BASELN / ABOUT

Aian
McLennan.

Founder & Performance Coach

BASELN is the latest expression of more than a decade spent around training, athletes, clients, gyms and fitness businesses.

Different people. Different goals. Same lesson: the programme matters, but the decisions made around it matter more.

That is the part of coaching Aian has brought into BASELN.

Aian McLennan, Founder and Performance Coach at BASELN
BASELN / AM / 001
CoachingStrength & ConditioningProgrammingBusinessLeadership

EXPERIENCE / SELECTED AREAS / MORE THAN A DECADE

02 / EXPERIENCE

Before BASELN, there was The Clubhouse.

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EXPERIENCE / 01

THE PART I KEPT

Years of coaching taught Aian that most people do not need more fitness information. They need someone who can make sense of it.

The Clubhouse was built in Western Australia around a straightforward idea: people deserved better coaching than simply being put into a room and made tired.

INDIVIDUAL COACHINGSTRENGTHCONDITIONINGBODY COMPOSITIONPERFORMANCE
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EXPERIENCE / 02

PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT

Aian's experience extends beyond delivering individual sessions into the design of training programmes, coaching systems and broader training experiences.

That has meant considering not only what somebody does in a session, but how training progresses over time, how it is delivered and how the person actually experiences being coached.

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EXPERIENCE / 03

THE CLUBHOUSE

It developed into a boutique training environment combining personal coaching, small-group training, strength, conditioning and physical performance.

The building is no longer part of the story. The coaching experience is.

THE CLUBHOUSE / FOUNDER + OPERATOR
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EXPERIENCE / 04

LEADERSHIP & OPERATIONS

His career has also included leading teams and managing larger fitness operations, with responsibility extending across coaches, staff, service delivery and the day-to-day running of training environments.

That broader perspective has provided experience on both sides of the industry — delivering coaching directly and building the systems responsible for supporting it.

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EXPERIENCE / 05

PERFORMANCE & SPORT

Aian's background also includes competitive Australian rules football and time within performance environments, providing early exposure to structured physical preparation, training and performance.

That experience remains part of his perspective as a coach, but BASELN is not an athlete-only service. The majority of coaching decisions begin with the individual and their objective, regardless of whether that objective is performance, strength, fitness or body composition.

EXPERIENCE / SCOPE

Experience scope

PERSONAL TRAININGSTRENGTH & CONDITIONINGPROGRAMME DEVELOPMENTBODY COMPOSITIONFITNESS BUSINESS OWNERSHIPPERFORMANCEFACILITY OPERATIONSCOACHING SYSTEMSTEAM LEADERSHIPNUTRITIONINDIVIDUAL COACHING

03 / THE APPROACH

Why BASELN exists.

I did not want to build another online programme library.

I wanted to take the parts of coaching that matter — assessment, programming, feedback, judgement, accountability and an actual relationship with the person doing the work — and remove the geographical limitation.

That is BASELN.

Coaching requires somebody paying attention.

04 / BASELN

Coach first. Everything else second.

A workout library is not coaching. A meal plan is not coaching. An automated response is not coaching.

Coaching requires somebody paying attention — to the work, the response and the person doing it.

Aian remains responsible for the assessment, programme, feedback and decisions that follow.

Your coaching is not handed off. Aian is responsible for the plan, the review and what happens next.

Aian McLennan coaching a client

A NOTE FROM AIAN

I don't need you to love fitness.

I need to understand what you want from it.

Training should make sense. Nutrition should support it. Progress should be measurable. And your life outside the gym still has to work.

— Aian

05 / BASELN

Why BASELN.

BASELN brings Aian's experience across coaching, programme development, fitness business ownership and operational leadership back to individual coaching.

One client. One programme. One direct coaching relationship.

Training, nutrition, progress and the decisions that connect them are managed in one place, by the same person.

Personally coached means exactly that.

BASELN

Private coaching with Aian.

Individual programming, nutrition and ongoing coaching built around what you're trying to achieve.