About Us

Freedom Barbell Company

Small operation with a Big Vision!

Freedom Barbell Company History

In 2015, Erica and her husband decided to build and grow their own home gym due to gym costs and not finding a gym that met Erica’s needs as a competitive powerlifter. She met and became goods friends with other like minded powerlifters in need of a gym equipped specifically for competitive powerlifters, so she opened her home gym to a select few and named her gym Freedom Barbell Company in 2018. 

In the first year, the gym grew giving a small group of USA Powerlifting competitive athletes a focused and properly equipped environment to train and compete year round. Members have also become more involved in USA Powerlifting including becoming state referees and assisting as much as possible at local, regional, and national level meets. Once established and greatly involved in USA Powerlifting, Freedom Barbell Company became a USA Powerlifting Silver Level Regional Training Center in 2019. Erica continues to grow Freedom Barbell Company and open her doors to many like minded competitive athletes (powerlifters, runners, triathletes, and bodybuilders) as well as general fitness & wellness clients who want to improve their body composition and overall health.

Erica strives to maintain a cohesive, welcoming, and learning driven environment for all members. In doing so, Freedom Barbell Company is not only a gym, but members become family who, learn together, grow together, compete together, assist each other at meets, and are each others biggest fans. 

Our Mission

At Freedom Barbell Company our mission is to educate and build a community of self-driven and like-minded individuals who seek to grow not only in physique and strength, but in a wealth of knowledge on strength training, programming, and nutrition. Knowledge is Power! 

Our Vision

At Freedom Barbell Company we strive to create a cohesive and like-minded environment for all our clients, and a life-time value of our services to progress our clients into independent, knowledgeable, and confident individuals no matter what goals they set or where their training takes them.

Our Coaching Philosophy

At Freedom Barbell Company our philosophy is driven by educating our members and our community with an emphasis on longevity in sport and in life. All of our clients have joined to learn, grow, and stay injury free, so they can enjoy the sport they love and/or reach their peak performance and health goals. We believe in creating a trusting relationship between coach and client. We stress the importance of staying injury-free and program clients accordingly. We believe progress is made by having a consistent training regiment. We also believe in maintaining a healthy work-life balance, so we can always provide our clients with effective coaching and quality experience for all members. We do not overload ourselves with clients in order to ensure we give each client quality time and quality coaching & programming. We do this because we love helping people get stronger, healthier, and hopefully ultimately happier.

We support drug-free and fair play sports. We are a Silver Level Regional Training Center through USA Powerlifting since 2019.

Erica Dellinger Owner/Head Coach

Erica has been a competitive powerlifter in USA Powerlifting since 2014. Since she began her powerlifting journey, Erica has set multiple State records in the 57kg weight class along with State and Regional records in the 52kg weight class. Erica has also grown more involved in USA Powerlifting to include becoming a Certified Club Coach, State Referee, and Meet Director in Tucson, AZ with plans to become more involved at the national level.

Current Records:
AZ State Raw Records:
52KG Bench Press 92.5kg (8/24/2019)
52KG Bench Press Single Lift 92.5kg (8/24/2019)
52KG Total Push-Pull 222.5kg (3/6/2020 - Arnold Classic Battle of the Regions)
56KG Bench Press 90kg (8/11/2018)
56KG Bench Press Single Lift 95kg (1/12/2019

AZ State Equipped Current Records:
Open:
52KG Bench Press 100kg (3/25/2023)
52KG Bench Press Single Lift 100kg (3/25/2023)
52KG Deadlift 145kg (3/25/2023)
52KG Deadlift Single 145kg (3/25/2023)
52KG Total 380kg (3/25/2023)
52KG Total Push-Pull 245kg (3/25/2023)

Master 1a:
52kg Squat 135kg (3/25/2023)
52KG Bench Press 100kg (3/25/2023)
52kg Bench Press Single Lift 100kg (3/25/2023)
52kg Deadlift 145kg (3/25/2023)
52kg Deadlift Single (3/25/2023)
52kg Total 380kg (3/25/2023)
52kg Total Push-Pull 245kg (3/25/2023)


Besides being a gym owner and a competitive powerlifter, Erica is a licensed Physical Therapist Assistant since 2013. Erica strives to continue learning and growing in acute and inpatient rehab settings in order to better serve her patients for a quick, safe, and healthy recovery. With the combination of Physical Therapy and Powerlifting knowledge, Erica has grown as a powerlifting coach, strength coach, and has equally been able to apply knowledge of both subjects in each field.

In 2020, Erica decided to learn how to screen print apparel. She now has a Freedom Barbell Company Apparel line as well as a Snacks and Naps Apparel line. Each article of clothing is hand printed by Erica personally. Please visit the Apparel Shop to help support the gym, it's members, and get some nice swag.

Meet the Gym Pups


Meet Sparta - she's always sleeping throughout your training session.


Meet Roo - he always wants you to throw his ball.