About your coach
ABOUT YOUR COACH
Hi, I'm Olenka ☺️ I've been a Personal Trainer and Online Strength Coach for about 5 years, and coaching is something I'm truly passionate about. But my relationship with fitness wasn't always this healthy. Since I was young, I was very self-conscious about my body. I got into bodybuilding and eventually competed in a show, and while I was proud of what I accomplished, the constant focus on how I looked, what I weighed, and whether I was eating "perfectly" eventually took over. After my show, I found myself stuck in a really unhealthy cycle with food. I was constantly thinking about food, my weight, and how my body looked, and I'd swing between being extremely restrictive and binge eating. I knew I didn't want fitness to feel like that anymore. That's when I found powerlifting. Instead of measuring my progress by the number on the scale or whether I thought I looked "good enough," I started measuring it by what I could DO. I got excited about adding 5 pounds to my squat. I celebrated hitting a new bench PR. I started eating because I wanted to perform well, recover, and get stronger, NOT because I was trying to make the number on the scale smaller. And something clicked. My relationship with food became so much better. I stopped obsessing over being perfect. I learned how to fuel my body instead of constantly trying to control it. And ironically, I ended up feeling more confident in my body than I ever had when aesthetics were my entire focus. That experience completely changed the way I look at fitness, and the way I coach.
My own training taught me that getting strong is about more than how you look. It's about being proud of something hard you finished, trusting what your body can do, and building habits that outlast a single training block.
You don't have to spend your life chasing a smaller body.
You can train to become stronger, more capable, and more confident instead. That's what I want for my clients. Of course, building strength can change your physique too. But I want you to experience all of the other things that come with getting stronger: being proud of yourself for accomplishing something hard, trusting your body, developing discipline, creating healthy habits, and actually enjoying the process. I believe good things take time, which is why I won't promise you a quick fix or an overnight transformation. But if you're willing to invest in yourself, be patient with the process, and trust the work, I can help you build strength, improve your relationship with fitness, and create habits that actually last.
How I coach
COACHING BUILT AROUND YOU
I coach powerlifting and general strength with the same approach: your training should fit your life, not the other way around. Your programming is built around your schedule, your equipment, your experience, your goals, and how you're actually responding to training. Most of my clients are busy people who want to get stronger without living in the gym. We train the competition lifts, work on your weaknesses, track your progress, and adjust things when life inevitably happens. Because you're not just following a program. You're building a stronger version of yourself.
Most of my clients are busy people who want to get stronger without living in the gym. We train the competition lifts, we work the weaknesses, and we keep track of everything so progress is something you can actually see.
THE KOVA WAY
FIND YOUR STRENGTH.
Strength isn't only the number on the bar. It's the confidence that follows you out of the gym and into everything else.