Nerve Strength Systems

Have
the nerve.

Coaching and programming for lifters who want more — built by a competitor, for competitors. NRV is having the nerve to take that next step.

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Powerlifting Coach in Fort Collins, Colorado

Nerve Strength Systems (NRV) is a powerlifting coaching service based in Fort Collins, CO, coaching lifters across Northern Colorado and online anywhere. Whether you are training for your first meet or chasing a national total, you get programming built around your squat, bench press, and deadlift — from a coach with 8 years competing and more than 50 athletes coached, from first-time lifters to world champions.

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What nerve means

Nerve Strength Systems is powerlifting coaching and programming — pre-built programs, custom programs, and 1-on-1 coaching, all built around one thing: getting your total up.

NRV stands for nerve — doing something even when you're nervous. The nerves are the cue. If you're nervous, that means you should do it. Nervous is the signal to go.

That's the standard behind every program and every meet day: feel the nerves, and go anyway.

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"do it nervous"
— the nerve standard

Built on the platform

NRV coaches lifters chasing real totals — and the results back it up. At the 2026 IDFPA World Championships, two NRV athletes won their weight classes. The same standard goes into every program, whether it's your first meet or your fiftieth.

9-for-9 at the IDFPA World Championships, with a world-record squat.

Jasmine Hernandez
IDFPA World Champion — 48 kg · 367.5 kg total

World champion in his weight class at the IDFPA World Championships.

Sebas Garza
IDFPA World Champion — 60 kg · 575 kg total

9-for-9 at the Collegiate Cup, with PRs on squat, bench, and deadlift.

Hailey Kamphuis
1st in class, 56 kg · 310 kg total
A large team of powerlifters wearing medals at a USA Powerlifting meet
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What lifters say

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★★★★★

"Great prices and extremely effective coaching! Added 50 lbs to my squat 5-rep PR in just two months after being a powerlifter for 6 years!"

Cade Deal
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★★★★★

"He really helped me on bench. He gave me a routine to follow and helped fix my form and it increased my bench by 20 pounds in a month and a half."

Luke Stein
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★★★★★

"great coaching advice, i was stuck at a 515 deadlift and he help me get up to 545!"

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