Our Story

How We Got Started

Look, I'm not gonna feed you some fairy tale about finding my true calling or whatever. Truth is, I got tired of seeing people waste their potential in cookie-cutter gyms that treat everyone like they're on an assembly line.

Back in 2018, I'd been coaching strongman and Olympic lifting for about seven years - mostly out of warehouse spaces and borrowed gym corners. The athletes I worked with were getting results that blew traditional programs out of the water, but we needed a real home. Somewhere that didn't apologize for dropping weights or making noise.

So I maxed out my credit cards, convinced three lifting buddies to pitch in, and we found this old industrial spot on Industrial Way. Yeah, the irony wasn't lost on us. Took us three months to gut it and turn it into something functional. We installed platforms, built custom rigs, and sourced equipment that'd actually survive the beating we knew it'd take.

What We're Actually About

Here's the thing - we're not for everyone, and that's on purpose. If you're looking for rows of treadmills and a juice bar, you're in the wrong place. We built Feralith Bastion for people who want to push past their limits, not just maintain them.

Functional training isn't just a buzzword here. It's literally what we do. You'll carry, pull, press, and move things that challenge your entire body because that's how real strength works. Our strongman programs aren't watered down for the masses - they're the real deal, same methods used by competitors, just scaled to where YOU are right now.

We've got folks here who've never touched a barbell training alongside regional strongman competitors, and that's exactly how it should be. Everyone pulls their weight, everyone encourages each other, and nobody gets to coast.