About
Your Coach
My name is Muaz Inaam and I’m a certified strength coach with Strongfirst. I currently reside in Springfield, VA where I am also pursuing a PhD in Islamic Intellectual History at Georgetown University.
My days are spent researching and writing, and my nights and weekends are spent coaching. My basement is half-library and half-gym, and I find myself splitting my time pretty evenly between the two. But things weren’t always this way.
Initially, I dreamed of opening a gym once I completed my PhD, landed a professorship and settled down. The gym would offer group coaching in the compound lifts and “hardstyle” kettlebell training for all ages, fostering strength and community.
But in 2022, I realized that I didn’t need to wait for the perfect circumstances to build the perfect gym. I launched the Strength Block and began in-person coaching out of my basement. In 2023, I started the blog and began coaching online, and in 2024, I began offering small group classes.
Today, the Strength Block has a reach that far exceeds what I initially believed was possible, with trainees all across the US and even beyond our borders. Some reside in California, others in Texas, and many across the east coast. Two are based in Amman, Jordan and one in Islamabad, Pakistan.
God knows best what the future holds. I still dream of opening a full-scale gym once I land that professorship and settle down. But until then, The Strength Block will continue right here, in my basement, right across from this splendid library of Islamic classics.
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