Chicago Strength & Conditioning is a community of lifters and coaches that specialize in barbell trai Happy. Healthy. Strong. What do we mean by happy? Yes, always.
Chicago Strength & Conditioning is a community of lifters and coaches that specialize in barbell training in private and small group sessions. We are located in the heart of the Edgebrook neighborhood of Chicago. These three words are the Chicago Strength & Conditioning slogan and our goal for every single one of our members. We are not just a gym, but a community. A community of “ordinary” adults
, who are anything but. We specialize in taking a simple instrument, the barbell, and using it to squat, press, and deadlift our way to stronger, happier, and healthier versions of ourselves. This isn’t, “I just saw a cute cat video on Facebook,” happy. This isn’t, “It’s Friday and I don’t have to think about my job until Monday,” happy. Building strength and overcoming fears, doubts, and uncertainty has a profound effect on your outlook on life. Your stresses become trivialities. You stand taller, you walk with confidence and you smile not because you should, but because you can’t help it. Few things you can do have such a profound effect on your health as strength training. It treats depression, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, reverses sarcopenia and osteopenia (muscle and bone loss)… the list goes on. Unfortunately, it doesn’t help you fly, but we’re working on that. So, why strength? Because it always works. Disclaimer: results are typical. It doesn’t matter where you start. Some start with 95 lb., some with 45 lb., some with 15 lb. and some just sit down and stand back up. You will do something on day one, and two days later you will do a little more, and two days later a little more. We use three other little words to describe our methodology: simple, hard, and effective.
05/07/2026
Audrey Abdemoulaie. APF/AAPF Nationals. T13-15 82.5 kg class.
Squat: 150 kg (WPC WR)
Bench: 65 kg (WPC WR)
Deadlift: 135, 140, 145 kg (all WPC WR, 145 AWPC WR)
4th attempt: 147.5 kg (WPC and AWPC WR)
Total: 360 kg (WPC WR)
Eight world records on the day.
05/07/2026
Audrey Abdemoulaie. 65 kg bench. Second WPC World Record of the day in the T13-15 82.5 kg class.
Missed 70 on the second, passed on the third to preserve her for deadlifts. Two for two on records.
Deadlift up next.
05/07/2026
Audrey Abdemoulaie. 150 kg squat. WPC World Record, T13-15 82.5 kg class.
APF/AAPF Nationals, best squat of the day. Two years of Starting Strength novice progression and post-novice programming, training twice a week.
The full case study is on startingstrength.com. Bench up next.
04/10/2026
John got a big PR tonight with a 124 kg (273 lbs) 1RM bench press!
03/22/2026
Audrey just completed the full set. Press, bench, squat, deadlift. All four standards. First woman to do it at CSC.
