Coaching team · Pittsburgh

Four certified coaches, one standard.

Every coach at Northline is nationally certified and works for sound technique, steady progress and real accountability. Each profile lists the services that coach leads.

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Marcus Delaney

Training director

NSCA-CSCS · Precision Nutrition Level 2 Master Coach · B.S. in Exercise Science · 13 years coaching. Marcus spent more than a decade in university weight rooms and commercial clubs before bringing the same structured, progressive training to everyday adults at Northline, without intimidation or sales pressure. He oversees every coach’s programming standards and specialises in long-term strength and sustainable body recomposition.

Responsibility: programming standards and long-term strength.

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Priya Raman

Strength coach

NASM-CPT · Precision Nutrition Level 1 · Pre- and postnatal strength specialist · 8 years coaching. Priya helps busy professionals and parents build real strength without all-or-nothing diet cycles. She leads Northline’s nutrition coaching and coaches both 1-on-1 clients and semi-private pods.

Responsibility: nutrition coaching and semi-private pods.

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Tomas Whelan

Movement coach

ACSM-CPT · NASM-CES Corrective Exercise Specialist · FMS Level 2 · 10 years coaching. Before coaching full time, Tomas spent four years as a physical therapy aide in an orthopaedic sports clinic. He adapts lifts around joint replacements, old sports injuries and desk-related stiffness for adults returning to strength training after a back, knee or shoulder setback.

Responsibility: post-rehab and corrective strength.

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Erin Kowalczyk

Client experience coordinator

NSCA-CPT · Certified Functional Strength Coach Level 2 · CPR/AED certified · 6 years coaching. Erin is known for putting first-time lifters at ease around barbells, cables and sleds. She runs new-member equipment orientations, matches each enquiry to the right coach and writes conditioning blocks for independent lifters.

Responsibility: orientations, conditioning and member access.

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