Small-group barbell coaching in a converted Ramsay warehouse. Squat, press, deadlift — taught properly, programmed in blocks, and watched by a coach every single session. Your first session is free.
Strength is a skill. Show up. Learn the lifts. Get strong.
01Three ways in. One standard.
Nobody at Ironworks trains unsupervised until they've earned it. Every path starts with coaching — and stays close to it.
A six-week course that teaches the squat, bench, deadlift, and press from an empty bar up. Twelve coached sessions in a cohort of eight — same people, same coach, every week. You leave with sound technique and your first training numbers.
Ongoing membership. Small-group sessions capped at eight, programmed in twelve-week blocks and run by a coach on the floor. You lift with the same crew, your loads are tracked, and your technique never drifts unnoticed.
Platform access for lifters who've completed Foundations or tested out. Run your own program on competition equipment with a coach on the floor during staffed blocks — there when you want eyes on a lift, invisible when you don't.
02Week of sessions
Four session times a day, Monday to Saturday. Hover a row to see who's coaching. Every session caps at eight — reserve in the app, or just show up for your free first one.
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00AM | Barbell ClubDeshaun W. | Barbell ClubPetra L. | Barbell ClubDeshaun W. | Barbell ClubPetra L. | Barbell ClubDeshaun W. | Open GymCole B. |
| 12:00PM | Barbell ClubMara K. | Open GymSam O. | Barbell ClubMara K. | Open GymSam O. | Barbell ClubNadia R. | Barbell ClubNadia R. |
| 05:30PM | Barbell ClubMara K. | FoundationsPetra L. | Barbell ClubNadia R. | FoundationsPetra L. | Barbell ClubMara K. | Closed from 2 PM |
| 07:00PM | FoundationsCole B. | Barbell ClubDeshaun W. | FoundationsCole B. | Barbell ClubNadia R. | Open GymSam O. | Closed from 2 PM |
Foundations cohorts start the first week of each month — Mon/Wed 7:00 PM or Tue/Thu 5:30 PM. Twelve sessions, same eight people throughout.
Open Gym members also get badge access outside staffed blocks, weekdays until close.
03The people on the floor
Six coaches, one standard: they watch every working set, they cue in plain language, and they've all spent years under the bar themselves.
Head Coach · CSCS · 12 yrs coaching
"Your fifth-year squat is built on your first-week squat. I coach both with the same attention."
Coach · National-level powerlifter
"Strength lives in the plain middle sets. My job is making sure you respect them."
Foundations Lead · B.Kin.
"I teach the lifts slowly so you can load them for decades."
Evening Coach · Former ironworker
"The bar gives you honest feedback. I translate."
Also on the floor: Nadia R. (Barbell Club, weekends) and Sam O. (Open Gym blocks).
04No contracts. No initiation fees.
Month to month, cancel anytime with two weeks' notice. Foundations is a one-time course — $349 for all twelve sessions — and it's the door into everything below.
Barbell Club
$189 / month
Open Gym
$99 / month
Drop-in
$25 / session
The first forty Barbell Club members lock in $159/month for as long as their membership stays active. Twelve spots remain as of July.
05How we run the floor
I'd never touched a barbell. Fourteen months later I pulled 315 off the floor and nobody made it weird.
Someone watches every rep of every session I train. That's the whole difference, and it's not close.
Six weeks of Foundations taught me more than three years of guessing on my own ever did.
06No pitch. Just a session.
Come lift with a coach. If Ironworks isn't for you, you've lost an hour and learned to squat. We'll reply within one business day to set a time.