KILO Education

This past weekend was the Body Recomposition Seminar with this extra fine group of coaches and it was another extra special one.

It was special because of the people in the room.

And because at the end, no one really said goodbye.

Everyone said, “see you again.”

This was the official final seminar hosted at our own headquarters, and this group made it everything we could have hoped for.

To be clear, this does not mean the end of KILO education experiences.

It means the next chapter begins.

From here, these weekends will continue inside other facilities, in other communities, around the world.

The mission stays the same.

And honestly, this group was the perfect reminder of why we do what we do.

Coaches who are not satisfied with doing the bare minimum.

Coaches who want to think deeper than the industry expects them to.

Coaches who show up, support each other, learn together, and smile.

No egos.

Coaches who care enough to ask better questions, refine their systems, and create better outcomes for their clients.

That is what makes a KILO coach different.

They are building skill.
They are building trust.
They are building careers that last because they are helping clients make progress that lasts.

And in this industry, progress is everything, and retention is the real measure of success.

To everyone who showed up this weekend, thank you.

Thank you for your attention, your energy, your questions, your effort, and your willingness to keep raising the standard with us.

This is why we do what we do.

And this community is what makes it all worth it.

See you again fam, somewhere in the world 🙌

This is what growth looks like. Serious coaches only. LFG.

The future of this industry is not going to be shaped by the loudest coaches.

It is going to be shaped by the coaches who keep showing up to learn.

The ones who take the craft seriously.

The ones who ask better questions.

The ones who care about the athlete, not just the exercise.

The ones who know that being a great coach requires more than confidence, it requires responsibility.

Coaches who want to raise the standard.

Coaches who are willing to be coached.

Coaches who understand that education is not something you finish, it is something you commit to.

Because the industry does not need more shortcuts.

It does not need more people pretending they have it all figured out.

It needs coaches who are willing to sit in the room, take notes, listen closely, think critically, and leave better than they came.

That is the kind of community we are proud to build.

And that is the kind of coach we are grateful to work with.

Martijn and Manu came in from Belgium, where they own BEYOND Personal Training and attended this past weekend’s Sports Performance Seminar. Today, they completed a Private Mentorship with Steph going through two macrocycle case studies utilizing the Sports Performance Seminar systems.

A cool full-circle moment, Martijn was our first ever student from Belgium back in 2018, when he completed his first Private Mentorship with Steph and then came again for the OG Hypertrophy Training Camp.

Since then, KILO’s Belgium community has grown in a big way. We now have 25 Level 1 Coaches in Belgium, and over 100 students from Belgium have taken courses with us.

We first met Manu in our Antwerp Seminar last summer!

Thank you for your continued support over the years. It has been awesome to watch your growth as a coach, your success with BEYOND, and of course, how much mass you have added to yourself along the way.

Next time we see you, we’ll be in Belgium!

This past weekend was special.

Not just because of the material. Not just because of the hours spent breaking down sport performance, coaching decisions and the details that move the needle.

It was special because of the people in the room.

A room full of coaches who get it.

Coaches who care enough to keep learning.
Coaches who ask better questions.
Coaches who want to sharpen their eye, raise their standard, and become the kind of professionals athletes can actually trust.

That kind of room is rare.

And honestly, if you missed it, you missed more than a seminar.

You missed the conversations between sessions.

You missed the “aha” moments.

You missed the energy of being surrounded by people who are just as obsessed with getting better as you are.

You missed the reminder that coaching is not just a job, it is a responsibility.

We are so grateful for every single person who showed up, leaned in, asked questions, took notes, trained, laughed, connected, and helped make this community what it is.

KILO has never just been about information.

It has always been about building a standard, and finding the people who are willing to live up to it.

This weekend reminded us again that those people are out there.

And they are damn good coaches.

The A Series is the crème de la crème. The meat and potatoes. The main event.

It’s not just where the session starts. It’s what gives the session direction.

This is where strength is built.

Your biggest lifts live here.
Your highest outputs happen here.
Your progress is determined here.

If the A Series isn’t progressing, neither are you.

Everything else in the session exists to support it.

Not replace it. Not distract from it.

That’s why it takes the most time, the most focus, and the most intent.

Because consistent strength gains don’t come from half-assed work.

They come from repeatedly getting better at the lifts that matter most.

If you want continuous progress, start here.

The B Series is not just where you put “the other exercises.”

It is where assistance work should actually assist.

That sounds obvious, but a lot of programs lose structure here.

The A Series might make sense, then the B Series becomes whatever press and pull variation the coach likes that month.

For upper body programming, the B1 should support the A1. If the A1 is a primary pressing movement, the B1 should usually stay in the pressing family, but complement the angle rather than repeat it.

The B2 should usually shift toward scapular retraction because the A2 already gave you chin-up work, which heavily emphasizes scapular depression.

That means the row is not just a row. The grip, width, angle, and placement should all make sense inside the session and across the week.

Assistance work is the bridge between the primary work and the structures that need more development.

Save this if your B Series needs more logic behind it.

Coaches will write a clean A Series, a decent B Series, then finish the session with whatever shoulder, arm, or band exercise they feel like doing that day.

That is not the end of the world, but it is a missed opportunity.

The remedial work should still follow a logic.

It should support the main patterns, address the structures that need more strength, and fit inside the time constraints of the session.

Save this if your “accessory work” needs to grow up or dive deep in the Program Design Course.

The A Series is where strength is actually built. If that’s not loaded properly, nothing else in the session fixes it.

This post is simplified on purpose.

This is the version you can send to your clients so they actually understand how to approach their main lifts.

If you want to go deeper into this, listen to Episode 2 and Episode 100 of Between 2 Racks 🎙️

We all know that coach…

The one on the floor who doesn’t need to say much, but everyone listens when they do.

They’re respected by every member and every coach.

Not because they’re loud, because they’re consistent.

They’re confident, not cocky.
Calm, not passive.

There’s a presence about them you can’t fake.

They don’t chase attention.
They don’t hide behind complexity.
They don’t need to prove anything with flashy programming.

They lead by example, set the standard, and hold it.

You watch them coach a basic movement and somehow it looks different.

Cleaner.
More precise.
More effective.

That’s not by accident.

That’s years of mastering the basics, refining the details, and doing it over and over again.

Some of you are thinking of a coach that is exactly who I’m talking about.

Some of you are that coach.

And if you’re not yet, that’s the target.

Master the basics.
Coach with confidence.

Because the coaches who last, and the ones who earn real respect don’t hide behind bravado.

They show up and do it right.

Every time.