Eight racks.
No mirrors.
No contracts.
Northside Barbell Club is an independent strength gym on Holton Street in Milwaukee. Coached classes six days a week, and open gym hours for when you would rather train alone.
The week on the whiteboard
Classes run an hour and stop at twelve people. Each colour is one kind of session, the same way each colour on the bar is one weight. Pick a colour to find yours.
Monday
- ConditioningMarcus
- Open gymInes
- BeginnersInes
- ConditioningMarcus
Tuesday
- ConditioningMarcus
- Open gymInes
- Open gymInes
Wednesday
- ConditioningMarcus
- Open gymInes
- BeginnersInes
- ConditioningMarcus
Thursday
- ConditioningMarcus
- Open gymInes
- Open gymInes
Friday
- Open gymDana
- Open gymInes
- BeginnersInes
- Open gymTheo
Saturday
- ConditioningMarcus
Times are on the 24-hour clock, the way they are written on the board by the door. Green slots are when open gym members have the floor. Closed Sundays.
Your first week, in order
Come for a week, free
Any class on the timetable, as many as you like. Bring flat shoes and a water bottle. That is the whole kit list.
A coach checks how you move
Fifteen minutes before your first class: a squat, a hinge and a press with an empty bar. There is nothing to pass. It tells us where to start you.
Start in the right place
If you have not lifted before, that is the beginners' course: four weeks, three sessions a week, the same small group. If you have, you go straight into classes.
What it costs
No contracts and no joining fee. Memberships run month to month. To cancel, tell the front desk or email us before your next billing date and that is the end of it.
Unlimited classes
Every barbell and conditioning class, plus open gym.
$165a month
Three classes a week
Any three barbell or conditioning classes, Monday to Saturday.
$135a month
Open gym only
The floor is yours in every green slot on the timetable.
$75a month
Beginners' course
Twelve coached sessions. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 17:00.
$180for four weeks
Drop-in
One class or one open gym visit. Pay at the desk.
$20a visit
What is in the room
About 4,000 square feet of rubber floor in a former print shop. The plates are colour-coded, so you can read what is on a bar from the other side of the room.
- 8RacksEach with its own platform, so nobody queues for a squat.
- 12Bars20 kg and 15 kg bars, plus two light ones for learning on.
- 25 kgBumper plates, up toRubber all the way down to 5 kg, so the bar sits at the same height for everyone.
- 45 kgDumbbells, up toIn pairs, starting from 2 kg.
- 3RowersUsed in conditioning, free in open gym.
- 2SledsAnd a strip of turf to push them along.
- 0MirrorsYou learn where the bar is by feel and by being coached.
Who is coaching
Four coaches, and the same ones every week. Their names are on the timetable so you know who you are getting before you walk in.
Dana
Runs the 6:00 and 18:00 barbell classes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Will film your squat and watch it back with you.
Theo
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday barbell. Writes the week's programme on the whiteboard every Sunday night.
Marcus
- Conditioning
Rowers, sleds, carries and intervals. Keeps every session to forty-five minutes of work and a proper warm-up.
Ines
- Beginners
- Open gym
Teaches the beginners' course and is on the floor for most open gym hours. Ask her anything, including where things go back.
Hours and address
- Monday to Friday
- 5:45 to 20:15
- Saturday
- 8:45 to 11:15
- Sunday
- Closed
Milwaukee, WI
The grey door with the red plate bolted to it. Street parking on Holton, and a bike rack by the entrance.
(414) 555-0172Try a week free
Tell us a little about you and a coach will get back to you with a good first class to come to. No card details, and nothing to sign.
