Most strength programs assume the same bed, the same gym, and the same recovery rhythm every week. Pilots need structure that can survive the real operating environment.
Your week can change fast. The program is built to flex around reserve, swaps, 4-day trips, and the weeks when a normal routine is not available.
Dumbbells, a bench, a cable machine, or a full rack when you are home. You will know exactly what to do with the equipment in front of you.
Long duty days, time zone shifts, irregular sleep, and missed workouts are accounted for. The plan adjusts instead of making you start over.
You still get clear programming, progressions, and accountability. The difference is that the plan expects airline life instead of pretending it will stop interfering.
If you are home and recovered, we push. If you are on a tight overnight, we condense. If the hotel gym is limited, we substitute. The plan changes without becoming vague.
Your schedule, goals, equipment, fatigue, and training history become a clear plan you can run anywhere without guessing.
Tell the coaching team your goals, training history, current schedule, equipment access, and what usually knocks you off track.
If it looks like a fit, we talk through your lifestyle, bid line, recovery, training background, and what success needs to look like.
Your custom program lands in the coaching app with exercise demos, notes, substitutions, messaging, and progress tracking.
Home gym, hotel gym, commercial gym, short overnight, long trip, or full week at home. The plan travels with you.
Custom strength coaching that travels with you
1:1 Strength Coaching turns your goals, bid line, equipment access, and recovery reality into a clear weekly strength plan. You get structure, coaching eyes on your lifts, and smart adjustments when airline life changes the week.
If it looks like a fit, the next step is a strategy call with the coaching team.
Both options start with the same application and strategy call. If coaching is a fit, we will confirm the best path before onboarding.
$299 /month
For pilots who want custom strength programming, coaching feedback, and schedule-aware adjustments.
$399 /month
For pilots who want training and nutrition handled together with the same travel-aware coaching.
Pricing is shown up front so the application can focus on fit, goals, and the coaching path that makes the most sense for your schedule.
Maverick coaching pairs real airline scheduling experience with evidence-based strength training. Marc leads the mission as a pilot and strength coach, while Coach Eric adds deep exercise-science, movement, and nutrition expertise.
Airline Pilot Strength Coach USPA-Certified
Marc Hudson built Maverick Strength Co. for pilots and high-performing professionals who need strength training that works around travel, fatigue, and unpredictable weeks.
After changing his own health trajectory through strength training, Marc turned that process into a coaching system built on clear programming, practical feedback, and long-term consistency.
His programs travel with you, whether you are training at home, in a commercial gym, or in a hotel fitness room.
Strength Coach Kinesiology Nutrition Certified
Coach Eric Feigl brings a deep exercise-science background and coaching experience dating back to 2007 to the Maverick team.
Based in Cincinnati, Eric works especially well with adults 40 and older who want to get stronger, move better, and train with a plan that supports long-term health.
His approach blends evidence-based resistance training, kinesiology, and nutrition fundamentals to build strength, mobility, and confidence without gimmicks.
Joe N.
Airline Captain
I have known Coach Marc for many years but only started working with him as a strength coach since November of 2024. I am 33 years old and have never been stronger in my life. Getting motivated to do the work has always been pretty tough for me but with Marc's encouragement, positive attitude, and quick responses to questions or problems, I have been able to overcome that motivation hurdle. Thanks Coach!
Brian F.
Airline Captain
I had the pleasure of working with Marc for the past four months and would highly recommend him — especially if you are in the aviation industry. Marc offers personalized strength and nutrition programs, is respectful, honest, and very professional. I look forward to working with Marc again in the future.
Michael T.
Pastor
Joining Coach Marc is the best thing I've done for myself in years. He's consistent, clear, and coaches with passion. I hit 59 this year and needed to rebuild my strength. After 3 months, I've turned a corner toward a stronger and healthier lifestyle. Thank you for inspiring me to be better.
Karl H.
