A GLP-1 Personal Trainer in Beaverton Who Focuses on What You Keep
The medication is doing its job. That part is handled, and it is not my business to have an opinion about it. The part nobody covers at the pharmacy counter is what happens to your muscle while your body is changing this fast. The research is consistent: a significant share of the tissue people lose on GLP-1 medications is lean muscle, not fat. Muscle is what holds your joints together, keeps you steady coming down stairs, and lets you carry your own groceries at seventy five. It is the last thing you want to give up.
My name is Caleb Snyder. I am a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and ATG Coach (Knees Over Toes) with a private studio in Beaverton, and I work with people on Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound and similar medications who want to come out of this strong rather than frail.
Why a Regular Gym Is the Wrong Answer Right Now
You are eating a fraction of what you used to. Your energy is not what it was. And the standard advice is to go join a gym, where somebody half your age will run you through burpees until you are on the floor.
That approach fails most people on a good day. On a GLP-1 it can actively work against you. Train too hard with too little fuel and your body will pull from the exact tissue you are trying to protect. You end up sore, exhausted, and no better defended than when you started. Then you quit, and you blame yourself.
I coach the opposite way. Calm, controlled, progressive work matched to what your body can actually recover from this week. No yelling. No punishment. No surviving a session just to say you did.
What Training on a GLP-1 Actually Looks Like
Two sessions a week, one on one, in a private studio with nobody watching you.
We train the whole body against real resistance, and we add load gradually as you earn it. That progression is the entire point. It is the signal that tells your body to hold onto muscle while everything else is changing. We work at a pace your joints and your energy can handle, and we adjust when a week is hard, because some weeks will be.
You get an hour of my full attention and a plan built for your body, not a template. If something hurts, we change it that day.
Where My Job Ends
I am not your prescriber and I am not a dietitian. I will not advise you on your medication, your dose, or your side effects. Those are conversations for the people managing your care.
Protein intake matters enormously for holding muscle on these medications, and it is the question I get asked most. I will tell you plainly that it matters and then point you to someone qualified to give you a number. I would rather send you to the right person than guess.
What I do is the training. That part I am good at.
Who I Work With
People in their forties, fifties, sixties and beyond who have never really lifted and are not sure they belong in a gym. People who tried a trainer once, got the drill sergeant treatment, and never went back. People with old injuries, replaced joints, or a back that has opinions. People who are doing something significant for their health and want to protect their strength while they do it.
You do not need to be fit to start. That is what starting is for.
The ATG Connection
As an ATG Coach (Knees Over Toes), a lot of what I do is building strength through a joint’s full range instead of avoiding the positions that feel fragile. Knees, hips, ankles, shoulders.
That matters more than usual right now. As your body changes, the demands on your joints change with it, and the people who stay active long term are the ones whose joints can handle where they are asked to go. We build that on purpose rather than hoping it holds.
Start With an Intro Session in Beaverton
One hour, one on one, at my private studio at 11375 SW Cindy St. We talk through where you are, I watch how you move, and you train. By the end you will know whether this is a fit.
The intro session is $79.