Cole Coaches

A week in my life • Easter break edition

Monday • AM monitoring session followed by data collection - absolute pleasure to be involved in this research project with the team 🥋

Tuesday • Deadlifts + work at

Wednesday • Olympic S&C session , paused squats, and a great S&C session with finishing up their performance testing in partnership with MMU 🎓

Thursday • Work at UoM + Para S&C testing with the AGB squad. Last bit of hard work before Aquatics GB champs next week 🏊‍♂️

Friday • Bank holiday bench 122.5kg x1 PB

Saturday • All day shift at UoM

Sunday • Squats, grub, and bevvies with the boys

Beautiful day out Manchester central qualifier.

Squats and deads were picture perfect👌 executed exactly to plan and a few kgs left in the tank. Bench… not so much. Just glad to be on the board.

Squat: 177.5kg ⚪️⚪️⚪️
185kg ⚪️⚪️⚪️
190kg ⚪️⚪️⚪️

Bench: 107.5kg🔴⚪️🔴
115kg 🔴🔴⚪️
115kg 🔴⚪️⚪️ (phew😮‍💨)

Deadlift: 192.5kg ⚪️⚪️⚪️
202.5kg ⚪️⚪️⚪️
210kg ⚪️⚪️⚪️

Total: 515kg (+112.5kg PB)

Bw: 91.2kg (+9kg PB)

I honestly love this. Haven’t officially been on the platform in 2+ years but there’s something innately special about competition that will always bring me back.

Shoutout to the squad competing on the day, and team for the support, and for the ever masterful coaching. Training continues as we head home for the holidays🗽

Dedicated🖤



Over a year now working with and the team. An amazing group of people to be surrounded by and an incredibly positive influence on the sport of powerlifting. Thank you all🙏

My name is Cole Whitehead and a great deal of who I am revolves around being an athlete. I have spent the past two decades in sport, from winning national medals to being shot down with injuries. Each and every repetition, victory and loss.

I’ve also always been a teacher. I tried teaching my younger sister everything there was to life during our childhood (though she refused to listen), taught and learned from my highschool soccer and track teams and would go on to learn to coach in university.

I’ve since had the pleasure of working with countless athletes and people from all walks of life, each with their own stories, reasons and drive. As their coach and teacher, it’s my job to give all these individuals the best possible chance at achieving what they want out of training and life. I have and will continue to give my best effort to achieve this. I hope you join me for the journey along the way.