Ohio Strength

Group Fitness, Personal Training, Nutrition, CrossFit, Sports Performance, Olympic Weightlifting

A group fitness training center specializing in CrossFit, Nutrition Coaching and changing lives through movement and human connection!

11/18/2025

When that alarm hits and you want to smash snooze because you’re tired, sore, it’s cold, you’ve got a long day ahead, or today’s workout isn’t your favorite — remember this:

Your accountability crew is counting on you.
People like Adam are hoping to see you walk through the door with a smile, a high-five, or a shared moment of “yep… today’s a grind.”

That’s community.
That’s resilience.
That’s what we built here.

So take a breath, put two feet on the floor, stand up, and get out the door.
Showing up is more than half the battle.

💚💛

11/14/2025

Every day inside these walls you see it:

Moms and dads grinding through a tough set.

Kids watching, learning confidence, and seeing what showing up really looks like.

Students and young leaders pushing past what they thought they could do in a tough and stressful training session which builds confidence in tough situations elsewhere in life.

That effort doesn’t stop at the gym door.

Strong people become strong families—and strong families build stronger communities.

Take care of yourself, and you lift up everything around you. 💚💛

11/10/2025

📈 The Benefits of the Chest-Supported Row (“Seal Row”)

The Seal Row is one of the most underrated lifts in strength training — and one of the most effective ways to build a stronger, more stable upper back without beating up your lower back or stealing recovery from your big compound lifts.

Here’s why we love it 👇

1️⃣ Pure Back Strength.
By taking the lower body and momentum out of the equation, you’re forced to move the weight only with your lats, traps, and rear delts — leading to incredible mind–muscle connection and real strength gains.

2️⃣ Posture + Shoulder Health.
A strong upper back supports better posture and shoulder positioning for everything from overhead lifts to daily movement. This is a big key for staying injury-free.

3️⃣ Transfer to Bigger Lifts.
Improved upper back control and stability carry over to the deadlift, bench press, sn**ch, clean, and even gymnastics pulling — basically every lift that demands strong scapular control.

4️⃣ Low Systemic Fatigue.
Because the torso is supported, you can train the back hard without taxing your lower back or CNS — perfect for balancing recovery across a heavy training week.

💡 Pro Tip: Control the eccentric, don’t bounce off the bench, and focus on pulling the bar toward your lower chest or upper ribs to hit the lats most effectively.

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11/09/2025

Saturday fitness flow with our squads! Hope to see you Sunday!

11/07/2025

Two lifts, two different challenges — one strong body. 💪

Yesterday’s strength work combined a simple but heavy lift — the Deadlift — with a more complex and technical lift — the Overhead Squat.

The deadlift builds raw power and functional strength, training your body to pick up heavy things safely and efficiently from the floor while reinforcing stability through your knees, hips, and back.

The overhead squat, on the other hand, is the ultimate test of full-body mobility, balance, and control — demanding strength and stability from the feet and ankles up through the core, shoulders, and wrists before we can really start to load it heavy.

Simple and complex. Power and precision.
That’s what balanced training looks like. ⚖️🔥

11/06/2025

When in doubt — barbell it out. 🏋️‍♂️

This is one of my go-to full-body barbell mobility, warm-up, and activation sequences — especially when I’m short on time, feeling bored, or just don’t want to overthink it.

It’s simple, effective, and hits everything from head to toe.

1️⃣ Hybrid “Squatty” Deadlift
A stance and grip halfway between conventional and sumo. I take each rep all the way to the floor, forcing a full-depth squat at the bottom. It challenges my hips, knees, and back to move through that deep, stable range of motion — feels amazing once you open up.

2️⃣ Reverse Curl → High-Hang Muscle Clean
A narrower-than-normal clean grip to really challenge front-rack mobility. I focus on control and connection here — feeling every muscle fire around the shoulders, elbows, and wrists.

3️⃣ Front Squat
Nothing fancy — just deep, intentional reps with great posture. I go a bit wider on stance because of my hip anatomy, but the goal’s the same: full range, full control.

4️⃣ Strict Press (Front or BTN)
Simple. Direct. Purposeful. Every rep is a chance to reinforce stability through the shoulders and core.

After 3–5 rounds of 10–20 reps of each, my whole body feels awake and ready — or I’ll instantly know which area needs extra love that day.

It’s mobility, activation, and diagnostics all in one.

👇 Have you tried a sequence like this? What’s your go-to barbell warm-up or “reset” when you don’t want to overthink it?

11/05/2025

If you missed class today, don't beat yourself up. Just get right back to it tomorrow. Let's go, folks!

11/04/2025

Birthdays 🎂 Barbells 🏋️‍♀️ & Beers 🍻 are just part of an average Monday / Tuesday of fun with the squad!

11/03/2025

Coach saw Grace and knew the assignment - the post wod sign 🪧 that you got the stimulus correct ✅

11/02/2025

I hope you’re recharging your batteries 🪫 today for another fun week of training ahead!

11/01/2025

What or who inspires you to stick to your fitness journey and your goals?

10/31/2025

Float like a butterfly 🦋, sting like a bee 🐝

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Ohio Strength Est. 2014 is your 3rd place. You’ve got home, work and then Ohio Strength. It is that important in the lives of our loyal members. We don’t just want to see you for a quick session, a bootcamp or a nutritional consultation. We’re building lifelong relationships to help people make lasting, lifelong healthy habits and friendships. We want you to feel better, look better and live better. Ohio Strength is one of the most well equipped, well coached, hard working and friendly CrossFit gym communities in existence, providing private, group and sport specific performance training and nutrition coaching. We have 10,000 square feet, turf, specialty barbells, ski ergs, rowers, assault bikes, GHDs, jerk blocks and plenty of other training tools that are hard to come by in many training facilities smaller or conventional corporate gyms.