Terence Kuipers has been coaching since his first coaching job in 1998, and found a passion for strength even earlier since he benched 160kg raw at the age of 16. Strength has always been a part of his life, so when he moved to Australia in 2014 it was only natural that he start to get a team of strength athletes together.

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Liz Blackthorn started learning to coach from Terence in 2020 after training for 5 years on her own. Finding a passion for strength that matched Terence's, and developing skills that allowed the team to expand rapidly, Terence and Liz became a coaching duo who have developed an intense, hands-on face to face coaching style that has generated a unmatched culture at KPS. 

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Training at KPS comes with many upsides as well as responsibilities. When you train with us you can expect a team behind you every day to spot and assist you who understand where you're at in the sport, what your strengths and weaknesses are and how they can help. The flipside of that is that you're expected to be part of that team and contribute that same assistance to the other members. This is how we've been able to make huge gains with our athletes - because we have the logistics of your training sorted. No waiting for hours because someone's using the equipment you want, and no being worried to attempt a lift because you don't have a team around you to spot. We've got everything else covered - you just need to rock up, and lift heavy.

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Photo: top - Liz Blackthorn

            bottom - Terence Kuipers

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