What I’ve learned as an athlete shapes how I coach.

Brick By Brick Athlete was founded by Etienne Nzayirata, a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer and 4× National Champion of Rwanda.

Titles

A CrossFit Level 1 Trainer
4× National Champion of Rwanda

Latest floor

ELFIT Egypt 2025

Etienne Nzayirata at ELFIT Egypt 2025

Lasting progress
isn't built by doing more.

After years of coaching and competing, Etienne learned that lasting progress isn't built by doing more, but by following structured training, mastering the fundamentals, and improving with purpose.

That philosophy is the foundation of Brick By Brick Athlete: helping athletes train smarter, move better, and perform at their best.

Based in

Kigali, Rwanda

Coaches at

Kigali Fit, Kibagabaga

Experience

5+ years in Functional fitness, 4+ years coaching

Discipline

Functional Fitness · Weightlifting

Coach Etienne training with a dumbbell at Kigali Fit

Etienne Nzayirata

Founder & Head Coach

Three bricks,
laid every day.

Every program and every coaching session at Brick By Brick Athlete follows the same three principles.

01

Structured training

Every session has a purpose and a place in the plan. Nothing is improvised, nothing is guessed.

02

Master the fundamentals

Positions, technique and movement quality come first. Intensity is earned on top of them.

03

Improve with purpose

Progress is tested, tracked and adjusted, so you always know why you are doing what you do.

Coach Etienne holding a barbell in the front rack position

Better athletes aren't built by chance. They're built, brick by brick.

Etienne Nzayirata, Founder & Head Coach

Train with Coach Etienne.

Book a free consultation with Coach Etienne. We'll look at where you are, where you want to go, and the right way to get there.

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