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Tony has been an Apprentice since 2023, when he interned at Starting Strength affiliate FiveX3 in his native town of Baltimore, Maryland, and has since relocated to Boise and earned his Starting Strength coaching certification in 2025. Tony has coached professionally since 2018, and prior to that practiced law. He is passionate about providing the most effective and efficient training for those looking to improve their health by getting stronger. Tony enjoys music trivia, reading biographies, and spending time with his dog Connor, who you will often see with him at Starting Strength Boise.
Travis is a Boise native and teacher of 20 years. He found Starting Strength when looking for ways to help his mom retain her strength in her senior years. They began training at Starting Strength Boise, and the strength gains and social atmosphere helped tremendously with their progress. Now, Travis is the Owner, working as an apprentice, and taking the Coaching Prep Course, Travis is excited to bring his education career and life experience as a son, husband, dad, and grandpa into the gym and help others of all backgrounds see the same life-changing benefits he and his family have.
Sam grew up in Michigan playing sports as a kid, and was first exposed to lifting weights at around 14 years old. For the next decade and a half, he would have no concept of what real progress looked like until finding the Starting Strength Novice Linear Progression. What Starting Strength has done for him, he wants to share with anyone who will listen. This brought him to Boise to coach at the Starting Strength gyms. In his free time, he enjoys training in Jiu Jitsu. Training after the NLP reinforces the value of a strength program for both performance and injury prevention.
