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For strength coaches with reps on the floor · £250/mo

You're a great strength coach. You're just invisible online.

The SHIFT turns your coaching skill into a real online business that runs alongside your gym work. No influencer stuff, no cold-DM grind. A system, clear positioning, and £1-2K of new income in your first 90 days.

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Why listen to me
10yrsRan my own gym
£120K+Online academy, cash collected, no team
6yrsPro strongman, Europe's Strongest Man
£1-2KAdded online income in your first 90 days
The quick and dirty TLDR

The entire offer in 15 seconds.

It's £250 a month. Cancel anytime, no questions. This is coaching, not a contract you're locked into.

The goal is simple. Add £1-2K of online income in your first 90 days, then stack 90-day cycles toward a £10K/month model over the next 12-18 months.

You keep the gym floor. This is the hybrid model. Add the online income alongside the in-person work that got you here. Get your evenings back.

You go through Levels 0-3, drip-fed. The full Growth Engine, step by step, one job at a time. No info overload. No skipping ahead and getting lost.

Live masterclass every single week. Teaching, a hot seat, and open Q&A. They run every Wednesday at 10am UK, and you're in from day one.

On-demand support in Discord. Stuck? Ask. Quick answers. If it needs deeper work we jump on a Zoom.

Direct access to me. No palming you off to a 'success coach' who's never run a business. You work with the person who actually built this.

This isn't done-for-you. It's a system that works when you do. 1-2 focused hours a day, the right things in the right order.

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Here's why most strength coaches stay stuck online

Two traps. You've probably been caught in one.

✕ The cold-DM grind

You've been told to send 200 DMs a day, chase, follow up, "add value" until your thumbs hurt. So you spend your evenings fishing in strangers' inboxes for a sale, feeling like a spammer, and the second you stop, the leads stop. Nothing compounds. You're renting attention, not building anything.

✕ The £10K-mentor funnel trap

You've watched mates pay £8-12K to a big-name UK mentor for webinar hacks, book-a-call funnels and a team you can't shrink. Maybe it worked for a month. Then you're left with an ad bill, a bloated business and a model that has nothing to do with the coaching you're actually good at.

✓ The SHIFT builds from your coaching skill out

We start with what you're genuinely good at and who you already help, then build a clear offer and an organic Growth Engine around it. Every post drives toward a business that already exists. Your content builds the audience, your offer gives the audience somewhere to go. They work together because they were designed together. That's how Doug warmed up for eight months with zero chasing and then messaged me to pay, and how Terri went from never having a single online client to running her whole business from another country.

Be honest

Sound familiar?

Where you are now

  • You're a brilliant coach, but the online stuff feels like guessing.
  • Every post feels like a lucky dip. Nothing feels consistent.
  • You're not even sure anyone would buy if you launched.
  • The cold-DM grind makes you feel like a spammer.
  • You watch coaches with half your skill out-earn you because they market better.
  • Income and audience feel flat. You can feel the ceiling and can't break it.

Where The SHIFT takes you

  • A clear, named offer that's obviously worth the money.
  • A repeatable system that turns viewers into buyers.
  • Inbound enquiries without the cold-DM grind.
  • Content that feels like running downhill, not pushing a boulder.
  • Real compounding. Each action stands on top of the last.
  • Online income that runs while you coach in person. Hybrid, done properly.
Real coaches. Real results.

What the model looks like in the wild.

£10K → £19K months

"Took my gym from £10K to £19K cash-collected months, took on staff and stepped back from day-to-day delivery. Now building my online business in parallel." The hybrid model done properly.

MarcusGym owner, Titan Strength → Iron40
0 → fully online, across the world

Never had a single online client. Pure face-to-face. Built her online business, launched an 8-week programme, took on 8 clients, then moved countries with 11 online clients. Not just income. Geographic freedom.

TerriCoach for high-performing women
12-13 leads in 3 days

Built his own named framework as his Tier 2 product, then turned ads on. 12-13 leads in the first three days. Constantly active, actions fast. That's what crushing it looks like.

RichardStrength coach
3 top-package sign-ups in 24 hrs

Runs his own gym. Built his own named coaching method inside The SHIFT and launched it. Three top-package sign-ups in the first 24 hours.

