About
About Valley Strength and Fitness
Hi I’m Ryan Achenbach. I am a personal trainer serving in Portland, Milwaukie, Oregon City, Clackamas and Happy Valley. I am a certified drug free state and national powerlifting record holder. In additional, I’ve been a personal trainer for over 10 years and have serviced over 10,000 personal training sessions as the owner of Valley Strength and Fitness.
Athletic & Training Background
From a young age I played basketball, baseball, football and wrestled. School Sports ended for me, when I took up bodybuilding at the age of 12, and earned sponsorship at age 15. Since that time I have experimented with many different styles/methods of lifting from bands, to kettle bells to power lifting and find value in them all. For the last few year I have been training and competing as a powerlifter, earning National and State Drug Tested titles.
I worked at various corporate gyms from cleaning machines at the age of 14 to personal training clients at the age of 19. But at 19-20 years old, I wasn’t mature enough to be a trainer. I loved the working out aspect but wasn’t ready to handle everything it truly takes to be an exceptional trainer. After a few years I left the training world and worked various jobs but at the end of the day I was feeling very unfulfilled. During that time, I was rehabilitating a rotator cuff tear I suffered from weightlifting and MMA fighting. receiving treatment for chronic pain was priceless and it was during that time I decided I wanted to become a Physical Therapy assistant. I went back to school and started the PTA program. During that time I picked training back up because it allowed me to make my own schedule around school. After years of school and personal training, my training started to take off and I found personal training very rewarding, as I was able to help those with chronic pain, injuries and helping them achieving weight loss goals.
Current Role
For the last 15 years I have worked with men and women in all walks of life and skill levels, as a personal trainer I believe that everyone can reach their goals they have in mind, as long as they are willing to go the extra mile to get there.
Whether it be weight loss, increased muscle mass, or improved records in their sport, I will help get you there! I love watching the progress of my clients as they close the gap on their set fitness goals.
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