TRITAC/Programs/Strength Training
Strength & Conditioning · Cromwell, CT

Strength training
with an actual coach.

Small-group coaching. A real program. Training built around your body and your goals. Train strength as your main program or alongside Jiu-Jitsu, MMA and other martial arts. Beginners are welcome. Experienced lifters are welcome. You do not need to know your maxes before you start.

— What this is

You shouldn’t have to become your own coach just to get stronger.

A regular gym gives you equipment. We give you equipment, programming and somebody watching the work.

Your plan should make sense for your training history, your body, your schedule and what you actually want to improve. That may be getting stronger. It may be losing fat while keeping muscle. It may be performing better in Jiu-Jitsu. It may be playing another sport. It may simply be feeling like your body works again.

00 · PROGRAMMING
Planned · Progressive · Tracked

Know what you’re doing today and how it connects to next week.

01 · COACHING
Technique · Load · Adjustment

A coach watches the lifts, helps choose appropriate loads and changes the plan when something isn’t working.

02 · RESULTS
Strength · Conditioning · Capacity

Get stronger, build work capacity and improve the physical qualities that matter to you.

— Why coached training

Equipment isn’t usually
the problem.

Most gyms have enough equipment to get strong. The harder part is knowing what to do with it. What should you train today? How much weight? How many sets? Is that pain normal? Is your technique good enough to add load? Do you need more conditioning or more recovery? Our members come here because they want those questions answered.

The program gives the work a direction. The coach makes sure the program fits the person.
— Three ways to train

Pick the level of coaching that matches the goal.

TIER · 01

Strength

The core program for adults who want to get stronger, move better and build useful conditioning. You follow a structured plan with a coach on the floor.

  • Progressive strength programming
  • Coached lifting technique
  • Conditioning
  • Mobility / accessory work
  • Progress tracked over time
TIER · 02

Performance

More individualized programming for members with a specific performance goal. This is for someone who needs more precision than the standard group plan but still likes training in a small group.

  • More individualized exercise selection
  • Power and conditioning work
  • Greater coaching detail
  • Programming adjusted around the goal
  • Useful for fighters, grapplers and serious recreational athletes
TIER · 03

Sports Performance

For teens and adult athletes training for a sport. Programming is built around the demands of the sport, the competition calendar and the athlete.

  • Strength and power
  • Speed / acceleration work where appropriate
  • Conditioning for the sport
  • In-season and off-season planning
  • Starts with an athletic assessment
Coaching an athlete with a season to train for? Sports Performance has its own page with sport-specific programming, in-season blocks, and the youth athlete framework.
See Sports Performance →
ATHLETES + TEENS

Start with an athletic assessment.

If you have a sport, bring it with you. We’ll talk about your training background, your season, what you need to improve and what has been getting in the way. The assessment gives the coach a starting point for programming instead of guessing from day one.

Book the Free Athletic Assessment
THE STRENGTH FLOOR

Plenty of ways
to get strong.

The TRITAC strength floor includes traditional barbell work, kettlebells, dumbbells, racks, platforms, conditioning equipment, turf and strongman tools. We use the tool that fits the job.

Strongman

Stones, logs, sleds, sandbags, carries and odd objects. A great way to build strength outside perfectly balanced gym lifts.

Powerlifting

Squat, bench and deadlift. Learn the lifts, build them over time and use them when they fit the goal.

Olympic Lifting

Clean, jerk and snatch variations, used when they suit the athlete and the coaching available. Tools, not a requirement for everybody.

Bodyweight

Pull-ups, push-ups, dips, single-leg work, crawling and trunk work. Basics that never stop being useful.

— What you train

Build a body that can do more.

STRENGTH

Learn the big movement patterns.

  • Hinge
  • Squat
  • Push
  • Pull
  • Carry
  • Single-leg work
  • Rotation / anti-rotation
CONDITIONING

Build an engine that matches the goal.

  • Aerobic base work
  • Intervals
  • Sprint / power work when appropriate
  • Circuits
  • Sleds, carries, bikes, rowers and other conditioning tools
  • Conditioning that can complement martial arts or sport practice
DURABILITY

Keep enough capacity to train consistently.

  • Mobility where you actually need it
  • Trunk strength
  • Grip and forearm work
  • Neck and upper-back work for grapplers and contact athletes
  • Shoulder and hip capacity
  • Recovery habits
  • Training load adjusted around the rest of your week
Coach watching a member do an overhead press on the TRITAC strength floor
ON THE FLOOR
Coach watches your sets. Real lifts, coached.
— Inside a session

A coached 60-minute session.

The exact training changes with the program and the person, but most sessions have a simple shape.

EVERY SESSION
  • A coach is on the floor
  • Loads and exercises can be adjusted
  • Technique matters
  • The work is recorded
  • The session fits into a larger plan
  1. 01

    Prep

    0–10 MIN

    Warm up the joints and patterns you’re going to use. Ramp into the main work instead of wasting twenty minutes on random movement.

  2. 02

    Main strength work

    10–30 MIN

    The primary lift or strength emphasis for the day. Coaches watch the reps that matter and adjust load or technique as needed.

  3. 03

    Accessory + conditioning

    30–50 MIN

    Build the qualities the main lift doesn’t cover. That may be single-leg work, pulling, trunk work, carries, intervals, sleds or another targeted block.

  4. 04

    Finish + log

    50–60 MIN

    Finish the session, record the work and leave knowing what you actually did. That record matters when it’s time to progress the program.

— Who this is for

Is coach-led strength training the right fit?

YES · IF YOU
  • Want to get stronger but don’t want to program everything yourself
  • Are new to lifting and want to learn correctly
  • Are over 40 and care about staying capable
  • Train Jiu-Jitsu or MMA and need strength work that fits around it
  • Play a sport
  • Want body-composition change built around strength and consistent training
  • Are bored with regular gyms
  • Like small-group energy but still want individual coaching
TALK TO US FIRST · IF YOU
  • Need medical rehabilitation rather than fitness coaching
  • Have an injury that has not been evaluated or cleared
  • Want completely unsupervised open-gym access only
  • Want a program built around daily maximal-effort workouts
— Keep the plan with you

Your program shouldn’t disappear when you leave the building.

Members can use the Hub to keep training information and supporting work in one place between sessions.

  • Current training focus
  • Session / progress notes where supported
  • Off-day mobility or conditioning work
  • Supporting coaching content
  • Better continuity from one session to the next
— Straight answers

Questions people ask
before starting strength training.

No. That is a normal starting point. We’ll teach the movement first, use manageable loads and help you understand what you’re doing before asking you to push it.

Get stronger
with a plan.

Come train on the floor. Meet the coaches. Learn the movements. See how the programming works. Use the free 21 days to decide whether coached strength training is what you’ve been missing.
Start 21 Days FreeFree Athletic Assessment