Rich Mulder
MS, CSCS
Owner
Favorite Workout: “Death by Back Squat” and anything involving heavy deadlifts.
Favorite Meal: Meat, Eggs, and Potatoes
Specialties: Powerlifting, Strongman, Middle Distance and Sprint Running, Strength and Size Gain, Tactical Performance.
Bio:
A former Army officer, Rich graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2009. He served five years in the Infantry, completing Air Assault, Airborne, and Ranger Schools as well as a combat tour to Afghanistan, where he led over 120 dismounted patrols and earned the Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman Badge. After his service, Rich obtained his Strength and Conditioning Specialist certification from the NSCA and his Master’s Degree from Arizona State University.
While he continues to train the tactical community, Rich has also worked with numerous amateur and professional athletes including record-holding powerlifters, collegiate golfers and baseball players, AVP beach volleyball players, and multiple NFL players. From 2018-2023, he served as the strength coach for South Mountain Community College baseball and golf; seventeen Division 1 scholarships were awarded to his athletes in this timeframe and in Spring 2019 and Spring 2022, SMCC Men’s Golf won the NJCAA national championship.
Rich has been published in NSCA Coach, Strength Performance Daily, and has spoken at the Rocky Mountain Region NSCA convention as well as the Grounded Athlete Development Program in Tainan and Taichung, Taiwan. He has been the Strongman Corporation co-chair for the state of Arizona and served on the NSCA Arizona State Advisory Board. A lifetime student and teacher, Rich has been adjunct professor at South Mountain Community College as well as Ottawa University. He is also the Executive Director of Quality Resilience Fitness, a national non-profit that provides gym memberships, scholarships, and athletic sponsorships for veterans and their families.
When not coaching others, training himself, or improving his business and non-profit, he can be found bowhunting, writing the ongoing fantasy series Calamity’s Window, or with his nose buried in a book and his hands on quality mug of beer.
Rich is the Founder and Owner of Liberty Performance Training in Phoenix, Arizona and he couldn’t be more proud of the team around him.