The Team

Joel Rasmussen - Head Coach

Joel Rasmussen is the head coach of the Australian Barbell Clinic

A series of unfortunate events pushed Joel into strength training. A spine disease in his late-20s led him to pursue strength training to regain control of his upper limbs. He then herniated multiple discs after a ladder fall, resulting in semi-paralysis of his lower limbs and loss of sensation from his hips to his toes. Instead of going through the route of multiple surgeries he rehabilitated his spine with strength training and now can walk and train with very little pain.

Joel is passionate about strength and the benefits it has for our physical existence. When we train to get stronger we tell our bodies to ‘quit dying and start building’ storing away healthy tissue for later on in life when aging and sickness start to make withdrawals. He works with clients who have suffered strokes, spine injuries and joint surgeries helping them to regain strength and control over their bodies.

Joel is a qualified personal trainer, an associate coach and nutrition coach for Barbell Logic Online Coaching, has attended the Starting Strength Seminar and Camps, and has been married to his beautiful wife Nicole for over a decade.

Cert IV in personal training
Cert IV in Ministry and counselling
Cert IV in Sports Nutrition
Associate Degree in Dietetics
PN1 in Nutrition
Currently studying Sleep, Stress Management and Recovery
Currently finalising his Professional Barbell Coach Certification.

Nicole Rasmussen

Nicole is the head of our online coaching team, is a qualified personal trainer (Certificate IV in Fitness), has attended the Starting Strength Seminar in Texas and Barbell Medicine camps run in Australia. Nicole has experience coaching in-person as well as online.

Nicole is passionate about all demographics seeing the benefits of strength training but in particular for women. She is passionate about women experiencing not only the physical benefits of strength training, but also the mental and emotional benefits. In her own journey she has seen the benefits of mental fortification, an outlet for stress and increased confidence and is passionate about others enjoying these benefits too. Nicole also loves seeing the relationships built by training together, celebrating all personal records (no matter the size) and making the gym a welcoming and enjoyable place to be.

Nicole loves training with her husband Joel who is the head coach at Australian Barbell Clinic and the reason she got into barbell training.