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Our coaching team · Philadelphia

Career coaches, invested in your strength.

Everyone on our floor is a full-time, nationally certified coach who puts sound technique, steady progress and honest accountability first.

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Renata Ferraro

Head coach & studio director

After more than a decade coaching in university weight rooms and commercial clubs, Renata opened Alder Forty to give everyday adults the structured, progressive training athletes rely on, without intimidation or sales pressure. She sets the programming standard for every coach and specialises in long-term strength and sustainable body recomposition.

Qualifications: NSCA-CSCS · Precision Nutrition Level 2 Master Coach · B.S. in Exercise Science · 13 years coaching.

Conditioning & hypertrophy programming · 1-on-1 personal training
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Desmond Whitaker

Strength & post-rehab specialist

Before coaching full time, Desmond spent four years as a physical therapy aide in an orthopaedic sports clinic. He is at his best adapting lifts around joint replacements, old sports injuries and desk-job stiffness, and he runs the equipment orientation for every new open-gym member.

Qualifications: ACSM-CPT · NASM-CES (Corrective Exercise Specialist) · FMS Level 2 · 10 years coaching.

Post-rehab & corrective strength · Open-gym membership
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Nina Oyelaran

Semi-private & conditioning coach

Nina is known for putting first-time lifters at ease around dumbbells, cables and sleds. She leads the morning and evening semi-private pods, keeping four individual programmes moving with calm, sharp technical cues.

Qualifications: NSCA-CPT · Certified Functional Strength Coach (CFSC Level 2) · CPR/AED certified · 6 years coaching.

Semi-private strength coaching
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Paul Mirek

Nutrition coach & client coordinator

Paul helps busy professionals and parents build real strength while leaving all-or-nothing dieting behind. He leads the habit nutrition programme, coaches pre- and postnatal clients, and answers new enquiries so every first visit is set up properly.

Qualifications: NASM-CPT · Precision Nutrition Level 1 · Pre- & postnatal strength specialist · 8 years coaching.

Contact Paul · Habit nutrition coaching

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