Powerlifting in College Station
Texas A&M's home for competitive strength. A sanctioned USA Powerlifting meet host, open 24 hours a day, on calibrated Eleiko equipment.
We don't just train for meets. We host them.
Brazos Valley Barbell is a sanctioned meet host for USA Powerlifting and USA Weightlifting — the only facility in Bryan–College Station sanctioned under both federations.
We run the Brazos Valley Brawl and the Continue Climbing Classic under USAPL, and the Texas A&M Weightlifting Open under USAW.
That matters more than it sounds. The platform you train on Tuesday is the platform you compete on in the spring. The calibrated plates you warm up with are the ones loaded for your third attempt. Your first meet happens in a room you already know, surrounded by people who already know you.
Most lifters travel two hours for their first competition. Ours walk about thirty feet.
Built to competition standard
Most gyms in this town will let you squat. Very few are equipped for it.
3 TSS competition combo racks · 1 Eleiko competition combo rack
4 deadlift platforms
20 Ohio Power Bars · 1 Eleiko IPF competition bar
4 sets of calibrated Eleiko competition kg plates
Texas Deadlift Bar · Texas Squat Bar · Rogue kg plates
Plus multiple squat cages and power racks, dumbbells from 5 to 150 lb, strongman equipment, outdoor training space, and cardio.
And the part no equipment list captures: we are chalk friendly. Chalk up. Load the bar. Drop the deadlift. Nobody is going to come over and have a conversation with you about it.
Coached at the highest level there is
Look up when you are here. Those flags are not decoration.
Owner and Sports Performance Director Phillip Scruggs has coached Olympians and World Championship qualifiers representing eleven nations — the United States, Australia, the Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Grenada, Mexico, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago. Each flag is an athlete who trained here.
You do not need to be one of them to be coached here. But it is worth knowing who is writing the programs.
Every membership starts with a free 4-week coached intro program — the powerlifting one written by Dr. Rob Escalante of Escalate Training. Members also get 15% off his ongoing programming.
Come see it before you decide
A tour takes about fifteen minutes. No pitch, no clipboard — we'll walk you through the floor, show you the racks and the platforms, and answer whatever you want to ask.
Open 24/7 to members. Staff on site weekdays 12–8 PM and Saturdays 10 AM–2 PM.
303 Dominik Dr., College Station, TX 77840 · (979) 300-6780