A lifter in a belt standing tall at the top of a heavy deadlift

Strength Classes with a Coach Watching Your Form

Your first week is free. Every class is capped at 12 lifters, so a coach sees every rep and fixes it before it turns into a habit.

Start Your Free Week How Classes Work

1408 Foundry Lane in Arlington. Open weekdays from 5 AM to 9 PM.

Today’s Classes

Thursday, October 8

Five Lifters BookedOne Open Spot

New here? Your first class is part of your free week.

Classes

Every class starts with a warm-up that matches the lifts of the day, then the coach splits the room by experience. You lift with people at your level and the coach walks the row.

Your first two weeks start here. We teach the squat, hinge, press and carry with a dowel or an empty bar, and we write down where you start.
Mon, Wed and Fri at 4:30 PM. Sat at 9:00 AM.
Squat, bench, deadlift and press, one lift per class. Light weights, lots of reps and a coach who stops you after the first bad one.
Weekdays at noon and 7:30 PM.
A twelve-week program built on the big lifts. Your coach writes your weights on the board each day, and we test your numbers at the end of each block.
Weekdays at 5:30 AM and 5:30 PM. Sat at 8:00 AM.
The same lifts with a longer warm-up and more time on balance and getting up off the floor. Plenty of our members started lifting after 60.
Tue and Thu at 9:00 AM.
Sleds, kettlebells, rowers and the jump rope. Hard work in short rounds, scaled so the person next to you and you both finish.
Weekdays at 6:30 PM.
No class plan, but a coach is on the floor. Bring your program from class or ask for one.
Sat 10 AM to 1 PM.

Coach Theo setting a member's grip on the bar before a squat

Coaches

We have three full-time coaches, and you keep the same one. Your coach learns your lifts and your old injuries, and remembers what you said you wanted on day one.

Dee Alvarez

Head Coach. Teaches Foundations and Strength Over 50.

Opened Ironworks in 2016 after ten years as a physical therapy assistant. She watches knees and lower backs closer than anyone.

You’ll hear her say Slow down at the bottom.

Marcus Hale

Runs the Strength program.

Coached high school strength in Mansfield for nine years. Writes every lifter’s weights on the board himself.

You’ll hear him say Push the floor away.

Theo Park

Teaches Barbell Basics and Conditioning.

Competes in weightlifting meets around Texas. Good at making a heavy day feel like a game.

You’ll hear him say Elbows up, chest tall.

Membership

Memberships run month to month with no sign-up fee. You can freeze yours for up to two months a year when life gets in the way.

Free Week

Try any class on the board for seven days. We don’t ask for a card.

Start Free

Two Classes a Week

Eight classes a month, which is where most people start.

$99 a Month

Try It Free First

Unlimited Classes

Come to as many classes as you like, plus open gym on Saturday.

$149 a Month

Try It Free First

Drop In

For visitors and members of other gyms who want a single class.

$25 a Class

Pick a Class

Students, teachers, police, fire and military save $20 a month. Bring an ID to your first class.

Your Free Week

Seven days of classes, on us. Here is how the week usually goes.

Day 1
Foundations with Coach Dee. She watches you squat and deadlift with a light bar and writes down where you start.
Day 3
Your first Barbell Basics class, with a coach at your rack for the main lift.
Day 5
A Strength or Conditioning class, your pick.
Day 7
Ten minutes with your coach to work out which plan fits your schedule. If you decide not to join, that’s fine.