PRIVATE 24/7 GYM · MERCED, CA
Evidence-informed training, objective feedback, and a community built around getting stronger—whether your goal is everyday capability, better health, or competition.
WELCOME TO OLYMPUS ATHLETICS
Olympus is a private strength and conditioning gym for people who want more intention than a crowded commercial gym can offer. You do not need to be an athlete—only someone who wants to become stronger, more capable, and better prepared for life.
WAYS TO TRAIN
Choose the amount of structure you need now—from independent 24/7 access to testing, individualized coaching, or hands-on personal training.
Independent 24/7 training in a private club with the equipment and community to support consistent work.
For people who already have a coach—or want objective information to guide their own programming.
A custom training plan supported by testing, monthly check-ins, ongoing communication, and feedback that reaches beyond sets and reps.
Train directly with a coach for instruction, real-time feedback, accountability, and a plan matched to your ability.
Referral, testimonial, and social-media participation credits may make certain memberships more affordable. Limited sponsorship options are also considered case by case.
THE OLYMPUS SYSTEM
Goals are only part of the picture. We look at your history, movement, current strengths, limitations, schedule, and recovery before turning the information into a plan.
Goals, history, lifestyle, and what has or has not worked.
Movement and performance testing establish a useful baseline.
Your coach turns the findings into training that fits real life.
Training data, check-ins, and reassessment guide what comes next.
VALD TESTING · EXPLAINED
Testing means performing a few coached movements while our equipment measures how you move and the force you produce. Your coach explains the results and uses them to identify useful training priorities.
You do not need to be an athlete. We select the tests and level of effort for your goals, experience, and ability.
DUAL FORCE PLATES
HANDHELD STRENGTH & RANGE OF MOTION
FIXED STRENGTH TESTING
3D MOVEMENT ANALYSIS
WHAT YOU TAKE AWAY
You leave knowing what was measured, how it relates to your goals, and what to revisit next. Your own results over time are the starting point for understanding progress. The broader assessment also considers your training history, recovery, and body composition where relevant.
Testing and Coaching memberships include monthly assessments, with a deeper 60-minute one-on-one review each quarter.
SEE THE TESTING SCHEDULE & MEMBERSHIPPERFORMANCE FIRST · STRENGTH FOR LIFE
We put capability at the center: getting stronger, moving with confidence, and staying able to do the things that matter to you. That could mean climbing stairs comfortably, keeping up with family, or competing at a higher level.
Appearance goals can be part of your plan. We also give you meaningful performance goals to work toward—strength, power, balance, and movement you can build and track for the long run. You do not have to be an athlete to train athletically.
Train strength, power, and balance to support the activities you want to keep doing as you age.
Use goals you choose and measurements you understand to see what your training is helping you do.
Fit the work to your schedule and current ability. A useful plan is one you can keep returning to.
Strength & long-term health. A review of prospective cohort studies linked muscle-strengthening activity with lower mortality risk. These associations inform our emphasis on strength throughout life.Momma et al., 2022 · British Journal of Sports Medicine ↗
Motivation & adherence. A review of exercise research linked personally meaningful motivation and a sense of competence with participation and sustained exercise. We apply that insight through goals you choose, achievable progress, and coaching that supports your independence.Teixeira et al., 2012 · Exercise motivation review ↗
ABOUT OLYMPUS · ROOTED IN MERCED
We’re Josh and Michael Amaral. We started Olympus together in 2016 and have spent more than a decade building it around the people who train here.
Our experience spans everyday fitness, strength sport, collegiate athletics, teaching, and applied sports science. The purpose has stayed the same: help people become stronger and more capable through training they can sustain.
Josh brings the research, testing, and coach education. Michael brings the day-to-day coaching, member care, and practical support that help those ideas become part of real life.
CO-FOUNDER · SPORTS SCIENCE & EDUCATION
M.S., CSCS
Josh connects exercise science with practical training. At Olympus, he oversees the training principles, helps educate the coaching team, and develops the use of objective testing.
CO-FOUNDER · COACHING & MEMBER EXPERIENCE
Coach · Fresno State student
Michael leads the day-to-day member experience and much of the coaching at Olympus. Her background includes personal training, powerlifting coaching and competition, and helping members work toward strength, fitness, and lifestyle goals.
Michael’s ongoing dietetics education adds to our commitment to informed, practical support as members build habits for the long term.
CONNECT WITH MICHAEL
BUILT FOR THE WORK
Olympus is built around strength and conditioning—not crowds, anonymous check-ins, or figuring everything out alone. Adults training for everyday life, first-time lifters, and competitive athletes share a room that respects the work.
THE OLYMPUS DIFFERENCE
The details that turn a place to work out into a place where you can keep progressing.
Secure 24/7 access lets your training fit around work, school, and life.
Performance testing gives coaching decisions an objective starting point.
Individualized programming reflects your goals, history, and current ability.
Coaches review progress, answer questions, and help refine the next step.
Training, nutrition, habits, recovery, and real life belong in one conversation.
Train around people who welcome beginners and respect consistent effort.
MEMBER EXPERIENCE
Three members on what makes Olympus feel different from the usual gym.
This place is an amazing environment to better yourself and has all the equipment you need to have a great workout.
They care about how we are doing mentally and physically. It’s an awesome environment and community.
This is the first and only gym I will go to. This gym and my coaches got me into powerlifting.
FREE TRAINING TOOLS
YOUR NEXT STEP SHOULD BE SIMPLE
A brief discovery chat helps us understand your goals, training history, schedule, and the level of support you want. From there, we can arrange a visit and recommend the right starting point.
GOOD TO KNOW
Here are the essentials. If your question is more specific, call, text, or email us.
ASK A DIFFERENT QUESTIONNo. Olympus is a private facility and staff are not always on site. Contact us before arriving so we can arrange your visit.
No. Olympus applies evidence-informed strength and athletic training principles to the person in front of us. Members include everyday adults, first-time lifters, and competitive athletes.
Yes. Essentials provides independent 24/7 access. Testing adds objective monthly feedback, while Coaching and Personal Training add programming and hands-on support.
Your coach guides you through selected strength, balance, or movement tasks while VALD equipment records the results. A jump is one possible test; the assessment is matched to your ability and goals. We explain what was measured and how it can inform your training. Explore the tests and equipment.
Testing and Coaching members complete one assessment each month. Each quarter includes one comprehensive 60-minute one-on-one assessment, followed by group evaluations during Strong Saturdays in the other two months.
Potentially. Referral, testimonial, and agreed social-media participation credits may reduce the cost of certain memberships. Limited sponsorships are considered case by case and discussed during the discovery chat.
Online and live virtual coaching are available for people who want an individualized plan and regular coach support from somewhere else.
Yes. Start with a discovery chat so we can arrange the right visit. Because the facility is private, contact us before you arrive.