Entrepreneur & Dad
+23%
Bench
+36%
Deadlift
+41%
Squat
Running a business and raising a family means my time is limited. Before Maverick Strength Co., I was winging it at the gym. Coach Marc built a simple, efficient 4-day plan that fits my life — and in four months, my bench went up 23%, deadlift 36%, and squat 41%. I've made more progress with this coaching than I ever did on my own or even in CrossFit. Best investment I've made in my health and strength.
Karla-Marie I.
Photographer
Coach Marc is the real deal. In six decades of trying fitness programs and diet plans, nothing stuck like this. His patience, his challenges, and he genuinely cares. It doesn't feel like a job to him — it feels like a mission. After surgery for a spinal fracture, I spent two years healing and started to accept decline as part of aging... WRONG. I feel better than ever and look forward to a vibrant, independent lifestyle — until God says otherwise.
Real people. Real strength. Training anywhere life takes them.
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If your question isn't answered here, the strategy call is the right next step.
Yes. Your program is built around your flight schedule, not the other way around. If you're flying a 4-day, we adjust. If you're home more one week, we push. If your schedule flips last minute, you have structure in your coaching app to pivot without losing momentum. Consistency doesn't mean perfection. It means having a plan that adapts.
That's expected. Most pilots train in hotel gyms more than they train at home. Your program can be built around dumbbells only, basic hotel equipment, or a full commercial gym when available. You'll always know exactly what to do with what you have.
Most sessions are 35–60 minutes. If you're on a tight overnight, you'll have shorter, efficient sessions. When you're home, we can push intensity and volume. The goal is strength progression without burning you out.
We manage training stress the same way you manage flight risk: intelligently. Volume and intensity are adjusted based on sleep, trip length, fatigue levels, and recovery. You don't need motivation. You need intelligent programming.
Both. Whether you're new to lifting or chasing PRs, your program is built around your current level. The priority is strength, resilience, and long-term sustainability — not ego lifting.
Everything runs through your coaching app. You'll receive custom programming, exercise demos, messaging access, and progress tracking. You can upload videos for technique review at any time. You are never training alone.
1:1 Strength Coaching is $299/month. 1:1 Strength + Nutrition Coaching is $399/month. Both options start with the same application and strategy call so we can confirm the right fit before onboarding.
The $299/month option focuses on custom strength programming, video feedback, weekly check-ins, app-based tracking, and schedule-aware adjustments. The $399/month option includes everything in strength coaching plus nutrition coaching, travel-aware nutrition strategy, and ongoing nutrition check-ins.
No. Apply first. If coaching looks like a fit, the strategy call helps determine whether 1:1 Strength Coaching or 1:1 Strength + Nutrition Coaching makes the most sense for your goals, schedule, and current habits.
Minimum: dumbbells, a bench, and basic cable machine access. Optional: barbell and squat rack. If all you have is a hotel setup, we work with that. The program meets you where you are.
You submit the application. We schedule a strategy call. If it's a good fit, you get onboarded in your coaching app and receive a structured plan built around your flight schedule. Simple. Clear. No guesswork.
You won't be starting over. The program adjusts. We don't scrap progress because you had a long duty day or weather delay. This is built for real airline life — missed sessions are accounted for, not punished.
No. The primary focus is strength, performance, and long-term physical resilience. Fat loss often happens as a byproduct of consistent strength training — but the mission is bigger than the scale.
Generic programs don't understand 4-day trips, early report times, time zone shifts, hotel gym limitations, or fatigue from duty days. This is coaching built specifically for airline pilots. The programming, the check-ins, and the feedback are all calibrated for your life.
That's what the strategy call is for. We'll talk through your goals, your schedule, and your training background to determine whether 1-on-1 or self-guided makes more sense. No pressure. Just clarity.
Apply for 1:1 Strength Coaching and get a strength plan built around the airline life you actually live: your bid line, your hotel gyms, your fatigue, and your goals.
Application first · Strategy call if it is a fit
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