Old School Strength Club (OSSC) is an original. It was born here in Grand Rapids, MI. Most of our equipment is made right here in Michigan too.
We will be a combination of strength gym and fighting school. Our strength equipment will be of the highest quality. Most of it will be made right here in Michigan specifically for Old School Strength Club. Most of our strength training will be free weights. While we have a few pieces of equipment made already (two bench presses and a cage), we don't have much equipment compared to most gyms. The benches and cage, along with deadlifting/clean platforms, will give most folks all they need for good strength development. This is especially true if they are interested in powerlifting.
As a result of not having a lot of strength equipment, we will be focusing on fight training at first. The whole focus of our fight training isn't to make someone a champion at MMA, Brazilian juijitsu, or boxing. The focus will be to give you real confidence in your daily lives that you can protect yourself and others. Street fighting is the focus. Certain skills from boxing, jiu-jitsu, hapkido, karate, cage fighting, police training, and SWAT training are extracted and applied to street fighting. Don't let this intimidate you. This training is for you! You can go at your own pace. Don't do anything until you are comfortable to do it. Show up during open hours and work on as much as you would like. One day you may want to do some hard fight training and other days you may not want to do anything other than some strength training. This is a relaxing way to train.
There will be many levels of accomplishment. You can focus on one level at a time so you always have a goal. The fight training will include hand-to-hand, edged weapons, firearms, water skills, etc. It will be fun and non-threatening. Bad attitudes won't be tolerated. The gym will always be family friendly. If you are a thug...there are plenty of martial arts gyms in the area you should go check out.
Brandon, Phill, and Cody
