Carter Carlson · Founder, Executive Performance Co.

Built for men who
already won everywhere else.

Personal 1-on-1 coaching for professional men who refuse to compromise their physique for their career — or vice versa. Training, nutrition, and chef-prepared meals from Carter Carlson — six-time natural pro bodybuilder and decade-long strength coach.

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Now accepting Q3 2026 applications Carter Carlson · Bloomington, MN
6× Pro Natural
Bodybuilding Shows
10+ Years Coaching
HS · Collegiate · Pro
100% Drug-Tested
Natural Methodology
3-mo Minimum
Commitment
Choose your discipline

Two paths.
One uncompromising standard.

Whether you're stepping on a stage in 17 weeks or rebuilding your physique around a demanding career — every protocol is engineered for the man it serves.

01 Stage Ready

Contest Prep
& Competition

For natural bodybuilders preparing for OCB, NANBF, IFPA, and IPE stages. Weekly check-ins, peak week protocols, and contest-day execution from a coach who has competed at the pro level six times.

  • 16–24 week phased prep protocols
  • Weekly photo, weight & strength check-ins
  • Carb-cycling & peak week strategy
  • Drug-tested federation compliance
  • Stage presentation & posing coaching
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02 By Application

Executive
Performance

For founders, partners, and executives whose calendar runs them. Fully personalized training, nutrition, and optional chef-prepared meal delivery — engineered around your schedule, not the other way around.

  • 1-on-1 in-person or online programming
  • Concierge nutrition strategy
  • Optional chef-prepared meal prep
  • Bloodwork & biomarker integration
  • Direct access to Carter, 7 days/week
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The methodology

No fads.
No gimmicks.
Just signal.

Most coaches give you a template. EPC builds the protocol around your data, your career, your training history, and the body you actually have — then measures everything weekly and adjusts in real time.

01 · Intake

Deep Diagnostic

Training history, injury profile, lab markers, schedule, sleep architecture, stress load. The protocol is downstream of the data.

02 · Build

Personalized Protocol

Training, nutrition, and recovery plans built specifically for your physiology and lifestyle — never copy-pasted, never templated.

03 · Execute

Weekly Calibration

Photo, weight, strength, and adherence check-ins every Sunday. Adjustments delivered Monday morning. Compounding precision.

04 · Sustain

Beyond the Cycle

Off-season planning, maintenance protocols, and travel strategies that keep the physique you built — without the volatility.

Contest prep investment

For the men taking
the stage.

Three tiers, one standard. All include a 3-month minimum commitment. Executive Performance coaching is by application only — apply here.

Foundations

For the disciplined competitor who runs their own day-to-day.

$ 99 /mo
3-month minimum · $297 total
  • Monthly programming updates
  • Macro targets & nutrition framework
  • Email check-ins (1×/week)
  • TrueCoach platform access
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Standard

The full prep system. Where most clients land.

$ 150 /mo
3-month minimum · $450 total
  • Custom periodized training
  • Phased nutrition & carb cycling
  • Weekly video check-ins
  • Photo & weight tracking
  • Supplement protocol
  • Posing review (peak week)
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Elite

Full white-glove access for stage placement.

$ 225 /mo
3-month minimum · $675 total
  • Everything in Standard
  • Direct phone & text access
  • Daily macro adjustments
  • Peak week 1-on-1 coaching
  • Show day on-site (Twin Cities)
  • 12-week post-show reverse diet
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Carter Carlson — Summer Shredding Championship, Houston, Texas
The coach

Carter Carlson —
built from the stage up.

Six pro natural bodybuilding shows. A decade coaching at the high-school, collegiate, and professional level. A regional manager's discipline. EPC is the company I built for the men I kept meeting — successful, ambitious, and quietly frustrated that no coach was speaking to them like adults.

I don't sell hope. I don't sell hype. I sell a protocol — engineered for you, calibrated weekly, and accountable to the only metric that matters: the body in the mirror on Sunday morning.

Federations

OCB, NANBF, IFPA, IPE drug-tested natural

Specialty

Natural physique, fat loss, lean recomposition

Coached at

HS, Collegiate, & Professional levels

Based

Bloomington, MN · Twin Cities & online

Application

Begin your
placement.

EPC operates on a closed roster. Every applicant is reviewed personally by Carter — we accept only the clients we know we can deliver for.

Submit the form and you'll hear back within 48 hours with next steps, whether that's a discovery call, an intake questionnaire, or a same-day program proposal.

  • 01Submit application
  • 0248-hr response from Carter
  • 03Discovery call (15 min)
  • 04Proposal & onboarding

Your application is reviewed personally by Carter. Response within 48 hours.

Application received.

Carter will personally review and respond within 48 hours. Watch your inbox — including the spam folder, just in case.