Capital Strength is Dublin's best equipped custom-designed weightlifting facility located in the heart of Dublin City. With 1,800 square feet of floor space dedicated to Olympic Style Weightlifting, the four largest (3m x 3m) training platforms in the country, 5 men's weightlifting bars, 4 women's weightlifting bars and (literally) a ton of IWF certified bumper plates. At Capital Strength we live & breathe weightlifting - we're dedicated to the sport and to improving the quality of athletic movement, whether you're an absolute beginner, an Olympic hopeful or a Master lifter whose goal is to keep Defying Gravity for as long as you can. We have unrivalled experience and expertise in Olympic Weightlifting, movement mechanics and mobility. We offer supervised training in a top class facility for all our members, with a weightlifting coach on hand at all times. When we say we're the best equipped facility in the capital we're not kidding - we own more weightlifting bars and bumper plates than any other facility in the capital, all from an IWF certified manufacturer, along with heavy duty jerk boxes, pulling blocks and all the equipment you would expect from a world class weightlifting facility. Capital Strength's head weightlifting coach Harry Leech has been Irish team coach at more European & World Championships than any other Irish coach in the past decade. Harry has coached athletes from beginner level right the way through to international championships and has been coaching at international competitions since 2005. Coaching and treatment is also available from Alexandria Craig, former professional acrobat and currently top ranked female weightlifter in Irish history, National Champion and record holder. Alex is a certified Weightlifting Coach and Neuromuscular and Physical Therapist with a passion for movement, and incorporates both elements into her coaching approach, able to screen and treat movement or mobility issues before they become problems. Alex was the first Irish woman to qualify for and compete at the European Weightlifting Championships and won gold at the 2014 Women's International Grand Prix in Germany.
