ABOUT
I'm Branden Anderson.
I've spent five years training clients in the East Valley, and six years competing as an amateur bodybuilder myself.
I have been training clients for five years and competing as an amateur bodybuilder for six. I am an ISSA Certified Personal Trainer and an RYT-200 yoga instructor registered with Yoga Alliance, and I am currently studying Sports Science and Performance Programming. I interned across two programs at Scottsdale Community College and spent over a year with the strength and conditioning program at Saguaro High School. One of my clients competed as a powerlifter at the national level; we worked together for three years.
What I actually believe
I care about the person before the athlete. Performance is real, but it comes second. I lead with strength and conditioning because that's where discipline actually shows up: load, technique, the stuff that holds when you're tired.
Yoga wasn't originally for my clients. It was for me. I spent years training people without it, and it started to feel unclean, in my body and in my mind. I felt like I was leaving out a piece of the puzzle, some of that spiritual side of it I knew mattered. So I got my RYT-200. Until I understood myself, I couldn't really lead anyone else.
On Saguaro and Scottsdale Community College
Saguaro High School and Scottsdale Community College don't endorse or sponsor me. The work is real. I'm just the one who did it.
2021
Six years in the gym, on record
This is from 2021. I've built this body the same way I build my clients' programs: consistently, and for longer than looks good on a highlight reel.
Competition stage
I've competed as an amateur bodybuilder for six years. The stage photos from that circuit aren't mine to publish here, so you'll have to take my word for the discipline it takes to get up there.
The client who made it to nationals
Three years with one client taught me more about coaching than any certification did. He made it to a national-level powerlifting meet, and I was in his corner for all of it.
I also run classes for apartment communities in the East Valley. If you manage one, here's how that works.