Attention strength and powerlifting coaches:
Attract serious clients & get better results, faster. Use our proven coaching system to make more money WITHOUT having to f*ck around and find out.
Be mentored by the coach of the strongest lifters in the world. Learn a proven system that has scaled our 11 gyms and is used by hundreds of coaches around the world.
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What You'll Get
A complete coaching system with pre-recorded materials & live weekly education sessions.
- Learn the core principles of technique and programming that you'll need to bullet-proof your coaching.
- Learn exactly how to cue and problem solve SBD, using video analysis of lifters that you'll submit.
- Learn program design for every phase of programming.
- Learn business systems to ensure that your amazing coaching product actually makes you some money.
- Learn what it takes to coach powerlifters to every level, from beginner to the elite, in every aspect, including mindset, game-day strategy, the role of equipment, fatigue and recovery, weight cuts, and common injuries and setbacks.
6 months of weekly Mentoring from one of the world's best powerlifting coaches. We spread the program over 6 months to make sure you have ongoing support as you implement changes to your coaching. You can't learn everything you need about coaching in a weekend seminar. We want to make sure you get your money's worth.
Access to a community with ongoing peer support. You'll be able to ask questions and workshop ideas outside of the official teaching environment. You'll also have access to recordings of the mentoring calls and pre-recorded materials.
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Your Teacher
Thomas Lilley
Founder of ZeroW
I created ZeroW to help others find a greater purpose through strength. I started coaching in 2012 and quickly learned that I had to figure things out on my own. Being fascinated with problem-solving human movement, I quickly became really good at making people strong. In 2018, I began mentoring other coaches, which allowed me to systemise my methodology, and expand from 1 gym to 11 gyms between 2020 and 2026.
As of 2026, ZeroW has 11 gyms in 3 countries, an equipment company making world-class powerlifting equipment, over 1500 satisfied clients, and coaches some of the best lifters on the planet.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Coach Development Course is a blend of a course and a mentorship. It runs over 6 months, but the actual time commitment is only about an hour a week. We have a weekly live call which builds on pre-recorded material. All calls are recorded so you never fall behind.
The reason we spread it out is so you can take the information you're learning, apply it, and come to the group with questions or issues that we can workshop. Nothing is worse than spending a bunch of money on a weekend seminar and only learning one thing and not being able to ask questions later when you need. This style fixes that issue!
Literally everything you need to be a world-class powerlifting/strength coach. In the course, we run through 3 modules:
Module 1 – Principles. In this module, we look at the fundamental movement principles of squat, bench press and deadlift, as well as stability and programming principles.
Module 2 – Coaching. Knowing stuff is great, applying it to coaching is a whole different skill. In this module we'll go in-depth into cueing and problem-solving squat, bench press and deadlift. We'll spend a number of weeks on each, ensuring we cover every breakdown that exists in each lift. We'll then look at coaching stability. From there, we go into program design and how to build strength programming for any goal. We talk through some other topics, such as the soft skills of coaching and injuries. Finally, we speak about business and marketing.
Module 3 – Powerlifting. By this point, we've covered powerlifting technique and programming. The powerlifting module is about looking deeper through the specific lens of powerlifting. We cover things like the role of equipment, programming and technical considerations for powerlifters, performance and recovery, weight cuts, powerlifting strategies and more.
Intakes are generally limited to 15 people to allow for more cross-talk and questions. Having less people might increase the ability to interact, but also reduces the variety of problems seen and questions asked. Either way, you'll get the same great product.
All information has bias to some degree, but we make a point to outline the principles and talk about how principles can be applied. We try to do this from every angle to ensure all bases are covered. We recognise that there are multiple roads that lead to the same destination!
If you're on this page, it means your information call and intake will be run by Thomas Lilley.
Yes. The course is structured so you can apply the information as you go. You'll get a lot more out of the course if you have clientele, but it isn't altogether essential. We've had several people run the course and build successful coaching businesses out of it, even though they had no clients at the time.
This is the only coaching course on the market that TRULY teaches you how to coach. It isn't about how WE coach. It's about taking scientific principles of movement and strength development and showing how they can be applied practically. It's where science and application meet, and has been tried and tested with incredible results.
Absolutely. You won't miss a beat as everything is recorded. You are also welcome to still submit videos for review and ask questions that will be covered in the calls, even if you aren't present. Of course, your learning will be accelerated if you can attend live, but it isn't essential.