Outlier Strength & Conditioning

LAST CALL!

Our Back to School Giveaway ends TODAY at 5pm!

Winners will be contacted directly afterwards. Don’t miss your last chance to win one of our three prize packages:

🥇 GRAND PRIZE
▪️3 MONTHS of FREE Team Outlier coaching

🥈 SILVER PRIZE
▪️A FREE “Hard Wired” Outlier graphic tee AND
▪️An IN-PERSON form check session with me

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Congratulations to my client Lindsey for competing at the Superhero Open in Orlando, Florida, his very first powerlifting meet!

Lindsey started training with me only a few months ago, and we decided to hop into this meet to be able to qualify for Military, Police, and Fire Nationals 2027.

With the help of handler Tyler Montano - Powerlifting Coach , Lindsey was able put together an excellent day:
▪️7/9 on attempts
▪️474 Squat (PR)
▪️303 Bench (PR)
▪️529 Deadlift (PR)
▪️1,306 Total (PR)
▪️Second place in the open 100kg division
▪️A ticket to nationals next year

Congratulations, Lindsey! On to the next one!

TEAM HIGHLIGHTS!

Check out some of the biggest lifts from my athletes on Team Team Outlier over the past couple of weeks:

🎥 1: Sam Sears 584x1 Squat
🎥 2: abbey 149x1 Bench
🎥 3: Misha 574x2 Deadlift
🎥 4: Lili Eickmeier 308x1 Squat
🎥 5: Nick Davis 400x2 Bench
🎥 6: Kelly Murphy 363x1 Deadlift
🎥 7: Alex Engel 440x2 Squat
🎥 8: Ratsanee Uthipratuma 172.5x1 Bench
🎥 9: Jeremiah Larson 523x1 Deadlift
🎥 10: Skyler Vandenhul 192.5x2 Bench
🎥 11: Houston Wentzel 555x2 Squat
🎥 12: Abbie Leschinsky BS, MS, CSCS 385x2 Deadlift

We are only weeks away from Southwest Regionals, Midwest Regionals, and the Border Wars meets.

Be sure to follow Team Outlier to stay up to date!

C S Peterson competed last weekend at the Iron Heaven Gyms Summer Showdown meet. This meet marked Chris’s return to the team under coach Desi Cooney - MS, CSCS after a ~3 year layoff during which Chris switched from equipped to raw, and lost about 50 pounds!

The day turned out stellar for Chris, including:
▪️A perfect 9/9 on attempts
▪️589 Squat
▪️424 Bench Press
▪️683 Deadlift
▪️1,697 Total
▪️448.3 DOTS
▪️Gold Medal in the men’s untested master 1 division
▪️The highest total of the meet

Congratulations, Chris! On to Nationals!

The Cornhusker State Games 2026

▪️9 lifters
▪️72/78 attempts (92.3%)
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▪️🥈🥈
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▪️9/9 regional qualifications
▪️🥈nd Place in the Team Division

One Team.

Give it up for our State Games competitors!

Several Outliers will take the platform this weekend at the 2026 meet.

Team Outlier is a proud sponsor of this event, and any CSG competitors or attendees are welcome to inquire about a free month of our coaching services if you are interested in joining our team!

Representing Team Outlier this year:

At 65kg, Katie Rode
At 70kg, Payton Leal
At 90kg, Randi Tomasek
At 100+kg, Abbie Leschinsky BS, MS, CSCS
At 90kg Devon Pella
At 90kg, dillyliffs
And at 125kg, Jared Stranberg

Good luck lifters! Stay tuned for meet day info and updates on this page.

Team Outlier’s youngest member won BIG last week at USA Powerlifting Raw Nationals!

It was just Max trujillo second meet ever under coach Desi Cooney - MS, CSCS, and on the day Max managed:

▪️7/9 on attempts, missing only on downward motion calls
▪️363 squat (PR)
▪️231 bench (PR) missing 242
▪️441 deadlift (PR) missing 479 for a state record attempt
▪️1,036 total (PR) officially adding 61lbs since February
▪️Gold medal in the teen 1 100kg weight class

Congratulations, Max!

TEAM RECORD ALERT

At USA Powerlifting Raw Nationals last week, Tien Tran set the highest ever DOTS score in our women’s team history.

It was her 12th meet under coach Desi Cooney - MS, CSCS, and on the day, Tien managed:

▪️8/9 on attempts
▪️330 Squat (PR)
▪️181 Bench (PR)
▪️347 Deadlift, missing 369
▪️860 Total (PR)
▪️State records in the squat, bench, and total
▪️453 DOTS (PR)
▪️7th Place in the women’s open 56kg division

Congratulations, Tien!

NATIONALS HIGHLIGHTS!

Show some love for some of the biggest lifts from on our road to our second consecutive victory at USA Powerlifting® (USAPL) Raw Nationals:

🎥 1: Tien Tran 330 Squat PR
🎥 2: Lili Eickmeier 314 Squat PR
🎥 3: Ratsanee Uthipratuma 336 Deadlift
🎥 4: Slayden Fossberg 485 Deadlift PR
🎥 5: Anthony Kopetka 303 Bench PR
🎥 6: Caden Fann 606 Deadlift PR
🎥 7: Jenny Hernandez 368 Deadlift PR
🎥 8: Max trujillo 363 Squat PR
🎥 9: Bria Meckel 264 Deadlift
🎥 10: Zach Ditson 660 Squat PR

Next up for the team is the 2026 Cornhusker State Games,

Be sure to FOLLOW for more!

Tune in to watch our lifters compete this weekend in Lombard, Illinois!