Starting Strength Austin

Starting Strength Austin is an excellent resource in the fitness industry. The Starting Strength Method is an efficient, well-thought-out, and well-documented model to get stronger. It is refreshing and encouraging to ask a question and receive a clear, concise, informative answer documented within the model.

The Starting Strength Austin Gym is well-equipped to get stronger and is efficiently operated. It is easy to schedule a 90-minute training session and comforting to know that your personal power rack and barbell will be waiting for you when you arrive. Every session is facilitated by a knowledgeable coach that provides insightful feedback, suggestions for improvement, and motivation to continue to get stronger safely.

Starting Strength Austin represents an excellent value in the fitness community at a fraction of the cost charged by the Big Box Gyms.

I've been a member of Starting Strength Austin for about seven months. Taking up Starting Strength is one of the best decisions I've made in a long time. The program works, the members are friendly and supportive, and the coaches and management have fostered a welcoming community. The membership is worth every penny.

It's all about the coaching for me! Strength training became an obvious "must do" for my fitness. But how to begin? Starting Strength program and the coaches teach the technique details that give me the confidence to stick with it. Starting Strength is a game changer!

Excellent experience.
The trainers are seasoned and well educated.
You get the experience of a personal trainer in a small group setting.
Best bang for my buck.

I spent many years looking for ways to stay active. I would workout 6 days a week often twice a day. Physically I felt good but I knew I needed more.

When I joined Starting Strength I was blown away when I was told that I am to lift 3x week and rest, eat and hydrate as homework for the other 4 days.

I thought, that’s it? Strange.
The truth is. I underestimated the power of sleep and rest.

I quickly gained strength, my back squats went from 55 lbs to reaching 192.5 lbs in only 7 months. With no injuries!

Gaining strength has been amazing!
Yes, I was finally fulfilled physically! But something I wasn’t expecting.also Mentally.
As someone who has struggled with mental health I’ve never felt better.

“The deadlift also serves as a way to train the mind to do things that are hard”

Train your body AND your mind!

Thank you Mark and David for believing in me when I didn’t believe in myself. You’ve taught me to challenge my thoughts, you’ve taught me to silence them!
I am stronger than my mind!

Thanks y’all! And Cheers to many more lifts!

Briana

This was by far the greatest training experience of my life. The coaches are super attentive and knowledgeable. I’m always surprised by their breadth of knowledge and I ask a LOT of questions.

Personally I gained 30lb with my BF% only going up 0.8% in 7 months and I was not a total newbie. Best results I’ve ever gotten.

That being said I saw other gym members of all ages and genders achieve their goals on a consistent basis. These guys are the real deal!

I have been training at Staring Strength Austin for the past two months I can confidently say that it has been the best training I've ever had.

I was a bit hesitant at the beginning about their methodology but it works and it works well, never have I seen such improvement in this amount of time.

They gym and equipment are top notch, Kudos to Jeff, Aaron and Andrea run this gym incredible well, they make sure to watch every single rep you make and give you feedback every time. I'm really grateful for everything they have taught me in this time.

If you are looking to work hard, get stronger and learn a bunch this is definitely the place to do so.

They will force you to use their app which is terrible and slow. When you say you don't like it they won't care. You'll spend about an hour a month+ just signing into it. In my experience you'll be getting coached by a non-certified trainee on about 50% of your lifts. They have nice equipment I suppose.

Friendly staff and received great coaching from Aaron. Highly recommended to go visit them if you are in town.

Highly recommend Starting Strength - Austin Gym. The five stars are based on:
1. Effective training program, 2. Efficient training program, and 3. The coaches and members

1. Effective training program.
In first 10 weeks:
From:
Squat: 75lb to 160lb
Deadlift: 135lb to 210lb
Bench: 60lb to 90lb
Press: 40lb to 60lb
I felt like like I lost strength after a lot of computer work/sitting. I now have excellent strength and it is noticeable in my day-to-day tasks.
I can more easily manage bags of mulch, soil, cases of Costco TopoChico and other moderately heavy items without strain.

I am never sore or injured after working out at Starting Strength - to me this is remarkable given the amount of weight we are loading on the barbell. I'm not sure why I'm not sore after lifting that heavy weight, but coaches assure us that's normal with proper rest and technique.
Before starting, I had nighttime shoulder pain for 1 ½ years after slipping on ice. Also, six months before starting barbell lifting, I pulled my back twisting to lift up a water-filled garden hose. All discomfort/pain from shoulder and back have gone to zero since lifting.

