ABOUT US
Gloucestershire Powerlifting gives local lifters access to something most people rarely get: structured coaching, genuine support, and a clear path to consistent progress.
Gloucestershire Powerlifting was built to raise the standard of training locally. This club was never about who's strongest in the room, it's about welcoming culture, structured coaching, and a community built for long-term progress.
Every session runs on the same standards: hands-on coaching, individual programming, and support regardless of experience. Whether you're taking your first session or refining a competition total, you should feel like you belong from day one, and leave every session knowing exactly what you're working towards.
How We Coach
No two athletes get the same programme. Every plan is built around the individual, their requirements, recoverability, and training trends, judged on a long-term scale: block to block, cycle to cycle.
That approach is what builds technical development, confidence under load, and consistency measured in years.
The Team
Gloucestershire Powerlifting is coached by four people: Ryan, George, Abbie, and Connor. Full profiles for each coach are available on the Coaches page.
What You Can Expect
Coaching here goes beyond lifting. It's structure, education, and accountability, the tools to help you realise what you're actually capable of.
Gloucestershire Powerlifting exists for lifters who want purposeful training, consistent progress, and a club that supports every step of that process.
Nobody starts good. You just start.
ABBIE MUMFORD
Coach
"Powerlifting found me at a point in my life when I was looking for more direction, more purpose, and a sense of identity beyond trying to make myself as small as possible. What started as a way to get stronger became something so much bigger. Powerlifting taught me to take up space, to trust my body, to celebrate what it could do rather than constantly criticise how it looked, and to find confidence in the process of becoming stronger.
That experience is a huge part of why I became a powerlifting coach. I don't just want to help people lift more weight... I want to help people discover what they're capable of, build trust in themselves, and create a relationship with training that gives them something back whilst appreciating that their body is something to work with and appreciate, not something you have to shrink.
Having worked in the industry for 5 years now, I still feel incredibly fortunate to now help other people experience for themselves every day."
RYAN EDWARDS
Founder & Coach
"I've been coaching in one form or another since I was a teenager, starting in martial arts long before I ever stepped on a powerlifting platform. I've spent over eight years coaching lifters of every level, from complete beginners to competitive athletes, and I built Gloucestershire Powerlifting to bring that same standard of coaching to this area.
I don't intend to stop anytime soon. Why? Because I fully believe powerlifting is an opportunity to create a lifestyle that can be cultivated and nurtured to create the best version of an individual. I want to be the guidepost that helps support that journey.
"An athlete isn't defined by stepping onto a platform, but the commitment and resolve they put into bettering themselves every day."
GEORGE LEWIS
Coach
"Six years competing in powerlifting, four of them as part of Gloucestershire Powerlifting. Four years coaching, working with athletes ranging from first-time competitors to British champions and record holders.
Becoming a father changed everything about how I train, and how I coach. Some weeks go exactly to plan. Others run on no sleep, last-minute changes, and just getting through the gym doors feels like the win. That contrast taught me something I coach on every single day: training has to work around real life first. A missed session or a rough night doesn't mean progress stops — it means you adapt and keep moving.
I coach the way I train: with real standards, but with room in them for real life too. Whether you're chasing a competition total or just trying to get one good session in during a hard week, I want to help you get there."
CONNOR JEFFS
Coach
"I stumbled into powerlifting four years ago after a friend introduced me to it. Curious enough to see what the sport was actually about, I volunteered at the Home Nations competition in Wales, and it was the community and the atmosphere in that room that really pulled me in. Not long after, I competed at the Welsh Powerlifting Winter Cup myself, and from there the sport took hold for good.
I gained my coaching qualification soon after, and what drives me now is helping people build real strength and technique while genuinely enjoying the process. As a husband and father, I know training has to fit into a full life. That balance matters to me as much in how I coach as in how I train myself, and it's part of why I keep learning and refining my own approach rather than standing still."
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