You will usually see Phil in the morning class but he makes his way to the evening class from time to time as well. You’re lucky if you get to lift with Phil. He is friendly and intelligent and always has interesting things to talk about. Phil is so committed to strength training that just […]
Getting Strong Makes You Happy
“A weak man is not as happy as that same man would be if he were strong. This reality is offensive to some people who would like the intellectual or spiritual to take precedence. It is instructive to see what happens to these very people as their squat strength goes up.” -Mark Rippetoe Getting strong […]
Athlete Profile: Kyle Crowley
Kyle is one of our morning members. He trains three days a week at 6 in the morning, consistently shows up to the gym, and inspires those around him. These past couple of weeks, I watched him grind through 2 really hard reps on a set of 5 in the press only to come in […]
Welcome to our New Coach, Karl Schudt!
On January 2, Coach Karl Schudt joined Chicago Strength & Conditioning as our newest coach. Karl is tremendously qualified and we are thrilled to have him. Karl has been a gym rat for most of his life, has seriously trained the classic barbell lifts for seven years, and has coached others for five years. Karl […]
Professional Athletes Rely On Their Strength Coaches
In case you haven’t heard yet, the Chicago Cubs won the 2016 World Series. I am not here to discuss the tremendous achievement and historical implications of the thrilling victory, which have been extensively written about by people far more qualified than me. Instead, I write this blog post to point out that without a […]