Why choose ZT.BARBELL?
What separates this service from the rest?
Why does Zach coach?
“I started coaching friends at the age of 23, while I was still teaching piano out of a studio. I always had a passion to help others, but found a true calling with helping other people pursue strength training goals.
Just as I once started Powerlifting, I want to help people enjoy training and hit PBs, while most importantly using Powerlifting as a tool to learn more about who you are as a person.”
Coach Zach
Zach has had over 6 years of Online Coaching under his belt. Alongside his tenure coaching at Black Flag Barbell, and training powerlifting now going onto 9 years, he has worked with dozens of athlete achieve their strength goals. Before powerlifting coaching, Zach had been teaching piano for 4 years, where his passion to educate others began to grow.
Zach has been competing since 2016. After a few novice powerlifting competitions stints, he then began his sanctioned competitions seriously in 2018 as a GPC Australia competitor. After receiving an invitation to compete at GPC Australia Nationals in 2021, lockdown got in the way just two weeks out from competition day.
Zach has since made the switch and started competing in IPF affiliated powerlifting federations, and his competed on the National stage 5 times, one of which was a Bench-Only Nationals where he became National Champion in the u74kg class. He most recently placed 4th in the u66kg class at the APLA 2026 Open Nationals.
As a coach, Zach spends a lot of his weekends coaching at competitions. He’s helped athletes at all levels across the country at their competitions, and has represented Australia as a coach twice in 2025. The first, being at the Asia Africa Pacific Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships in Himeji, Japan, and the second being the Oceania Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships on Christchurch, New Zealand.
Zach continues to further develop his skills as a coach, taking part in online seminars that relate to coaching and programming, movement fundamentals and biomechanics. With all these extra tools at hand, he continually prepares himself to be the best coach he can possibly be.
Photography Credit: Australian Powerlifting Alliance Instagram Page