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 […]
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Fun With a Scammer
This morning I was contacted via text message by “Jackson”, who wondered if I do “fitness training and exercise”. Why yes, Jackson, yes I do. Enjoy! FYI, this is a common scam targeting gym owners and fitness professionals. The gist is, the scammer purports to be interested in hiring me to train his children (usually […]
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 […]
If You Can’t Do It Over 40, It Isn’t Worth Doing
A few weeks ago, I was helping Coach Dave move equipment into the gym when we saw two people who must have been in their 80s, hunched over, slowly walking across the parking lot. I thought in that moment that it was so appropriate that I was there moving equipment into a new strength gym […]