About Ryan Booth
Personal Training, Strength, and Post-Injury Coaching
I’m Ryan Jefferson Booth, a Vancouver personal trainer and strength coach. I coach one-on-one at Rep1 Fitness in Kitsilano, helping beginners, experienced lifters, and people returning to training after injury.
I have worked in the fitness industry since 1996. My approach is straightforward: understand your starting point, explain the work clearly, and build a plan around your goals and recovery.
Whether you want to learn the barbell lifts, rebuild strength, or make training a consistent part of your life, we begin with an assessment.
How I Approach Your Training
We start with your goals, training history, current abilities, and the time you can realistically commit. I explain each exercise and give you practical feedback, so you understand what you are working on.
Exercise selection, load, and workload change with your progress and recovery. When you are returning after injury, guidance from your treating clinician helps inform the plan.
My Interruptive Linear Undulations (ILU) framework alternates high-intensity training with low-intensity sessions that support recovery. Light weights alone do not make a session low intensity: effort, volume and fatigue matter too. We adjust training to your readiness and response.
Experience That Shapes My Coaching
Fitness experience since 1996. First personal training certification in 1999.
I earned my first personal training certification from the Sport Performance Institute in 1999. Since then, I have coached people learning their first lifts, athletes developing strength, and clients rebuilding their capacity after injury.
That experience shapes how I teach: clear explanations, useful feedback, and a starting point that fits the person in front of me.
I am the author of ILU: Interruptive Linear Undulations and the creator of the self-paced ILU course for personal trainers. The video below introduces that approach.
Start with an Assessment in Kitsilano
Train with me at Rep1 Fitness, 3313 West Broadway, Kitsilano, Vancouver.
At your assessment, we discuss your goals and training history, look at movement, strength, and mobility, and agree on a practical starting point.
Explore personal training, strength training, post-injury rehabilitation, or powerlifting coaching to learn more about the options.
Email me your goals, any previous lifting experience, and your availability. We can discuss whether the coaching fits what you need and arrange an assessment.