Stop Training Against Your Own Body

Custom programming for Fitness
built around your body's true design.

500+ Athletes Coached Hyrox Pro, 60 Min Decade+ Coaching Experience Certified Biomechanics Specialist
Gunther Klaus, strength and biomechanics coach
How It Works

A Smarter Way to Train

We build around your structure, so you get fitter, move better, and hold up instead of breaking down.

1

Find Your Design

Discover where your structure lands across the four designs, and the movement strengths (and blind spots) that come with it.

2

Train By Design

Breathe, move, then load, in the sequence and tempo your structure actually responds to. Create space where you're compressed, then build strength there.

3

Move, Look & Feel Incredible

Unlock stalled muscle, restore real range of motion, and get out of the pain cycle by training with your body instead of against it.

Coach Gunther Klaus
Meet Your Coach

I Got Obsessed With One Question

"How can I work smarter so I can go harder?"

  • Over a decade of coaching, much of it in CrossFit, working with everyone from executives to professional athletes.
  • D1 college rower, 60-minute Hyrox Pro, and certified in biomechanics.
  • What changed everything: we're not all built the same, and the fastest path to results isn't more effort. It's training that honors the structure you were born with.
  • I built these programs because I was tired of watching good people, myself included, grind harder on plans never designed for their body.

This is the smarter way. Let's go harder.

10+ Yrs Coaching Certified Biomechanics Specialist Hyrox Pro, 60 Min D1 College Rower Trained Pro Athletes 500+ Athletes Coached
Know Your Structure

The 4 Designs

Your design is defined by two things: whether you're a V-frame or an A-frame, and whether your rib angle is open or closed. Each comes with its own superpowers and its own way to train.

V-frame, closed rib angle
V Closed
V-Frame Closed rib angle Ribcage > pelvis
  • Springy and explosive.
  • Built to get off the ground, jump, and twist.
  • The all-around athlete build.
V-frame, open rib angle
V Open
V-Frame Open rib angle Ribcage > pelvis
  • Explosive speed and strength off the line.
  • Builds muscle exceptionally well.
  • The bodybuilder and sprinter build.
A-frame, closed rib angle
A Closed
A-Frame Closed rib angle Pelvis > ribcage
  • Go forever at sub-max effort on strong, durable lower halves.
  • Made for the grind and the pivot.
  • The runner and rower build.
A-frame, open rib angle
A Open
A-Frame Open rib angle Pelvis > ribcage
  • Immovable and rooted.
  • Serious total-body strength with a lower-body bias.
  • The lineman and strongman build.
Not sure which one you are? Take the free finder

These aren't limits, they're a trail map. Plenty of great athletes train against their bias. Knowing yours just means you stop guessing. Concepts inspired in part by the work of Bill Hartman; Train by Design is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Bill Hartman or the UHPC.

Built For Your Structure

Programming You'll Actually Use

The Functional Fitness flagship is live now. The sports with the most demand get built next, join a waitlist and cast your vote.

Build the Roadmap With Us

Which Program Should We Build Next?

The Functional Fitness flagship is live. Add your name to a waitlist. The sports with the most demand get built first, each one mapped to all four designs.

The training app showing workouts, drills and progress tracking
Your Training, Tracked

See The Progress You're Making

Gain Real Range & Strength

Track the mobility and strength you actually own, and watch your genuine range of motion grow session to session.

Train By Design, Not By Default

Follow programming built around your design: the breathing drills, tempo, and lifts your structure responds to.

Move Well, Stay In The Game

Log every lift and check your form against video demos, so each rep respects your joints and keeps you training.

Unlock Your Movement Options

Restore genuine range of motion with the positional drills and integration work mapped to your structure.

Choose Your Path

A Path for Every Body

Three ways in, from self-guided to fully coached.

