Dallas Strength and Conditioning

This is a great no-​nonsense gym. The coaching, programming, equipment, etc is all top notch. Great family-​like atmosphere too.

Well, I felt right at home here. This is a strength gym. This is a place where you won’t find any treadmills or ellipticals. This is a place where you learn how to move weight around. This is a place where you go to learn just how strong you can actually be, both mentally and physically. This is a place where you go to make friends who also want to better themselves through the hardship that is known as strength training. This is a place that offers more than just barbells, you have prowlers and sandbags and all other kinds of toys to play with. I feel that once I get my body recovered from a couple joint sprains and muscle tears, I can see myself becoming a member here.
The Layout
This place is simply an open room with racks and weights and platforms. There was a PA blasting Nirvana and fans blowing the air around. This place was clean and fresh, the owner takes good care of the facilities. It’s a simple layout, because with this place it’s what you do in the space, not what the space does to you.
The Experience
They have at least two different teams here: a powerlifting team and a weightlifting team. I could have sworn they also had a strongman program (I believe they have atlas stones) but upon looking at their website that doesn’t seem to exist. They also have kettlebells, fitness, and a strength and conditioning programs. I attended the powerlifting program, as my body isn’t ready yet for work on explosive strength. The day me and my friend attended happened to be bench day.
The owener/​coach Chris is a beefy, likeable dude. He was able to help out me and a friend of mine with our bench press technique. …Barbell lifts really are technique intense, and it’s amazing how much better you feel when you lift with correct form. I can only imagine how much Chris could help me with my deadlift. The template seemed to kind of follow Wendler’s 5÷3÷1 program a bit, and I mean that in a good way. I could sense a purpose with everything, and that this day was part of a master plan, not some random thrown together workout designed to make you puke. I wish all gyms were like this.

I was really self-​conscious about joining a gym because I didn’t have any experience lifting weights and I was pretty out of shape. However Chris made me feel totally comfortable and welcome. He is an incredible coach and really knows how to break things down and explain it in a way that makes sense to me. I am totally hooked now! I get so excited to go to the gym — every workout is different and they keep it fresh. I am getting stronger and losing inches (not to mention feeling much more confident).