OUR COACHES
Meet Your Coaches
The coaches behind our national champions teach every class, from your first Energize session to the platform.
USA Weightlifting National Coach Edwin Johnson, a rank earned through athlete results
3rd-ranked women's club in USA Weightlifting's 2026 Club League, as of September 14, 2026
Fortified Strength head coach of a USA Youth World Team member
Screened and trained: our head coach is listed in USA Weightlifting's public coach directory, which requires a background screen and SafeSport training
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR · COACH ED
Edwin Johnson
• USA Weightlifting National Coach, a rank earned through athlete results (coach advancement chart)
• Fortified Strength head coach of a USA Youth World Team member
• Coached USA Weightlifting Youth National Champions in 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, and multiple national medalists
• Silver medal at the Masters World Cup, 73 kg, qualifying for USA Masters Nationals and Masters Worlds
• 20 years of competition impacting the lives of youth, including 11 years coaching wrestling and gymnastics
Coach Ed's clean & jerk at the 2024 USA Weightlifting Masters National Championships in Reno, Nevada.
International experience, team awards and training
• IWF support staff, Senior World Weightlifting Championships, Bahrain 2024
• IWF support staff, Youth and Junior World Weightlifting Championships, Peru 2025
• 3rd Best Lifting Team, Female U13, 2022 USA Youth Nationals
• 2nd in four team categories, 2024 USA Youth Nationals
• Coached 2 Junior US National qualified wrestlers and 3 NCS-placed wrestlers
• Learned from CrossFit coach Kelly Starrett, Oscar Chaplin, USA international coach David Brown and USA Weightlifting head coach Mike Gattone
• CrossFit Level 1 Trainer. B.S., Computer Science, San Francisco State University
SENIOR COACH
Kimberly Wiese
• 2026 National Junior Championships: silver in the women's 69 kg total, and 3rd Best Female Lifter among juniors (USA Weightlifting results)
• Named to the USA team for the 2026 IWF Junior World Championships in Ismailia, Egypt. USA Weightlifting withdrew the team for international safety reasons and added the British Championships in Telford, England, as a substitute, where she lifted as a guest in May 2026 (USA Weightlifting news)
• USA Weightlifting Level 2 Certified Coach
• USA Youth National Champion, 2019 and 2023
• 2023 USA Youth World Team, and the USA team for the Pan American Championships
• Current junior weightlifting competitor
At the 2023 World Youth Championships in Durrës, Albania.
Competition results, 2018 to 2025
• 2025 USA Junior Nationals: bronze, total
• 2025 American Open Series 1, Junior: silver in the snatch, clean & jerk and total
• 2024 North American Open Series Junior Finals: silver, with bronze in the clean & jerk
• 2024 American Open Series 1, Junior: silver in the snatch, clean & jerk and total
• 2023 North American Open Series Youth Finals: gold in the snatch and clean & jerk
• 2023 USA Youth National Champion: gold in the snatch and clean & jerk
• 2023 American Open Series 1 Youth Champion: gold in the snatch and clean & jerk
• 2022 North American Open Series 2 Youth Champion: gold in the snatch and clean & jerk
• 2022 USA Youth Nationals: silver, with gold in the snatch
• 2022 North American Open Series Finals: silver, with bronze in the snatch
• 2022 North American Open Series 1, Youth: bronze, with gold in the snatch
• 2021 USA Youth Nationals: bronze, with silver in the snatch
• 2019 San Diego International Open Champion: gold in the clean & jerk
• 2019 USA Youth National Champion: gold in the snatch
• 2018 USA Youth Nationals: 5th place
SENIOR COACH
Kristian Go-Williams
• 2026 National Championships: competed in the U25 division after coaching all week, placing 9th in the 110 kg class with a 151 kg clean & jerk personal record (club post; USA Weightlifting results)
• Coached a Fortified Masters lifter to a 2026 Masters national title (club post; USA Weightlifting results)
• USA Weightlifting Level 2 Certified Coach
• CrossFit Level 1 Trainer
• Competitive weightlifter: Youth and Senior National competitor
At the 2026 National Championships in Colorado Springs.
COACH
Kason Luu
• 2026 National Junior Championships: 4th in the 71 kg class, with a 100 kg snatch, 121 kg clean & jerk and 221 kg total, all personal records (club post; USA Weightlifting results)
• USA Weightlifting Level 1 Certified Coach
• 2024 USA Youth Nationals: bronze medal
• 2023 American Open Series 2: gold in the snatch, clean & jerk and total
• 2022 American Open Series 1: bronze in the snatch
• Youth National competitor, 2021 to 2023, and Youth American Open Finals, 2022 to 2023
• Current weightlifting competitor
At the 2026 National Junior Championships.
JUNIOR COACH
Stevie Majoros
• USA Weightlifting Level 2 Certified Coach
• North American Open Series 1: silver in 2026, gold in total in 2025, bronze and silver in 2024
• North American Open Finals 2023: gold and silver; Series 2 2023: gold in total
• 2023 California North Central champion
• Current weightlifting competitor
At the 2026 National Championships in Colorado Springs.
Sources: Edwin Johnson's certification can be checked in USA Weightlifting's coach directory. Competition results come from the coaches' records and USA Weightlifting results.
Coaching in Action
A coach cues a squat while teammates watch.
Celebrating a lift at a national meet.
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