Big TGym owner
8 months of silence → paid same day

Powerlifter coaching strength athletes as a side hustle. Didn't bite first time. Eight months, no chasing, the content kept warming him. Then he messaged me first and paid the same day.

DougPowerlifting coach
Had to cap his members

"I'm capping clients now rather than putting all my effort into building the group coaching to scale." Two months after starting. "Worth way more than what you charge."

MikeNutrition coach

Straight from the members, in their words:

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Inside the membership

Here's everything you get.

The centrepiece

Live masterclass, every single week

Live teaching, a hot seat, and open Q&A - built around where members are actually stuck that week, never generic theory. I've been running these for months. Join live or catch the replay. They run every Wednesday at 10am UK.

The curriculum

Levels 0-3, drip-fed

The full Growth Engine, step by step. One level at a time, one job at a time - so you build, not binge and stall. You don't unlock the next level until you've done the work on this one.

On-demand

Discord access

Ask questions any time. Quick answers. If something needs deeper work, we hop on a Zoom. I'm there when you genuinely need me - I'm just not going to chase you.

Your first call

Weekly group onboarding call

Every Wednesday at 9:30am UK, just for that week's new starters, right before the Masterclass. We set your plan so you know exactly what to do from day one instead of drowning in where to start.

1:1 with me

Your 90-day 1:1 with me

Every 90 days we get on a 1:1 to lock your next 90-day plan. No booking faff: when you're near your mark, message me and I'll set it up.

The weekly rhythm

Monday focus & Friday wins

Monday you post the one thing you're shipping this week. Friday you post what you nailed. Public accountability that closes the loop and keeps momentum contagious - without anyone chasing you.

The systems

The named frameworks & toolkit

The Painkiller Method™, the Magnetic Offer Blueprint™, the Growth Engine™ and the Smart Ad Protocol™ - built so you never start from a blank page.

What we install

Three systems get built into your business.

The Magnetic Offer Blueprint™

One outcome, multiple ways for clients to access it, priced clearly - not buried in "DM me for pricing." We define the dream outcome, the headaches stopping people getting there, and the named painkillers that solve them.

The Growth Engine™

Your flywheel, not a funnel. Funnels die, flywheels compound. Magnetic Offer + Power Community + Power Video + Smart Ad Protocol, each piece feeding the next - pulling people from stranger to follower to lead to client.

The Smart Ad Protocol™

Once your organic engine is humming and you've got outliers in your content, simple low-budget ads amplify what's already working. 5-20% of last month's profit. Boost your best post. No emotional scaling, no funnel chaos.

The 90-day sprint

This is the bit most mentors miss.

Most mentorships hand you a course and disappear. You drift, you consume, nothing happens. Inside The SHIFT the first 90 days are a sprint, not a soft window. You finish fast, then you compound forever.

Phase 1Weeks 1-6

Power Setup™

  • Lock in your offer with The Painkiller Method™
  • Build your Magnetic Offer Blueprint™
  • Start your content rhythm and your DM reps
  • Walk away with a clear offer, a working content system and real conversations happening
Phase 2Weeks 7-12

Build & Launch

  • Install your Content Strength System™ - message that attracts, connects, converts
  • Build your Organic Lead Engine - inbound enquiries without the cold-DM grind
  • Set up your Access Ladder™ so every lead has a clear next step with you
  • Land your first cohort of online clients and £1-2K of new income
Phase 3Month 4 onward

Scale With Force™

  • Turn on the Smart Ad Protocol™ once your organic outliers exist
  • Long-form video starts working as a trust machine
  • Stack 90-day cycles - four cycles, twelve months, the £10K/month model is live
The deal

The "do the work" guarantee.

90-day guarantee

Do the work and you can't lose.

Join The SHIFT. Show up. Follow the system and do the reps. If you do the work and don't add at least £1-2K of online income in your first 90 days, I'll refund every pound you've paid.

I can make that offer with a straight face because the system isn't vague. It's templated - the offer, the content, the lead engine, all of it. The only thing I can't do is implement it for you. So the guarantee has one condition: you actually do the work. And inside The SHIFT, "the work" isn't a vague idea. It's tracked.

