Detroit, MI · Strength coaching since 2018

Moe Taylor Jr Fitness

“I want to look good and feel great.”What clients ask for first

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The part nobody says out loud

Your training camp starts now — game day is coming either way.

You've been meaning to start for months.

The membership card is in your wallet. The shoes are by the door. Every Monday you say next Monday, and the months keep turning anyway.

The gym feels like everyone is watching.

Every beginner knows that feeling. Everybody looks like they already belong. You don't need to belong yet. You need to show up.

Work, kids, life. The plan keeps slipping.

You're not lazy. You're busy — and busy people keep getting handed plans built for people with nothing else going on. That's not a you problem. That's a plan problem.

The mirror and the energy don't lie.

You feel it in the stairs, in your back, in your patience. Carrying extra weight is heavy before anybody says a word about it.

How I coach

Strength first. Everything else follows.

The way I coach is strength and powerlifting style. If you want to get stronger, or just look great physically, I'll get you there with weight lifting, calisthenics, and cardio.

  • Weights

    Barbell work built around the squat, bench, and deadlift. Progressive, measured, and matched to where your body actually is today.

  • Calisthenics

    Push-ups, pull-ups, core work. Your body is the first gym you ever own — we make it the most reliable one.

  • Cardio

    Conditioning that supports the strength work. Enough to build your engine, never so much it eats your recovery.

  • The difference

    I talk to my clients as if we are friends and family. And I refuse to give up on a client just because they're not taking it as serious as I am.

Be my next success story

I'm building my founding roster right now.

Before this was a business, it was my mom and a couple friends asking me to train them — and watching what a few weeks of real training did to their strength and endurance. That's the kind of attention founding clients get.

Client results are coming soon. I would rather show you real ones than made-up ones.

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What you're actually signing up for

Look good. Feel great. Stay in the game.

Look good

Strong shoulders, a solid back, clothes that fit the body you actually have. The look comes from the lifting, not from hiding.

Feel great

Energy for your kids, your job, your day. Most people feel the change before they see it in the mirror.

Stay consistent

Programs built in seasons, not streaks. Off weeks are part of the plan, so one bad week never ends the whole thing.

How it works

Training camp starts the week you say yes.

Pre-season

We talk, set your base, and learn the lifts. Light weight, clean reps, zero ego.

In-season

The work weeks. We add weight slowly and chase one more rep, not ten more.

Off-season

Life happens. We hold the wins, adjust the plan, and line up the next block.

Maurice Taylor Jr after a training session, photographed in black and white

About

I don't talk like your trainer. I talk like family.

I got into training at 25, reading bodybuilding books between sets. My mom and a couple friends asked me to train them, and I never looked back. Eight years later, Detroit is still where I coach.

Meet Moe

Straight answers

The questions beginners actually ask.

01.Am I strong enough to start?

Nobody starts strong — that's what starting is for. Your first weeks are pre-season: light weights, clean reps, a coach watching every set. Strength is built, not required.

02.Will I get hurt?

Beginners don't get hurt lifting too little. They get hurt rushing. We earn every pound on the bar before we add the next one.

03.Do I need to compete?

Never. Powerlifting is my style of coaching, not your homework. If you want to compete one day, I'll get you there. If you just want to look good and feel great, that's the whole plan.

Life happens. Start anyway.

Ready when you are.

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(313) 898-1057 · mauricetaylorjrthemodel@gmail.com · Detroit, MI