What certifications does Marcus Reid hold?

NASM Certified Personal Trainer, NSCA CSCS, ACE Health Coach, Precision Nutrition Level 1, FMS Level 2, and current CPR and AED.

What is the Reid Method?

Four principles behind every program: Assess how you move, Build strength with short progressive sessions, Fuel with simple habits, and Sustain with weekly check-ins.

When did Reid Strength open?

The Reid Strength studio opened in Midtown Atlanta in 2018, and online coaching launched in 2020.

Marcus Reid kneeling to talk a client through her next set

About Marcus Reid, personal trainer in Atlanta. From burnout to the coach I needed.

Certified trainer and performance coach. Ten years helping busy professionals get strong and stay that way.

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I was the busy professional.

At 27 I was a financial analyst working 70-hour weeks, 40 pounds heavier than my college sprint days, with a back that hurt every morning.

I tried the extreme programs. I quit all of them by week three. What finally worked was boring and brilliant: three focused strength sessions a week, protein at every meal, and a coach who expected me to show up.

In 2015 I got certified so I could give other people what that coach gave me. I opened the Reid Strength studio in 2018 and have coached more than 500 clients since, most of them parents, executives, nurses and founders with no time to waste.

My job is simple: make strength fit your life.

Marcus catching his breath beside a client after a hard interval on the studio mats

The Reid Method.

Four principles behind every program, from a single session to the 12-week transformation.

Assess
We test how you move, what you can lift and where you hurt, so nothing is guessed.
Build
Three short, heavy, progressive sessions a week. Strength first, everything else follows.
Fuel
Protein, plants and enough sleep. Habits that work at client dinners and airports.
Sustain
Weekly check-ins and honest feedback until the routine runs without me.

Certified to coach every part of the job.

Training, conditioning, nutrition and movement quality, backed by the industry's most respected credentials.

NASM Certified Personal TrainerNational Academy of Sports Medicine, since 2015
CSCSNSCA Strength and Conditioning Specialist, 2017
ACE Health CoachAmerican Council on Exercise, 2016
Precision Nutrition Level 1Nutrition coaching certification, 2019
FMS Level 2Functional Movement Screen, 2020
CPR and AEDAmerican Red Cross, renewed every year

Ten years, one promise kept.

2014
The wake-up call
A back injury at my desk job and a doctor's warning. I start lifting again with a coach.
2015
Certified and coaching
NASM certification. My first clients are coworkers who saw the change.
2018
Reid Strength opens
A small private studio in Midtown Atlanta, built for early mornings and lunch breaks.
2020
Online coaching launches
Clients move, travel and work from home. The coaching goes with them.
2022
The first 12-week cohort
Twenty clients, one shared finish line. It becomes the signature program.
2026
500 clients and counting
Bootcamps three days a week, online clients in 14 states, and the same promise.