Get STRONG, safely, with Extremely knowledgeable hands-on coaching, and encouraging gym mates. For old and young & even those in poor health. So much better than paying health insurance out of pocket deductibles. Improve your quality of life!

Great way to get strong, fast! It’s nice to see some muscle tone too!

I ordered the Olympic Iron Barbell Plates - the product has exceeded all expectations with regard to quality, look, and precision. The weights are also made in the USA which is another plus.The customer service has been prompt and professional through the entire process. They even took care of an issue post delivery, no questions asked.I highly recommend the product and the company.

Great program. Awesome coaches.You get one-on-one coaching with every work set, but are paying for a class rather than expensive personal trainer prices.The people are super friendly. You can count on them cheering you on when you hit a new personal weight record.I absolutely love it. 😁

Grant hooked my brother up with an amazing weight set on short notice. I had almost two weeks with the weights and really respected the craftsmanship and feel. Its great finding a gym and an entrepreneur like Grant and The Strength Co. during Covid.

After hurting myself for years doing Crossfit, I decided it was time to hit the reset button and start working on form and technique over speed and volume. I couldnt be happier. Grant and his coaches are all credentialed experts, masters of movement and excellent at making cue suggestions on-the-fly that help the athlete make minor corrections for maximum results. Another plus, the small gym size means 1:1 coaching of every rep for every athlete in the gym. Its like having a personal trainer three times a week, for half the price. Highly recommended.

I have had such a positive experience at Strength Co.! I typically dont like going to the gym because it feels like everyone judges each other, and it just is not a fun place to workout. However, I have only felt encouraged and excited at Strength Co and keep wanting to go back! The atmosphere there is very welcoming and everyone Ive met is more than willing to help me learn. I totally recommend this gym for anyone looking to increase their strength in a fun and motivating environment. Even after only the first two work outs I feel much more confident in my ability to lift in an effective way. I now feel like I know my way around a gym, and I cant wait to continue progressing.

Grant is an awesome coach. Helped me fine tune some of the details that were getting tricky at heavy weight. I got a ton of great input and details that will help me add weight to the bar and not get hurt. Id recommend Strength Co 100%. Thanks!

Grant is an amazing person and coach!I am a powerlifter from Brazil and met him at a Starting Strength Seminar. After that, I went to Strength Co. and he welcomed me, let me watch a few classes, answered my questions and even gave me coffee and a t-shirt! Also, his gym has a great system and all the equipment needed to be healthier and stronger!Highly recommend!

Ive been going to The Strength Co. since November. I was barbell training a little before that, but as a beginner, I knew I needed a coach to help me. Since training with Grant I have seen significant improvements in my strength and form. Grant is a Starting Strength coach and is very knowledgeable. The classes at Strength Co. are small (they have 7 power racks) so everyone gets individualized training. Grant also takes the time after class to review my training program and diet, which is super helpful! Initially I was a little nervous to start going to a barbell gym, but everyone here is so welcoming and encouraging. I will definitely keep coming here!

I began training at The Strength Co on 12/1/17. I attended an intro lesson and was immediately impressed by the facility and coaching. The starting strength program works. I’ve gained 30 pounds of body weight and have almost doubled my squat. I feel stronger and my joints are better for it. I’m 35 years old and feel better than I have in years. Grant, Dylan, and Mike are excellent coaches. If you want to become strong and be surrounded by good people this is the place to train.

I went to the Strength Co while visiting from out of town for a one on one session with Grant. If you are looking to improve your lifting technique or you are just getting started with lifting Grant is the guy you need. He is a very professional coach and also very personable. Thanks Grant!

I trained three times at The Strength Co. this week while I was in LA for work, and I cant wait to go back! They have seven Rogue R-3 racks, Rogue B&R bars, York plates. However, what makes The Strength Co. great is not the equipment (as great as it is), but the people, both trainees and coaches. Everyone made me feel super welcome from the moment I set foot in the door. Im currently training with an online coach, but I like to get live eyes on my lifts whenever Im in a town with a Starting Strength Coach. Grant and Mike are top notch coaches. I look forward to training with them again next time Im in LA!

Great program and very attentive coaches. Grant clearly knows his stuff. The equipment is top notch and very clean. During my session, he also had a person that was new to lifting all together, his coaching was very adaptable to both types of lifters focusing on each persons unique needs. They have a Dead-lift jack! Ive never see one before - I will say it saves your strength for the lifts.

I have been a member since October 2017. Everything about Grant Broggi and his gym; The Strength Co is a Class Act! I was new to Barbell weight lifting and from day one Grant had me at the Intro . I soon realized not only are we getting stronger every week but its truly an entire body workout while being coached along the way to make sure our form and technique are spot on!. The coaches are AMAZING; organized, experienced, smart, encouraging, motivating and strong AF!And the best part about The Strength Co are all of the members; they are super cool, friendly, supportive and fun to workout with. I wouldnt go to any other gym but this one!!! Grant, Dylan, Michael & Niki.........ROCK!

I started training here about a month ago and I keep coming back multiple times per week despite the long commute (1-2 hrs each way, depending on traffic), because theres no gym closer to me that compares. But this isnt just the best gym in SoCal... Having trained at about a dozen gyms across three continents, The Strength Co is the best out of all of them. No question.

Outstanding place to train and a great community of people! Loved the environment and the people were fantastic. Grant got me set up fast...and Dylan was a great Coach! If you want to get stronger...this is the place.

This is a fantastic strength training gym I dropped in while visiting from out town. The owner and crew were awesome. Look forward to visiting again.

