General Info
GYM N°5 is a powerlifting gym in Gunbarrel, Boulder, built around the squat, bench, and deadlift. Calibrated competition bars, monolifts, custom-height platforms, competition benches, and certified plates. The equipment you train on is the equipment you compete on.
Coaching covers every level: beginners learning the three lifts and competition commands, intermediate lifters programming through plateaus, and advanced lifters refining technique and peaking for a meet. GYM N°5 is a USA Powerlifting (USAPL) certified facility, and coaching covers USAPL and USPA meet prep.
Membership is application-only and capped, with 24/7 access. No waiting for a rack, no bars that bend under a real load.
Complete the pre-application to book a tour.
One-on-one powerlifting coaching at GYM N°5 in Gunbarrel, Boulder. In-person sessions built around the squat, bench, and deadlift — setup, bracing, bar path, and the technique corrections that add to your total.
Coaching takes you all the way through a meet: peaking cycles, attempt selection, making weight for your class, and handling on competition day for USAPL and USPA platforms.
Sessions are programmed around you — first total or national qualifier.
Complete the pre-application to book a tour.
THICK Powerlifting online coaching delivers custom squat, bench, and deadlift programming through the Team Thick Training app. No membership or travel required.
Every block is built around your numbers, your schedule, and your next meet. Weekly check-ins, video form review, and direct contact with your coach. Programming adjusts to your recovery and your progress, not a fixed template.
Complete the pre-application and download the Team Thick Training app to start.
TEAM THICK POWERLIFTING
Boulder Powerlifting
For years, Boulder Powerlifting has been where this town's competitive lifters have trained. Now it has a NEW home at GYM N°5 — 6420 Gunpark Dr. STE B, Boulder, CO.
Boulder Powerlifting is the official powerlifting coaching service at GYM N°5: programming, meet prep, and platform technique from coaches who compete and place at the national and world level, on the equipment the sport is actually contested on. The IPF-certified Rogue Combo Rack, monolifts, Rogue Ohio Power Bars, calibrated plates. If you came looking for Boulder Powerlifting, this is where it is.
Powerlifting Coaches
Coach ThickG5 MASTER COACH
COACH DERRCOACH
ZACH NELSENPT/COACH