top of page
sqifting.jpg
Näyttökuva 2025-04-21 kello 20.28_edited.jpg

the man behind the plan

PI-23.jpg

Dr Kalle Eemeli Ylitalo-JAmes

The title says Dr.

That may indicate I have half a brain, but in all fairness my degrees are in creative and social fields. Humanities degree hardly sets anyone up for delivering results in strength sports. 

 

What does is the fact that I have trained for over 3 decades, competed for over twenty years, and coached for 16 years. I have stopped counting, but I can say with certainty I have coached dozens of National champions,  at least a dozen world record holders, plus numerous non-competitive people. I have done the research, done the mistakes, walked the walk, and learnt from it all.

​

I have coached high level athletes in combat sports and team sports, but my mainstay is powerlifting. It is fair to say I know the sport. I have competed in numerous martial arts but most of my competitive career has been spent in all forms of powerlifting and bench pressing. I have three different country's national medals, boast a claim of benching 300kg or more in all six continents, and have world records and world championships in several different federations.

​

My biggest claim for coaching pedigree is not academic qualification or certificates. It is thousands of hours of reading, studying and travelling to learn from the best in over 20 different countries.  It is years of delivering results, lecturing, and coaching.

​

I turned myself, a very mediocre lifter, into the first and only man in Europe to bench press over 500kg, and have turned other, more or less regular athletes into national and international champions.

There is a strong chance I can make you perform better.

​​​

More about my history and training philosophy can be found out by visiting the socials, searching the internet, and reading my write-ups in the Articles section.

​​​

 

Education:

  • BA English and Creative Writing

  • MA Scriptwriting

  • PhD Creative Writing and Social Sciences

  • NLP Master Practioner

  • Hypnosis and Timeline Practioner

​

EXPERIENCE:

​

  • 30 years of lifting

  • 20 years of competing

  • 16 years of coaching

  • Two dozen injuries, countless buckets of sweat and blood

  • An occasional tear.

bottom of page