Positive environment, attentive coaching, efficient program.Big edge this gym has is that the instructors are certified Starting Strength Coaches. So the lifts are coached to the program model, and the instructors are comfortable talking about the various nuances of the lifts and lift selection. Coaches are very articulate and the feedback is precise and not overwhelming. Found coaching on the Press particularly helpful. Likewise I have personally avoided any weird tweaks. With other gym goers, Coaches have seemed pretty capable at adapting the program or lifts as needed for their specific physique.Facility is pretty new. Parking is fine. Crowd is pretty diverse with a wide range of ages and physiques. Culture is good. Pace of progress pretty satisfying.

If youre not going to learn to lift from Coach Rippetoe (me or my cousin) then you should learn from this guy. Were all here to make you stronger. And we succeed where all others fail.

THE place for strength in Costa Mesa! You can lift weights anywhere, what you NEED are dedicated coaches who truly understand the principles of strength training and the best techniques for you. Take my word for it, this is more than just Starting Strength programming. The Strength Co provides all of the expertise you need to keep making the progress you want.

This place was great! Great coaches, great facility. Very friendly people. I was just disappointed that I don’t live in the area so I can become a member and attend regularly.UPDATE (April 2021) - I’ve been using this gym whenever I travel in SoCal (as I don’t reside there) and I love this place! Clean, top notch, and welcome to arrange ‘drop in’s’ for people traveling or looking to try it out. You won’t be disappointed!

Awesome place to train!

Awesome gym. The instruction was superb and low bar barbell back squat is an awesome technique to learn here 👍👍.

Cool little private gym, with some pretty cool trainers. Just be aware of their practice of automatic recurring monthly charges.Here was my experience.I reached out to this gym to get some coaching on my lifts. In response I was instructed to go to their website, sign up for an account, and schedule an appointment. A credit card was required.I had seen a different ssc a few years back in LA and their was no account sign up required or anything like that. With that coach I made an appointment through email and showed up to the appointment cash in hand. The strength co, however, is involved in the practice of automatic monthly recurring charges. Remember, I only wanted one private session.Long story short, I was charged for membership fees for 2 months after my session. I was able to stop this on the 3rd from happening by switching my credit card to a prepaid card that had no money on it.My advice would be this. If you want to sign up to a monthly gym this isnt a bad one at all, a bit expensive but not unreasonable.If you only want a private session, this is also not a bad gym for that either, just dont sign up for an account on their website. Refuse to give any credit card info and instead just tell the staff you only deal in cash.Another option would be, if you have one, only provide a prepaid card. The gym can continue charging that card if they like, but they wont get anything from it if you havent loaded any money on it.

Great place to get strong

Great, clean gym, they foster a family experience

Talented coaches, high end purpose built gear with no frills, and friendly people. Best strength gym ever!

The Strength Co in Costa Mesa, CA, is definitely a winner. I’ve been training there for almost 2 months. While I was impressed from my first exposure to The Strength Co, I wanted to give it a good try before writing a review. It is the first gym experience that I’ve had in over 40 years of resistance training that combines clear objectives, intelligent programming, expert-lead individualized training, and a motivating and collegial “team” environment to train in. Those first 2 elements – clear objectives and intelligent programming – are a result of Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength enterprise, of which The Strength Co is a franchise. The foundation of the Starting Strength methodology is the simple truth that building strength is accessible and one of the healthiest priorities any person can have independent of whether or not that person can already lift a truck or is pretty much completely deconditioned or weak due to injury, a sedentary lifestyle, age, etc., and all gray areas in between those extremes. The Starting Strength methodology is well documented and distills down the science of increasing strength through basic and proven incrementally increased resistance training for novice, intermediate and advanced athletes.To bridge the gap between good science and rubber-meets-the-road healthy, effective weight training, only rigorously trained and qualified people become designated as Starting Strength Coaches (SSC). Coach Grant Broggi received that “SSC” designation about 2 years ago after having much success in increasing strength in U.S. Marines with the Starting Strength methodology. (Coach Grant remains on active duty with the Marines.) With the SSC designation, Coach Grant started training civilians in the Starting Strength methodology and eventually opened The Strength Co to serve the civilian market in Orange County. Coach Dylan Cherin also has a passion for the same system of resistance training and has had tremendous personal success in using the Starting Strength methodology and teaches classes at The Strength Co. Coaches Grant and Dylan are involved with helping all trainees perfect their form in the lifts (an ongoing process) and in determining programming for each person. Every “work” set and lift is coached for the 7 members in a class helping each lifter towards better form, keeping them healthy and progressing towards the real objective of greater strength.I mentioned 7 people in each class: Each works at their own training platform with rig, barbell and weights. This seems to work out perfectly in terms of allowing athletes time to recover between work sets and letting the coach make a circuit to be involved with each athlete’s work set. We’re all there for one primary objective and that bleeds into wanting to see your fellow athletes hit their marks. That leads to a lot of appreciation and encouragement for each person training and a great sense of team even though lifting is an individualized activity. And while there is a productive sense of focus in the training groups of 7, the people making up these groups traverse a broad range of physical abilities and opportunities, sizes, ages, genders, senses of humor, etc., and the personalities ring through. There’s plenty of laughs and camradarie through the training sessions. Indeed there is no sign of the drudgery of globo-gym type “exercise” at The Strength Co.Obviously, I’m a devoted fan of The Strength Co and I feel very lucky to have followed a path to it’s door. I’m really impressed with Coach Grant’s creation of The Strength Co and I anticipate to continue gaining in my own strength quest there for a long time to come. It’s a very scalable model and there’s room for anybody that has a desire for a healthy increase in strength in their life.

Highly recommended!