Most Popular
Blueprint
Do it yourself, with a map.
$45
per month · billed $135 quarterly
  • Design self-assessment to find your structure
  • A starter training plan built for your design
  • Access to the community
  • Fresh design-specific programming each month
  • Monthly group Q&A with Gunther
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Guided
Done with you.
$177
per month · billed $531 quarterly
  • A personalized Loom breakdown of your design from Gunther
  • A personalized training plan built for your structure and goals
  • Everything in Blueprint
  • Ongoing adjustments as you progress
  • The full flagship Guided experience
Start Now
Coached
The highest level of care.
$900
per month · billed $2,700 quarterly
  • Direct 1:1 coaching with Gunther
  • Fully custom programming and regular check-ins
  • Out of chronic pain and into peak performance
  • Priority access, feedback and form review
  • For those who want to go further, faster
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30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. Try it risk free. If it's not for you, email your receipt for a full refund.

500+ Athletes Coached

What Happens When You Train By Design

Dayna Leis
Runner
Physical therapists told her to stop running.
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Taylor Price
Athlete
After multiple back surgeries, training is what got her out of pain.
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Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo
Athlete
True hip mobility that lasts.
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Steph Shinabery
Athlete
Moving past long-term joint ailments to gain muscle and lose fat.
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Brittany Flock
Athlete & Mother
Stronger than ever, strong as a mother.
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Cy Serrano
Athlete
Consistent, pain-free progress for multiple years and counting.
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Jeffrey Bloom
Athlete
From failing fad diets to a life-changing transformation.
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Pamela Linda
Athlete
Life-changing results through care, connection and community.
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Margot Ettedgui
Athlete
Optimize everything, from anywhere in the world.
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Free 90-Second Finder

Find Your Design

Take the free Design Finder. A few quick questions (no photos, no gym, nothing sent anywhere) and we'll place you on the four-design grid and show what it means for how you should train.

See exactly where you land on the grid.
Know your strengths and what to prioritize.
Get a cheat sheet of exercises for your design.
Good Questions

FAQ

Is there a money-back guarantee?
Yes, a full 30-day money-back guarantee. Try the training and templates for 30 days. If you don't get value from it, email your receipt and we'll refund you for any reason, no hoops, within 3 working days.
What do I need to be successful with this?
A willingness to follow the process, and access to some basic equipment. A barbell, dumbbells or kettlebells, a cable or bands, and a bench cover most of it. Bring 3 to 5 training days a week and you'll do great. Don't have a full gym or some of the equipment mentioned? No problem. We can give you tweaks and swaps for certain exercises so you can still get the work in.
How do I find my design?
Start with the free Design Finder above, or join Blueprint and Gunther walks you through it step by step using posture photos and a few simple structural markers (V vs. A, then open or closed angle).
What if I get my design wrong?
It happens. The frames are a spectrum, not rigid boxes. We start with the best read of your structure, then let your response to the training confirm or adjust it. You're never locked in, and dialing it in is part of the process.
How is this different from a normal program?
A normal program picks the exercises first and forces your body to fit them. Train By Design starts with your body and builds the training around it: your structure, your joint positions, your breathing, your tempo, and your rep ranges. Same proven principles, made specific to you.
Is this rehab or physical therapy?
No. It's intelligent, design-specific strength training. It just happens to respect your joints and breathing, so a lot of nagging stuff tends to calm down along the way. It isn't a substitute for medical care, so if you're dealing with a serious injury, check with your provider first.
Can I do my current training alongside this?
If you're on this programming, follow this programming. It's built to give you the exact training stimulus you're after while keeping you training with your design, so there's no need to bolt it onto another plan. You can absolutely hit the same goals right here, and the results come from actually following the program as written. Run it, trust it, and let it do the work.
Do I need to be advanced?
Not at all. This works whether you're coming back from a layoff or chasing a Hyrox PR. We meet you where you are and build from there.
Train By Design

Stop Guessing. Start Training With Your Structure.

Most training treats every body the same, which really means it fits no one, so you push harder and drift further from where you want to go. This flips it: we start with your body, your design, and build the training around it.

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