We will be hosting our 9th Annual Octobar Fest on October 21, 2023. Registration is now open. Current USA Weightlifting membership and singlets are required. IWF/USAW rules apply. Entry limit: A maximum of 100 lifters will be able to compete. Open to all lifters; no qualifying totals required to participate. Final schedule will be announced...Read More
My team is always working and playing hard on the platform so it is nice to do something completely different, and last Saturday we cheered on the Angel City Football Club. If you have never heard of them, then you have been missing out because they are an amazing football (soccer) team! As I watched...Read More
Weightlifting is a year-long sport unlike others that have seasons so it is important for our members, especially our competitive athletes to stay in top shape year-round. We wanted to try something new last year with our members and decided to do a 6-week squat challenge to keep them engaged as we neared the end...Read More
I had recently moved to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and as resident athletes we were expected to do more than just lift. We could either go to school, work part time or volunteer if it did not impact training and performance. I had been there for a few months, and it was...Read More
The first time we moved to our own place was back in the Summer of 2016 and up until then I was coaching a few weightlifting classes in CrossFit gyms. One thing I had to get used to was that they were always playing music. Not to age myself too much, but when I started lifting...Read More
I should have been home finishing up my marketing plan for one of my MBA classes that one Sunday in the Summer of 2013, but instead I chose to help my teammate Leslie with a mock meet she was running at a CrossFit gym she had been coaching a few weightlifting classes during the week. ...Read More
Something in me broke the other day so I decided to leave my 9 to 5 job, officially resigning this Monday (yes, 2 days ago). Many of you may not know that the gym has not been my only “job,” and I had been working full time during the day since I started the gym. ...Read More
Last week our team was in Vegas for “Nationals Week,” and we had 3 Barbarians representing in the Under 25 (2) and Senior Nationals (1). It is the most prestigious National meet of the year, and you cannot go wrong by hosting it in Vegas either! It was a little bit of everything and then...Read More
