Barbell Coaching & Movement Optimization:

A comprehensive online mentorship course on technique, theory, & practical application for all clinical, coaching, and athletic levels.

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The Progressive Rehab & Strength barbell coaching & technique program guides you on your path to integrating the barbell lifts into your coaching or clinical practice.

In 18 weeks, you’ll have a systematic way to utilize the principles of barbell training with any population, ranging from the barbell skeptic or beginner lifter to the elite level powerlifter.

You’ve contemplated:

→Starting to work with competitive powerlifters

→Pursuing advanced education in movement coaching

→Utilizing barbells in the rehabilitation setting

→Offering continued coaching to clients following rehab

→Taking your coaching into your own hands

Topics Covered in the Course:

How We Navigate The Course Topics:

Mentorship Support*: 

🗸 13 Weekly Live Q&A Sessions

🗸 Private Facebook Peer Support Group (comes with Self-Study)

🗸 4 Office Hours Weeks

🗸 Final Exam Review Session

🗸 Enrollees can submit questions in advance if they can’t attend AND can ask questions in real time. The Q&As are recorded and made available within 48 hours.

🗸 Assignments & Case Studies - to help you put what you learn into practice and get the mentorship support over the full 18 weeks that does not come along with weekend seminars or certification exams.

🗸 Support from Dr. Rori & The PRS Clinical Education Team - personal review and critiques of your assignments PLUS a week of office hours for each Module (x4) 

🗸 NSCA, NASM, & PT CEUs available

*These items are not available for those who enroll in the self-study course.

Due to the nature of the mentorship program, space is very limited.

These collective concepts are unique to the PRS Barbell Movement System and are NOT:

• Found in the popular barbell training and strength & conditioning books you’ve read

• Explicitly discussed in articles, blogs, podcasts, and courses of the pioneers in the industry

• Taught at weekend seminars or training camps

• Included in personal training and coaching certifications of any kind

Barbell Coaching & Movement Optimization is:

→ A systematic educational framework to help you easily & confidently piece together all the valuable, valid & reliable information about barbell training technique & barbell coaching so you can apply it immediately 

→ All of the valuable, evidence-based content housed in one place instead of all over the internet

→ A mentorship so you stop second guessing yourself & get the ongoing support and help you need to practically apply what you are learning

→ A compact educational system built around practical application, case studies, and information synthesis that is also current with the times of delivering coaching and rehab services digitally

→ A way to fast track your coaching abilities without spending years feeling like you’re spinning your wheels

As a Coach, Barbell Coaching & Movement Optimization allows you to:

✓Easily and quickly teach people how to do the barbell lifts

✓Understand how to modify each barbell movement based on the level, ability, limitations, and goals of the individual

✓Help people continue to train through aches and pains and overcome injuries quickly

✓Support lifters to develop and refine their technique throughout their training lifetime

As a Clinician, Barbell Coaching & Movement Optimization allows you to:

✓Integrate barbells into the rehab process optimally for each individual

✓Provide more effective rehab than what’s taught in schools or expected in traditional settings

✓Synthesize rehabilitation and coaching for a more optimal long-term outcome

✓Add an additional stream of revenue to your clinical practice through on-going barbell strength or powerlifting coaching services

As an Athlete, Barbell Coaching & Movement Optimization allows you to:

✓No longer rely on a coach

✓Analyze, assess, and implement technique adjustments through your own training videos

✓Adjust technique around daily aches and pains

✓Reduce the incidence of training injuries to make long term progress without interruption

HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

“I have never had any formal education in the sport of powerlifting outside of Youtube videos, podcasts, and ebooks. Rori’s course was my first exposure to high level education regarding the sport. I took her course covering Barbell Technique and the course was like taking a human anatomy, biomechanics, and sports psychology class rolled into one...Her courses are worth every penny and you will not find anything like it! I highly recommend the PRS Blackboard to not only lifters but also coaches who want to better their craft.” 

- Samantha Calhoun, USAPL 63kg National Champion 

“Taking her course not only helped me clarify the mechanics in my own body, but also helped me expand my vocabulary to support and coach novice lifters in understanding the physics of the barbell movements from the beginning of their journey. I find Rori’s framework for explaining mechanics to be a very valuable reference point as a coach and an athlete.”

-Davi Cohen, USAPL Bench Press National Team, QueerTransStrengthNYC Coach, PRS in-person and online coaching and rehab client

This course is for you if:

✅ YOU are overwhelmed by all the information out there and want it all in one place and in the right order

✅YOU worry about your athletes getting hurt and want reduce their risk for injury through movement optimization

✅YOU always want to see your clients make progress and don’t want their technique to hold them back

✅YOU want access to a mentor to answer your questions and help you practically apply what you learn over time

✅YOU are looking for a community of like-minded individuals who you can learn, grow, and network with

✅YOU are a new OR seasoned barbell coach looking to learn the BEST strategies for:

→ Injury Risk Reduction

→ Optimal Outcomes

→ Retaining happy clients long-term

✅YOU are a Physical Therapist, Chiropractor, or Student looking to:

→ Integrate barbells into your practice

→ Work with barbell strength and powerlifting athletes

✅YOU are a barbell trainee or powerlifting athlete who is looking to:

→Become a student of their sport

→Take their coaching into their own hands

→Become a barbell training or powerlifting coach

About Barbell Coaching & Movement Optimization:

This 18-week online course is delivered LIVE and structured to guide you through the ins and outs of recreational through competitive barbell training biomechanics, movement analysis, and coaching of the four main barbell lifts (back squat, deadlift, bench press & overhead press) for any level client while reducing injury risk, and recovering from injury when it occurs.

