Onyx Strength & Conditioning

03/13/2026

03/03/2026

Everyone has their battles.
This was mine.

One year ago, 280kg injured my TFL and took my confidence with it. For months, every heavy squat felt uncertain. I had to rebuild from the ground up.

I squatted 280kg for a triple again. Calm. Controlled. No hesitation.

Strength was never about a number on the bar, but the ability to get back up every time you’re knocked on your ass.

What used to be the ceiling is no longer.
Bodyweight 220 and dropping.

This opened a lot of doors.
The foundation decides the ceilin

Thank you .lango for keeping me safe .

01/17/2026

An amazing day for both Team Onyx Lifters, & who both showed up and put everything they had into the meet!
This was their first competition and they killed it!!

Onward and upward for you both.
This is just the start.

"The foundation builds the ceiling"

01/13/2026

Most people think progress comes from destroying themselves in the gym.
Real progress comes from recovering, adapting, and repeating quality work.
Managing fatigue properly means stacking weeks instead of surviving them.

That’s how totals go up.

That’s how bodies stay healthy.

That’s how careers last.

""The foundation decides the ceiling""

01/12/2026

The foundation decides the ceiling.

Most people don’t fail because they aren’t working hard. They fail because they’re building on something unstable.

At Onyx Strength & Conditioning, we don’t chase shortcuts. We build strong movement, strong positions, and strong habits first -and the numbers follow.

Strength built properly lasts

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01/12/2026

The Ragnarök Open is coming.

This isn’t just another local meet - - it’s built for lifters who care about standards, atmosphere, and doing things properly.

Whether this is your first meet or your tenth, the goal is the same:
Show up prepared. Perform at your best. Leave better than you arrived.

Registration, info, and updates here:

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01/12/2026

If you’re tired of guessing, restarting, or spinning your wheels in the gym - this is for you.

We build strong, durable lifters using structured programming, technical coaching, and long-term planning.

Whether your goal is:
– Get strong safely
– Learn proper technique
– Train with structure
– Or compete in powerlifting

Start here:
👉 https://onyxstrengthandconditioning.ca

The foundation decides the ceiling. ⚒️

Evidence-based powerlifting and strength coaching in Edmonton, Alberta. Personalized programming, competition prep, and long-term development for beginners to advanced lifters. Online coaching available.

11/30/2025

Habits are truly the foundation of improvements. The things that you choose and dedicate yourself to on a day to day consistently will shape the outcome of your goal.

08/29/2025

Some days are going to be better than others, some days it is more wise to pull back, where others you need to take leaps that might make you a bit nervous. Either way, the road is long. We can not linger on the outcome of one rep, set or day. Never forget how far you've come, and keep your eyes set on how far you are going to go.

08/22/2025

Always remember that the road is long, and nothing happens overnight. It takes many YEARS to get good at anything. So take a moment to sit back and see how far you've come all the while chipping away slowly. No matter what happens, never quit, even as you adjust, make exercise a permanent part of your life.

07/04/2025

Taken into the right context, this is extremely useful advice. The fear of overtraining is often supplemented by perpetual UNDER training. It is far more often that people are training far below their true capacity and expecting the best result from it. Push to failure every here and there (obviously not ALL the time and not in compound movements) it will reveal a lot to you.

If you don't force the body to accommodate to new stress, then it will have no means to adapt. Even if it means a SINGLE rep more than you did before, that is MAJOR progress, and that is where true growth happens.

"The greatest teacher, failure is"