Starting Strength Omaha

Heavy presses are hard, but they are not heavy. You can bench more than you press. If you failed the rep- you did something wrong. Fix it, and you will be able to add weight to the bar.

If you want help fixing it, reach out to us!

Heavy presses are important.

Eileen set a personal best today with a 90lbs press. Amazing work!

Getting stronger means maintaining independence and enjoying your life while your peers spend their retirement on doctors, medication, and assisted living.

It's better to be the oldest person in the gym than the youngest person in the nursing home.

Investing in your future means health and fitness as well as financial security.

Stronger people are harder to kill, and they live at home longer than weak and frail people do.

Your daily normal is your start point. If you start training, that is novel stress. If you add weight to the bar, that is novel stress.

If you stop or take long breaks and return, that is novel stress. Managing novel stress and allowing the body to adapt to it is how you progress.

The Texas Method is a useful intermediate training program. It's not for everyone, but for those that it works for, it works very well.

Learn about Intermediate Training:

Once you can no longer add weight to the bar every session, complexity needs to increase to drive the strength adaptation further.

One way this is done is with the Texas Method.

TXM is a very effective intermediate training method. It's not the only tool in the box, and it's not for everyone, but for those that it works, it works very well.

Getting strong is simple. Complexity comes later.

Getting stronger is simple. If your new to lifting weights, you just need to learn how to do it correctly and go through the process of getting strong.

Complexity becomes a factor later, when your strong and want to get stronger. Don't start with complexity.
Start with Starting Strength.

Kathy pulled her back in doing yard work. Deadlifts fixed.

The body adapts to the stress imposed on it. If your back hurts, you have to use it in a way that gets the muscles stronger without stressing it to the point that it can not recover.

Experienced coaching leads to real progress.