Shaksthetics
About · ShakShaksthetics LLC

I was theskinny kid.Now I compete.

Eleven years from my first barbell to my first bodybuilding stage. Every mistake in between became a lesson I now pass to my clients.

Shak competing at OCB Divine Muscle, August 2025
OCB Divine Muscle · August 2025

I grew up in a house where education was everything and athletics were an afterthought. I was the skinniest kid in every class photo, and I wore it like it was just who I was.

In 2014, something shifted. I walked into a college gym with no plan, no coach, and no idea what I was doing. I made every mistake you can make — program-hopping, under-eating, skipping legs, training through injuries, and thinking more was always better.

It took me a very long time — through undergrad, grad school, and a few years past that — to fully lock in and nail my diet and exercise consistently. Not because I wasn't working hard. Because I was working hard on the wrong things, and I didn't have anyone to tell me.

When it finally clicked — when the training, the nutrition, the sleep, and the consistency all aligned — the results compounded fast. In August 2025, I stepped on stage at the OCB Divine Muscle show for my first natural bodybuilding competition. It was proof that the system works, even for someone who started with nothing.

Now I want to help people unlock their dream physiques by sharing the lessons I learned the hard way. I am dedicated to making things easier and delivering results to busy professionals — people who don't have eleven years to figure it out on their own.

The gap between my first gym session and my first competition was eleven years. Most of that gap was wasted time I could have saved with better guidance.

The long road

2014 → 2026
14
First gym session

Walked into a weight room for the first time as a skinny college freshman who had never touched a barbell.

18
Grad school

Earned a Master's while still figuring out how to eat and train consistently. Progress was real but scattered.

22
Fully locked in

After years of trial and error, finally nailed diet and training with zero gaps. The compound effect kicked in.

23
Started coaching

Friends asked for help. Then strangers. Built the app. Turned what I'd learned the hard way into a system.

25
OCB Divine Muscle

Competed in my first natural bodybuilding show. Stepped on stage after 11 years of work.

26
Shaksthetics

Full-time coaching practice. Small roster, full attention, and a library to help everyone else along the way.

11+
Years natural lifting
OCB
Competitor
M.S.
Education
$0
Spent on PEDs
My coaching philosophy

I sell my attention, not a PDF.

I take a small number of online clients at a time. I don't sell a course. I don't run a closed gym. I don't outsource your programming to an AI. I sell direct access to a coach who reads the literature, competes natural, and treats your training log like his own.

I know what it's like to be the person who has no idea where to start. I know what it's like to be a busy professional with limited hours and unlimited excuses. And I know what it takes to cut through all of that — because I lived it, for a decade, before I figured it out.

What working with me looks like
  • Custom programming — updated weekly based on your actual logs
  • Nutrition targets built around your life, not a meal plan you'll abandon
  • Weekly 1:1 video check-ins where we review data and decide together
  • Async chat access — questions answered within 24 hours, 7 days a week
  • Everything tracked in one app — sets, reps, weight, photos, trends

Train with me directly.

One coach, a small roster, full attention. The trial is 7 days, free, and you walk with the programming either way.

$50/week after trial · Cancel anytime