Strength & run coaching • The Yard, San Francisco
Strength and run coaching for committed runners.
Build strength, improve your running, and train with one clear plan shaped around your goals, schedule, and experience. Led by an exercise physiologist, delivered in person at The Yard.
The one to one roster is currently full. Waitlist enquiries are reviewed as places open.
Strength & run coaching • The Yard, San Francisco
Strength and run coaching for committed runners.
Build strength, improve your running, and train with one clear plan shaped around your goals, schedule, and experience. Led by an exercise physiologist, delivered in person at The Yard.
The one to one roster is currently full. Waitlist enquiries are reviewed as places open.
MSc
Exercise Physiology
8,000+
Coaching sessions delivered
Since 2017
Full time coaching
5.0 ★
150 client reviews
MSc
Exercise Physiology
8,000+
Coaching sessions delivered
Since 2017
Full time coaching
5.0 ★
150 client reviews
MSc
Exercise Physiology
8,000+
Coaching sessions delivered
Since 2017
Full time coaching
5.0 ★
150 client reviews
“
After a month of strength training I could run again. Now I’m building toward a half marathon.”
Travis Van · Half marathon runner
“
After a month of strength training I could run again. Now I’m building toward a half marathon.”
Travis Van · Half marathon runner
“
After a month of strength training I could run again. Now I’m building toward a half marathon.”
Travis Van · Half marathon runner
Coaching options
Three ways to train with PHC.
Every option runs on the same system: an assessment, a periodized block, and regular review. What changes is how much of it happens with Ross in the room.
Coaching options
Three ways to train with PHC.
Every option runs on the same system: an assessment, a periodized block, and regular review. What changes is how much of it happens with Ross in the room.
Coaching options
Three ways to train with PHC.
Every option runs on the same system: an assessment, a periodized block, and regular review. What changes is how much of it happens with Ross in the room.
How I coach
Physiology first. Then a plan you can actually follow.
Most runners get hurt or plateau because strength and running are programmed separately. At PHC they are one plan, periodized around your race calendar and reviewed every month.
01
Assess
Training history, current mileage, injury pattern, and a movement and strength baseline. You leave the first session knowing where you stand.
02
Build
A four to six week block that fits your schedule. Strength work is placed around key runs so neither compromises the other.
03
Review
Every month we look at load, sleep, mileage and how you feel, then adjust the next block. Progress is planned, not hoped for.
How I coach
Physiology first. Then a plan you can actually follow.
Most runners get hurt or plateau because strength and running are programmed separately. At PHC they are one plan, periodized around your race calendar and reviewed every month.
01
Assess
Training history, current mileage, injury pattern, and a movement and strength baseline. You leave the first session knowing where you stand.
02
Build
A four to six week block that fits your schedule. Strength work is placed around key runs so neither compromises the other.
03
Review
Every month we look at load, sleep, mileage and how you feel, then adjust the next block. Progress is planned, not hoped for.
How I coach
Physiology first. Then a plan you can actually follow.
Most runners get hurt or plateau because strength and running are programmed separately. At PHC they are one plan, periodized around your race calendar and reviewed every month.
01
Assess
Training history, current mileage, injury pattern, and a movement and strength baseline. You leave the first session knowing where you stand.
02
Build
A four to six week block that fits your schedule. Strength work is placed around key runs so neither compromises the other.
03
Review
Every month we look at load, sleep, mileage and how you feel, then adjust the next block. Progress is planned, not hoped for.
From the podcast
The Progression Health Podcast
Results
What committed runners have done with PHC.
5.0 ★ 150 client reviews · Read them on Google
Results
What committed runners have done with PHC.
5.0 ★ 150 client reviews · Read them on Google
Your coach
Ross Dempsey
Ross combines an MSc in Exercise Physiology with practical coaching experience to help runners train with greater clarity and confidence. He has coached full time since 2017 and delivered more than 8,000 sessions, and he runs too, so the plan is one he would follow himself.
Where we train
The Yard Gym · 2863 California St, San Francisco
Sessions are in person at The Yard. Online coaching is available on request.
Your coach
Ross Dempsey
Ross combines an MSc in Exercise Physiology with practical coaching experience to help runners train with greater clarity and confidence. He has coached full time since 2017 and delivered more than 8,000 sessions, and he runs too, so the plan is one he would follow himself.
Where we train
The Yard Gym · 2863 California St, San Francisco
Sessions are in person at The Yard. Online coaching is available on request.
Join the waitlist
The roster is full. Here is what happens next.
1
Share your goal: the coaching option you want and why now.
2
Ross reviews every enquiry personally and gets in touch as soon as a suitable place opens.
3
A 30 minute conversation to confirm fit, schedule and the right option before anything is booked.
Prefer email? progressionhealthcoaching@gmail.com
Join the waitlist
The roster is full. Here is what happens next.
1
Share your goal: the coaching option you want and why now.
2
Ross reviews every enquiry personally and gets in touch as soon as a suitable place opens.
3
A 30 minute conversation to confirm fit, schedule and the right option before anything is booked.
No newsletter sign up, no automated sequence. Ross replies personally.
Prefer email? progressionhealthcoaching@gmail.com