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Be honest with yourself

Who this is, and isn't, for.

The SHIFT is for you if…

  • You're a strength coach with 5+ years on the floor and real coaching reps with real clients.
  • You're earning from coaching at any level - full-time, part-time, side hustle, in-person, online, or a mix.
  • You want to add £1-2K of online income in your first 90 days.
  • You're tired of guessing. You want a system, not another set of tactics.
  • You're done with the cold-DM grind and the fake-AI-video crowd.
  • You want the hybrid business: online income plus the in-person work that got you here.

Give it a miss if…

  • You're just starting out in coaching with no real reps under your belt.
  • You treat business like a hobby and wait for motivation.
  • You want overnight results without doing the work.
  • You expect someone else to build it for you while you watch.
  • You'd rather pay £8-10K for generic advice from a mentor who's never run a real coaching business.
Meet the person you'll be working with

Hi, I'm Dean.

Dean Maden

I started business coaching because I'd been on the other side of the noise for years. Funnels. Cold-DM scripts. Webinar hacks. £10K mentors who haven't built a business as big as the one they're charging you to teach.

I ran my own gym for 10 years and sold it in 2024. I built my online coaching academy to over £120K a year in cash collected, without a team. I competed in strongman for six years, all the way to Europe's Strongest Man. And I made just about every mistake along the way - paid for most of them twice.

What I worked out, slowly and painfully, is that strength coaches don't need more tactics. They need a system that turns coaching skill into a real business. One that pays you consistently, runs smoothly, and gives you the time to actually live. That's what The SHIFT is.

It's a hybrid education model - structured levels, a weekly masterclass, Discord when you're stuck, and direct 1:1 direction from me at the moments that matter. Built for strength coaches who want to add online income alongside the in-person work they already love, without losing the heart of what they do.

I'm not going to arm-wrestle you into joining. This decision is yours. You either want it or you don't. My job is just to give you the confidence to go "I'm in, where do I pay."

- Dean

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Questions you might have

Before you decide.

Can I really cancel anytime?
Yes. No lock-ins, no contracts, no questions. Cancel whenever you want. I'd rather have members who want to be here than members who feel trapped.
Do I need a big audience for this to work?
No. The model is built so your offer and your content work together from day one, regardless of audience size. Doug warmed up over months and paid the day he was ready. Terri started with zero online clients. The system does the warming, not the follower count.
I already run an in-person business. Is this just for people going fully online?
No - the hybrid model is the goal for most of my coaches. Keep the gym floor, add the online income, get your evenings back. That's exactly what Marcus did, taking his gym from £10K to £19K months while building his online business in parallel.
How much time does it take each week?
1-2 focused hours a day during the 90-day sprint. Not 14-hour-day grinding - the right things, in the right order, inside a system built for momentum, not burnout. The weekly masterclass is about an hour, and replays are always available.
What if I've tried other programmes and they didn't work?
Most programmes are one of three broken models: cheap courses with no support, group-only mentorships with no direction, or done-for-you agencies where you learn nothing and start over the day you stop paying. The SHIFT gives you direction and structure and support - and it's built specifically for strength coaches, not generic creators.
What exactly do I get for the £250?
Weekly live masterclass, Levels 0-3 drip-fed, on-demand Discord support, group onboarding, a member-booked 90-day roadmap call with me, the Monday/Friday accountability rhythm, the named frameworks and toolkit, and direct access to me. Access continues while you're subscribed.
What if it doesn't work for me?
That's what the do-the-work guarantee is for. Complete every classroom submission across Levels 0-3, show up live to the weekly masterclasses, and if you still haven't added at least £1-2K in your first 90 days, I'll refund every pound you've paid. The work is tracked inside Skool, so there's no grey area either way. Full terms here.
Is this done-for-you?
No. It's a system that works when you do. I give you the direction, the structure and the support. The one thing I won't do is build it for you while you sit and watch. If that's what you want, I'm not your guy.

This last part's up to you.

You're still reading for a reason. You either want it, or you don't. You either believe I can help you, or you don't. You and I both know this is the right move - I've done it for myself, and I've done it for others. Time to do it for you too.

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