Coach TJ, Founder & Head Coach in Graham, WA
Coach TJ founded 4F Coaching in 2013 to bring real coaching — not just access to equipment — to Graham. He specializes in Pain-Free Performance, helping members train around aches, injuries and past surgeries.
Who is Coach TJ? Coach TJ has been coaching full time since 2013, with tens of thousands of training sessions and clients across a broad spectrum. After a 2008 head-on collision left doctors telling him he would never walk unassisted again, he rebuilt his own body through fitness and nutrition — and turned that experience into a mission to help others do the same.
“I was told I'd never walk again. Now I help other people take their lives back. Everyone deserves a coach in their corner.”
My Story
In 2008, TJ was in a head-on collision that put him in the hospital for 30 days with a hip surgery and multiple spine and neurological injuries. Doctors told him he would never walk on his own again without some form of assistance. At 20 years old, he fell into a dark depression and spent the next two years in a wheelchair, believing it was his new normal.
He got sick and tired of being sick and tired, and took his health back into his own hands. Through fitness and nutrition he overcame that dark place. Within the first year of exercising, he no longer needed help to walk — he threw out his cane, crutches, and wheelchair. That is where his passion was born.
TJ changed career paths to become a certified personal trainer. His first jobs were in physical therapy clinics, working beside brilliant doctors with patients facing paralysis, strokes, and knee and hip replacements. That gave him a unique skill set and the confidence to help almost anybody achieve a better life through fitness and nutrition coaching.
Professionally coaching full time since 2013, TJ has performed tens of thousands of training sessions. He studies fitness and nutrition daily and has mentored many coaches, holding a gold standard for himself and his team. His life's mission is to share this life-changing knowledge with as many people as he possibly can.
Certifications
- NASM Certified Personal Trainer
- NASM Fitness Nutrition Specialization
- Pain-Free Performance Specialist
- Pain-Free Performance Programming Expert Certification
- TRX Certified
- CPR, AED, First Aid (Infant through Adult)
- Coaching at 4F since 2013. NASM Partner Approved Facility.
Who I Love Coaching
Members who've been told their body can't do something — post-surgery, chronic pain, years away from training. If you've been written off, I'm your coach.
Members who trained with TJ
“I'd avoided gyms for years because of my back. TJ built a plan around it instead of around his ego. I'm stronger now than I was in my 30s.”
“After 14 years of desk-job back pain, TJ coached me to zero pain in five months — working alongside my doctor. I have my life back.”
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