About Us
Silverback Strength Training helps people be the strongest version of themselves. Whether that be someone being able to play with their grandkids or being the star player on their team. We pride ourselves on our world class coaching and creating an environment that is bound to be the highlight of your day.
Coach Andy's Story
Hi all, I’m Coach Andy. I started my strength and fitness journey at the young age of 13. I was obsessed with baseball, and managed to make my middle school team, despite being severely overweight. Luckily enough, my coach saw that he could make a difference in my life, and would keep me after practice to get me in shape.That single spring season, I lost 60lbs! I realized the true potential of exercise and saw that it would be a huge part of my life. From there, I drastically switched my trajectory, switching gears to football, getting as strong and as fit as possible.
Eventually, my dedication and training paid off in the opportunity to play division one football. After a year full of injuries and multiple concussions, I was essentially given the choice of having a healthy body or football; I chose my body. This decision pushed me toward my career, wanting to help people be unbreakable so that they wouldn’t have to make the choice that I had to make. During college, I started my coaching journey as an intern, and that reinforced my love for helping people achieve their goals. After years of coaching, education, and more certifications than I can remember, I was able to operate multiple private training facilities.
Abruptly, a new door opened for me, becoming a collegiate strength and conditioning coach. For 5 years I coached at the University of Maine, working with teams including Men’s basketball, baseball, soccer, softball, swim and dive, and track. As life does, mine changed. I got married to my lovely wife, Samantha, in 2022 and we had our son, Teddy, in 2023. Having a son changed my priorities and made me realize that I couldn’t sustain the travel and time demands of my former career. This led me to creating Silverback Strength Training, which allows me to do what I love, guiding people to be the strongest version of themselves.
See you in the jungle!