Over the 18 weeks, we dive deeply into technical execution, coaching progressions, when, why, and how to substitute each lift, as well as the most common issues trainees have and how to fix them. 

It is also one of our main courses leading to the PRS Coaching Certificate or PRS Clinical Coach Credential. 

The PRS Barbell Movement System is based off our 4 Core Goals:

1️⃣Maximize strength and muscular development

2️⃣Reduce injury risk

3️⃣Optimize goal attainment and client outcomes

4️⃣Improve longevity of the athlete in the sport & as a client

“Rori’s courses are well organized, easy to follow, dense with information, and useful to me as a lifter and coach.  Her course presentation is clear and understandable, starting with the basics of terminology (more important than you might think!) and progressing all the way to advanced application. This could be very dry stuff, but Rori makes it interesting and immediately accessible.  The knowledge I learned in her course has definitely helped me in my own lifting and coaching. Having Rori available to ask questions and being able to interact with other students in online discussion will add significant value.”

-Janet Loesel Sitar, PRSCC, CPU lifter, PRS online coaching client

“Her online course is the embodiment of all her years of learning wrapped into a pretty package with a bow on it. The best part is you will get to learn and work directly with her as you go through the course, which most other courses do not provide. If you want to learn from the best, then this is the place for you and it is worth every penny. I am lucky to call her a friend, mentor, and coach.”

-Weston Hirschauer, BS Kinesiology & Exercise Science, CSCS, USAPL lifter, PRS online coaching client

“While seeking higher learning, I enrolled in one of Rori’s online courses. This classroom consisted of 10 weekly lectures that were very informative yet easy to digest. We covered everything from anatomy and physiology, to the breakdown of the big three; squat, bench, and deadlift. I was able to take this experience and apply it to my coaching clients. As soon as Rori announced another classroom type setting I immediately dropped her an email to sign me up. You don’t want to miss out on learning from one of the best in the game!”

-Joseph James, AS, USPA Coach, Competitive Powerlifter, Owner/Coach at Counteract Training, PT Assistant Student

You'll be Backed by our Risk-Free 30-Day Guarantee.

Barbell Coaching & Movement Optimization is the most comprehensive barbell technique program for athletes, coaches, and clinicians who are:

💥COMMITTED to up-leveling their knowledge of barbell strength training techniques and taking their coaching skills (and business!) to the next level.💥

Our mentorship program specifically supports you in learning and application, so you don't get through the course scratching your head, second-guessing yourself, and passing up growth opportunities.

Now here's the kicker...

By the end of the 30-day guarantee period, you'll have received access to: 

✓The Pre-Course Material

✓All 4 Bonus Lectures

✓All Lectures in Module 1

✓Access to Our Exclusive Facebook Group

✓3 Live Q&As (plus their recordings)

✓And All Office Hours for the First Module. 

If you don't feel totally confident that this course is for you and supported by the PRS Clinical Educators, simply reach out, show us you've put in the work, and we'll refund your investment. Please read the full details of our 30-Day guarantee HERE.

Click the link below to secure your spot in the program. 

As soon as you sign up you’ll get an email with your login information, access to all the pre-course material, and four bonus lectures so you can get started now.

The Barbell Coaching & Movement Optimization course is designed to help you critically evaluate well-known barbell methods along with the newest research in exercise science and rehabilitation to put all the pieces of the technical puzzle together based on each individual client.

Let’s get started!

Dr. Rori Alter, PT, PRSCC, SSC

PRS Head Educator

Rori Alter is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who specializes in working with barbell strength athletes, powerlifters, and motivated active individuals. Dr. Alter founded Progressive Rehab & Strength in 2015 to help everyone from elite athletes to weekend warriors to people of all ages and activity levels obtain optimal health and wellness. 

Dr. Alter’s training, knowledge and experience has led her to speak all over the country on performance and health-related topics in the sport of barbell training and powerlifting. She is a two-time speaker at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting and has conducted IRB approved research through Adelphi University. Dr. Alter has been a guest on over 10 internationally ranked podcasts and is the co-host of the Progressive Rehab & Strength Podcast.

After high demand for internships and clinical and coaching mentorships, Dr. Alter founded the PRS Clinical Barbell Coaching Institute in 2019 through which she has taught multiple digital courses and mentored clinical coaching students all over the world. 

As a Starting Strength Certified Coach and PRS Clinical Coach who has competed on the international powerlifting platform since 2014, Dr. Alter is a sought-after Physical Therapist and Coach within the powerlifting community. Dr. Alter is a NY State licensed physical therapist, holds a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from New York Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Science in Health Science from Boston University. At Boston University, she specialized in Human Physiology.