Coach
Inês Duarte
Head of strength. Co-founded Oaken in 2019 and still coaches nine classes a week.
Strength program
Since
2019
Speciality
Strength
Classes
9 a week
Languages
PT, EN, ES
Inês teaches people to lift as if they will still be lifting at eighty.
She competed in Olympic weightlifting for eight years before co-founding Oaken with Tomás in 2019. Her classes are slow, precise and quietly demanding: fewer exercises, more attention to each rep.
Most of her members are over forty and new to barbells. She runs the Monday, Wednesday and Friday strength classes and every first assessment for the strength program.
Classes this week
Certifications
Level 2 weightlifting coach, Portuguese Weightlifting Federation
Strength and conditioning, BSc, University of Lisbon
Pre and postnatal training, 2021
First aid and CPR, renewed 2025
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