Starting Strength Omaha

Injuries happen (mostly outside the gym). When Jen had to get a minor surgery on her hand, we had to come up with a way to train around it.

The rack press allows you to work around a lot of injuries and limitations, and that's our specialty.

If you have something that you think limits you from training- reach out and ask us how to modify around it. We're glad to help you learn a better way to keep training!

Probably the most misunderstood thing in deadlifting is the common advice that-
"The bar hangs from the shoulder."
and
"The shoulders are over the bar."

This is true; what isn't true is what you think the shoulder is. The shoulder includes the scapula. The bar should be directly below the SCAPULA, not the insertion of the humerus, into the scapula.

This is where so many coaches and lifters fail to understand the nuances that actually matter and get hung up on the things that do not.

We choose to be pedantic about the things that actually matter.

Andrea moves 315 like it's a warm-up. Unbelted, with casual indifference.

This is what strength training does. It helps you redefine what "hard" is.

Stop overpaying for low quality coaching. Train with a Starting Strength Coach now, get what you paid for- progress.

Murphy is such a good coach...

The Low Carb Lie

At Starting Strength Omaha we believe in no-nonsense training and nutrition. Let's cut through the noise with a focus on "low Carb diets"

That initial "magic" weight loss on a low-carb or keto diet is almost entirely water weight, not body fat.
​Here is what is actually happening to your body...

1. Your body stores carbohydrates in your liver and muscles as glycogen. For every 1 gram of glycogen stored, your body binds approximately 3 to 4 grams of water alongside it.

2. When you drastically cut carbs, your body burns through its glycogen reserves for energy. As that glycogen is depleted, all that bound water is flushed out through urine.

3. Dropping 5 to 10 pounds in the first week feels incredible, but it is almost purely fluid loss.

When people eventually reintroduce carbs, their glycogen stores replenish, the water returns, and the scale jumps back up.

This doesn't mean low Carb diets do not work- it just means that after the initial drop in water weight progress will stall pr slow down significantly until your calories are lower than your total daily energy expenditure (TDEE).

"There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density enhancement, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and overall systemic conditioning than the correctly performed full squat."

-Mark Rippetoe

Measurable progress is made with consistency and good coaching.