08/30/2025
Big congrats to longtime athlete Etienne Daadi for an incredible showing this weekend at the American Open Series 2 and the Texas–Oklahoma State Championships in Fort Worth, TX! 💪🏽🏋🏽♂️
Etienne hit a 271kg competition total — a lifetime PR in the -88kg class! 🔥
🏅 Texas–Oklahoma WL Championships (-88 Open Male):
🥈 Overall
🥈 Sn**ch
🥇 Clean & Jerk
🏅 American Open Series 2 (-88 Open Male):
🥈 Clean & Jerk
👏 A huge accomplishment and a testament to years of dedication to the sport- I am so proud of you!
07/14/2022
Read it and weep, or rejoice! You found your people.
2023 Team Stabdards and Princicples are on ’s Coaching Board now! 🙌🏻
A few responses to Q’s we often receive:
1) Do you accept drop-ins?
Mostly no, sometimes yes: Text us. With the recent outbreak of COVID, it’s pretty much a no right now for all traveling lifters or those who are currently training in a public facility.
As of 2020, we are a private training facility for members only. We will update our website if this policy loosens!
2) Are you accepting new members?
Jilly meets with all potential new members in person or via zoom before presenting one to three membership contract options or recommending other coaching opportunities in the area: This meeting is required.
We are not currently accepting new remote lifters at this time. We accept a maximum of three new members per month as of 2022.
3) How much are your memberships?
Average membership for NEW, non-full-time-under-sporting-age-25 (U25)-with-a-3.0+-GPA: $300 per month, THREE MONTH MINIMUM
$400+/month intermediate/Competition Team memberships include a minimum of private, bi-weekly, flexible 60 minute coaching sessions; access to two small group WL Technique Review sessions weekly (capped at five members); five Team Training opportunities (ten members per coach) per week; 24/7 key fob gym access with IWF training equipment; individualized programming; and event prep, meet week nutrition and meet day coaching.
Qualified full-time students are eligible for reduced rates based on scholastic achievement, leadership, community involvement, and national lifting achievements: We also offer “Training Scholarships” up to $5,000 per year to highly qualified university student lifters.
Tl;dr: Our average membership (non-student) is $400/month.
Our average U25 student pays less than $200 per month and receives most if not all or more of the benefits and services outlined above.
We are aware that we are organized a little differently than most local gyms:
Our “Team Standards” include a few other principles, guidelines and safety procedures, but at our core, this is who we are. ✌🏻
11/30/2021
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and a fantastic weekend! Time to get back to work because a few of us may or may not be weighing a couple of kilos off now 🔥😅
📸:
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10/20/2021
Happy Birthday to our very own Coach Pao Pao and athlete Nathan McLane, exactly ten years apart to the day!
We wish you heavy lifts and success in the year to come! 🙌🏻✨🧡
10/19/2021
🎃 GRIM REAPER UPDATE! 🎃
Tentative start times are up now! Coaches, check your emails!
Early meet registration ends at midnight Wednesday, Oct 20th. We still have plenty of room on the start list, so if you’d like to compete, the time to sign up is NOW!
Remember, we’re awarding a Developing Coach cash prize of $666 to a USAW Lv 1 or 2 coach with athletes competing at our Grim Reaper meet, based on their performances. Don’t miss out on your chance!
Reminder that the legendary will be the official meet photographer. Competing athletes may sign up on his website to receive pro photos taken during their session! Link to his site is up on tssbarbell.com as well when you register!
GO GO GO! 👻
10/20/2021
10/19/2021