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Coach. Author. Gym owner.
ANDY BAKER · EST. 2005

More Strength. More Muscle. No gimmicks.

Done-for-you training programs from Andy Baker, co-author of Practical Programming for Strength Training and The Barbell Prescription. Twenty years of coaching intermediate-to-advanced lifters, IPF-level clients, and thousands of average guys who are tired of being average.

20+ Years
coaching
2 Books
co-authored
400+ Club
members
IPF Masters World
Champion coached
2007 Gym
owner since
§02 · Who this is for

You've been lifting for years.
Your programming
hasn't kept up.

You're past the novice phase. You know what hard work means. Training is a priority. You haven't missed a training week in longer than you can remember.

But you're honest enough to know your program could be better.

You're tired of failing to hit numbers you should have hit years ago. And you aren't getting any younger.

Maybe you spent a decade chasing barbell strength and realized you're strong but don't look like it. Maybe you're over 40 and the programs written for 22-year-olds are starting to break you down. Maybe you're a garage lifter running the same thing you wrote for yourself three years ago and wondering why the numbers stopped moving.

You don't need another app. You don't need a 12-week transformation. You need programming written by someone who's been doing this longer than most coaches have been alive, for lifters exactly like you.

§03 · Three ways to train with Andy

Pick your level.
Get to work.

Tier 01

Programs

$25 to $89
One-time. Yours forever.

Done-for-you training templates. Sets, reps, percentages, progressions, assistance work. Download and start tomorrow.

For lifters who know what they want. Grab a program that matches your goal and run it.

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Tier 03

Custom
Coaching

$900 / $1,600 / $2,400

Fully custom programming built for you. Questionnaire covers goals, schedule, equipment, injury history, everything. Video analysis of your lifts included.

For lifters who want every detail tailored. Meet prep, complex schedules, rehab considerations, the works.

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§04 · Programs

Eighteen programs.
One question:
what are you training for?

Power-building, pure strength, hypertrophy, meet prep, or minimal-equipment garage training. Each program is done-for-you: exercises, sets, reps, percentages, and progressions included.

Not sure where to start? Take the program finder.

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§05 · Baker Barbell Club

Weekly programming.
Written by Andy.
Delivered to your inbox.

Three programming tracks every week, programmed fresh and sent every Sunday night. Designed for a 60-90 minute session in a garage gym or commercial gym. Sets, reps, exercise selection, progressions. All of it.

You get access to all three tracks. Pick the one that fits your goals.

Membership includes access to the private community for form checks, programming questions, and direct access to Andy.

Track 01

Conjugate

Most popular

Based on the Westside Barbell method, tailored to the everyday lifter. Maximal strength, power, and hypertrophy in one program.

Track 02

Basic Barbell

Old-school, barebones strength training. Built around a garage or basement gym. A barbell and a rack is all you need.

Track 03

Bodybuilding

Serious mass and physique work. Requires full commercial-gym access.

$27/month
Cancel anytime. No contracts, no commitments, no risk.

Over 400 members, most training 3-4 days a week, most over 35.

Coaching since 2005
§06 · About Andy

Co-author.
Gym owner.
Still coaching every week.

Andy Baker has been coaching lifters since 2005 and running his own gym, Baker Personal Training (formerly Kingwood Strength & Conditioning), since 2007. His clients range from Division I college athletes and IPF world champions to lifters in their 70s and 80s, and everyone in between.

He co-authored Practical Programming for Strength Training, 3rd Edition with Mark Rippetoe and The Barbell Prescription: Strength Training for Life After 40 with Dr. Jonathon Sullivan. Both books are still among the most-referenced texts in barbell training.

Andy holds the NSCA's highest credentials, is a USA Weightlifting and Starting Strength certified coach, and competed as a raw, drug-free powerlifter. He won the 2010 NASA Grand Nationals in the 198 lb raw division with a 529 squat, 380 bench, and 562 deadlift.

He served in the United States Marine Corps from 2003 to 2007, including multiple combat tours in Iraq.

IPF Masters World Champion, 2022

Andy coached Shelly Stettner to a 1st place finish at the IPF Masters World Championships in the M4 class. She was 71.

Practical Programming for Strength Training, 3rd edition, by Mark Rippetoe and Andy Baker
Co-author · Rippetoe

Practical Programming for Strength Training

The Barbell Prescription: Strength Training for Life After 40, by Dr. Jonathon Sullivan and Andy Baker
Co-author · Sullivan

The Barbell Prescription

§07 · From the blog

Free programming articles.
No paywall, no signup required.

№ 01 · Featured

A Simple, Complete Guide to Conjugate (Westside) Training

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№ 02

Structuring 12-Week Heavy-Light-Medium Programs

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№ 03

Why the 8-5-2 Program Works (In a Nutshell)

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№ 04

Top Set / Back-Off Set Programming

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№ 05

Training on Imperfect Schedules

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§08 · The free program

Free program: the 6-Week Bench Press Program.

A complete 6-week bench press program with sets, reps, and progressions laid out.

§09 · Next step

Pick a path.
Get to work.

Browse the full catalog, join the Club, or grab the free bench program and see for yourself.

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