2. It is an efficient training program.
Above gains/results in first 10 weeks (4.5 hours/week) attending the Monday, Wednesday, Friday sessions. It is a well-organized and disciplined method to gain strength quickly and safely.
Show up, rest/eat in between days, do the technique and weight the coaches suggest then get meaningful results.
No drug/supplements etc were ever recommended/taken. Hard work for those 4.5 hours and noticeable strength were my experience.

3. Starting Strength Austin is a fun and healthy culture of coaches and members.
Coaches are affable and experienced teaching proper technique and getting me to intended/optimal strength.
Members are in their own lane working hard to get stronger - no one is competing/comparing.
Members are from all walks of life, ability, age, and varying levels of strength and health. Good crew.

Starting Strength was a great place for me to learn proper lifting technique and to increase my max weight lifted fast (but safely). I suffered no injures and increased my strength rapidly. Aaron was a great coach, and goes the extra mile.

I've been going to Starting Strength Austin for 6 months. I had heard about the Starting Strength method through a podcast and was surprised to find that they had a physical gym so close to my house. I had done weightlifting in high school, but I hadn't seriously lifted heavy weight since then. I missed the feeling of becoming stronger and concerns with my family's health history encouraged me to take the plunge. It's been one of the best decisions I've ever made.
Mark and Aaron are friendly and professional coaches and have guided me every step of the way. They helped me learn the fundamentals and form of the lifts and it's paid huge dividends. I'm stronger now than I've ever been in my life.
My classmates have also been encouraging and supportive. There's no macho showboating as we're all striving to beat our individual PRs. No one's going to put you down for the weight that you're lifting because we all started from somewhere and understand that everyone has different goals and abilities.
If you want to get stronger, join a community of people trying to better themselves, and come to a clean and inviting space where you'll never have to wait for a rack, join Starting Strength Austin.

I am so lucky to have found Starting Strength Austin. Since I signed up about 4 and a half months ago, I have gotten healthier than I’ve been in years and stronger than I’ve ever been. I came in recovering from a number of health related issues which deterred me from thinking I could safely train with heavy weights. But I gave it a try based on the testimony of a neighbor and my interest to find the most practical way to get strong and healthy. It is so gratifying to see more and more plates on the bar and listen to my doctor ask me what in the world have I been doing after reviewing the best lab results he has seen me have.

Mark, Aaron, Andrea and Austin have been extraordinarily positive influences in my life and I cannot thank them enough.

Great gym. Been training at a high level for years, various different forms etc. And I’ve made more progress here, faster and more consistently than anything else ive done before for strength. Niggling injuries from my gym bro days went away in the first month, and I’m the strongest I’ve ever been.

The simplest, most effective strength training program on the planet and the coaches are all smoking hot.

For my 2.5 months being attending this gym I have had the pleasure of getting to know these coaches on a personal basis.

Mark, Austin, Andrea, Aaron, & Matthew are all phenomenal individuals that genuinely love coaching and seeing you become a stronger version of yourself.
If you have any doubts about this program/training gym, I went from a 90lbs on my squat to 210lbs in less than 3 months. 45lbs on my bench to 135lbs easily. 70lbs on my deadlift to 225lbs, and 45lbs to 100lbs on my Press.

Numbers aside, these people and the environment they create are a phenomenal place if you want to become a stronger version of yourself. You will not be disappointed.
If you have any questions they'll happily take the time to help you, look on thier website for the open house dates and feel free to drop by!

I'm looking forward to coming back whenever I'm not a broke college student. Cheers y'all and thank you so much for the learning experience!

Great people. Great way to get big and strong. Or thin and strong. Or medium sized and strong. Feels like family.

I am hesitant to leave a review here, but I must complain! The Starting Strength coaches have been working with me for a lottle over a month now and already I am too strong. Pickle jars cower when I open the fridge. Small waify men run screaming when I enter their Zumba classes. The seams of my clothes cry from relentless stretching, and strangers throw themselves at my feet in adoration. Absolutely not what I expected and I cannot believe they didn't tell me it would be like this. You should definitely try. Results may vary.