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specialty classes

Brightside Barbell offers several strength-centered specialty group fitness classes including Olympic Weightlifting, Powerlifting, & Bodybuilding. These classes are beneficial on their own or as a complement to our Functional Fitness classes.

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Specialty Class Schedule

BARBELL CLUB (Olympic Weightlifting)

Tuesday & Thursday 6pm

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POWERLIFTING CLUB (Powerlifting)

Saturday 10am

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PUMP CLUB (Bodybuilding)

Tuesday 6pm & Thursday 6am, 7am, Noon, 5pm, 6pm

specialty Class Descriptions

BARBELL CLUB - Olympic Weightlifting

Weightlifting with a capital “W” is an Olympic sport in which athletes compete with two lifts: the Snatch and Clean & Jerk. Brightside Barbell Club is designed for athletes who want to focus on improving their Clean & Jerk and Snatch.

 

Each 75 minute class includes progressions and drills to help you perfect your Clean & Jerk and Snatch technique, accessory work to build strength, and no cardio. :) From time to time, class members will participate in local Weightlifting competitions. Competing is strictly optional.

Classes are capped at 10 people. If your primary goal at Brightside is to improve in the Olympic lifts, we recommend attending Barbell Club twice a week. If you are also attending Strength & Conditioning classes, please note, Barbell Club and Strength & Conditioning are programmed independently and there may be times where it makes sense to prioritize attendance at one class over the other depending on your goals. Your coaches can provide guidance based on your goals.

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POWERLIFTING CLUB - Powerlifting

The sport of Powerlifting consists of three lifts (aka "The Big Three"): Back Squat, Bench Press, and Deadlift. 

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Brightside Powerlifting Club is great compliment to Strength & Conditioning classes for athletes that want to improve their "Big Three" lifts.

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Each 60 minute class includes a rep scheme and accessory work to build strength... and no cardio. :) A coach is on site to provide guidance and feedback, however, Powerlifting club provides athletes the flexibility to pick 2 of the 3 lifts they'd like to work on that day in a work-at-your-own pace environment. From time to time, class members will participate in local Powerlifting competitions. Competing is strictly optional. Classes are capped at 15 people.

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PUMP CLUB - Bodybuilding

Pump Club sessions are designed to help athletes build strength, stability, and control with workouts that draw from both bodybuilding and functional fitness methods. It's giving... Bodybuilding meets Metcon. 

 

Pump Club programming is generally structured in 3 sections: 

  • Part A & B will feature a main lift or superset that utilizes tempo training and emphasizes strength and hypertrophy (aka muscle growth). We will progressively increase the intensity of these main lifts over several weeks to maximize those gainZ. 

  • Part C will be a short and simple metabolic conditioning workout (aka "metcon") that doesn't include barbell Olympic lifts.​

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