he is most certainly the trainer I was looking for, and is probably the one you're looking for too.

Oscar is an amazing coach. He is very patient and explains things clearly and concisely. He always explains why you are doing an exercise and how it is beneficial to your goals.Additionally, he is an all-round great guy.Under Oscars guidance, my lifts increased from 150/90/180 to 200/120/235 (squat, bench, deadlift) over an 18 month period. I was very happy with the progress I made training with Oscar.Oscar helped me with programming, technique, injury re/prehab and nutrition, as well as handled me excellently for the several powerlifting meets that I competed in.I would highly recommend Oscar as a coach.