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Chris Harris, NASM CPT, FMS L2, PN L2, CF L2, USAW L2

Chris Harris is the head coach at East Ave. Barbell. Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, he worked as an auto mechanic from 2006-2014. He became a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) in 2014 after attending night school from 2013-2014. Entering the fitness industry, at age 28, he quickly recognized the union of nutrition and movement quality as the catalyst for helping clients reach their goals. He then pursued the Precision Nutrition (PN2) and Functional Movement System (FMS2) certifications in order to better serve his clients and help build their success stories.

Sometime later, Chris decided to buy a home and move to Rochester, NY. Shortly before moving he took the step of creating his own online/in person coaching business (Chris Harris Training Systems). After arriving in Rochester, Chris found John Hughes and East Ave. Barbell. This became his new home.

Chris started his lifting career at Total Performance Sports and Titan Barbell under the guidance of elite powerlifter Adam Pine, Pro Strongman Eric Dawson, CJ Murphy and Phil. Chris has been strength training since 2014, and has competed in strongman since 2015 (finishing 1st place at USS Strongman Nationals in 2021 as a LW 165), powerlifting since 2017 (RPS and USAPL) and Olympic weightlifting since 2018.

Chris’s knowledge is deeply routed in Starting Strength, Barbell Logic, Catalyst Athletics and the Westside Method. He has also worked many other great coaches Including Chelsea Pietrzykowski, Scott Schuster (Schuster Athletics) and Dan Flanick. And is currently works under the guidance of Kevin Cann of Precision Powerlifting.

As a coach and athlete Chris knows what it takes to become great: “Understand how to set the right goals. There are two types: outcome based (you do not control) and habit based (you have control over). Do not put your efforts in the outcome. Only put your energy into habit-based goals. Those are the physical effort you put in on a daily basis. Do that while ALWAYS trying your hardest, accept the outcome (don’t allow it to control your emotions) and put your efforts into being present. Do that and over time your performance will gradually improve.”