Head Coach/Co-Founder/Co-Owner
My name is Stuart and Iām one of the founders of Kodiak Barbell
My training background starts in highschool with me training for football. I began training at 160 lbs, and within 5 months was 205. I graduated highschool 2 years later at 230 lbs. This was possible through one simple thing-relentless effort. Tireless dedication to training sessions when I was in the gym, and focusing on eating as much quality food as possible to develop my undersized body for football.
It worked-I was recruited to play football at the University of Ottawa, where I was part of the team for the 2012-2013, and 2015-2016 seasons. I also was fortunate enough to be a 2 sport athlete and played the 2013-2014, 2014-2015 seasons with the University of Ottawa Men's Rugby team. During my second season of rugby I was elected captain and was also responsible for the facilitation and advisement of the strength and conditioning program for the team that season.
After football was over, the drive for progression didn't stop. I began competing in powerlifting and have actively competed in that since June of 2016. I have a best competition total of 1857 by way of a 716 squat(sleeves), 424 bench, 716 deadlift-giving me a best wilks of 488.
All inquiries can be sent to stu@kodiakbarbell.com