The Dirty Gym — Attraction in Dayton

I have been coming here about a month now, and I have been sore for about a month now. So they are either really good trainers, or I am a realllllly bad student. Legit though, this is my first time having formal instruction in the Gym. After a long hiatus due to injury, my form had become garbage, and trust me, you can get surprisingly strong lifting incorrectly; however, you are still lifting like garbage. Through their instruction, my form is getting cleaned up, and I am also learning more about Olympic lifting when I primarily did powerlifting.

The thing that sold me the most is that the entire group is supportive and they collectively do push you to do better, but they are not going to push you to injure yourself, which is why I avoided submitting myself to having a trainer for a long time. There is a fine line between pain being weakness leaving the body and pain because your body is about to break. Thankfully, the trainers here, just by observation, can usually tell the difference and will tell you to step it up or lay off.

Also, there is on occasion puppers and doggos to pet =...

The gym I would choose:

To give perspective: I've traveled all over the US, been training for almost 20 years, hold multiple records, have competed on a national level in more than one sport.

I've been to gyms in Dallas, almost all in Phoenix, all over LA, San Diego, New Mexico, parts of Denver, Chicago, and this is the gym I would choose.

Is it for everyone? Anyone who enjoys lifting, growing muscle, Olympic Powerlifting, Powerlifting, and Strongman. (Do not limit it to just those sports as that is not at all doing the place justice, nor does that give sufficient credit to what would make someone good in those sports do for someone not in them)

The knowledge of the staff is vast and they are good people who do want you to succeed.

I really enjoyed Dayton, the Air Force Museum, Wright Brothers history, the lush vegetation, rain, temperature, and food... but this gym is pretty damn awesome. I look forward to seeing it and the people within it develop...

I came to Dayton for 2 months as part of a surgical residency rotation and needed to find a gym to continue olympic weightlifting training. I stopped by the Dirty Gym on a whim and met Marcus and Casey and was welcomed to their gym crew. I quickly found the Dirty Gym was an incredible training environment, both Casey and Marcus have helped me improve my lifting technique and teach me the fundamentals of weightlifting as a sport. For visitors as well as locals, this gym has everything going for it regarding training equipment, coaching, nutritional support, and what an athlete needs to succeed in the sport. I look forward to maintaining the friendships I have built during my short time in Dayton, and continuing to progress in weightlifting with the help of coach Marcus and Casey. I look forward to coming back to visit...