Our Company History

The owner, Erica Dellinger, started Freedom Barbell Company in order to bridge the gap for patients in hospital care returning to independent living. After working in a hospital setting as a physical therapist assistant (PTA) for over 7 years, Erica gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in working with a variety of patients with a spectrum of co-morbidities, diseases, and overall debilitation. She began to see that once patients completed their therapy programs and were sent home without continuity and proper guidance, a high rate of patients were unable to return to living a healthy and independent life or were being readmitted to the hospital. Over time, she felt her calling was needed more in preventative care due to there being no streamline continuity of care or effective transition, especially for those that have no exercise background.

The foundation of this business is to help people at all fitness levels and ages get healthier and stronger, so the potential for requiring medical care is reduced. With her experience as a licensed physical therapist assistant, a competitive powerlifter and a licensed massage therapist, she knew she could positively impact her community.

Clients have come to Freedom Barbell Company due to overcrowded gym environments, lack of space and access to quality equipment, and more importantly a lack of quality coaching and programming. Time and time again we’ve seen personal trainers unable to write their own training programs due to being overloaded by their schedules, the requirements to use the commercial gym programs, or their use of “cookie cutter” programs they get online. This “cookie-cutter” style of programming does not allow for true personalization to each client and their goals.

Freedom Barbell Company is a place where our members can devote time out of their busy lives to focus and take care of themselves. Our members know and have the peace of mind every time they walk through the doors that we provide a high standard of coaching and programming that provides a healthy physical and mental training environment. We also emphasize a community of like-minded individuals to help support each member’s strength journey not just with the training staff but also with our healthcare practitioners and their fellow FBC members.

As they grow in strength as well as knowledge of strength training, there is a genuinely beautiful and natural growth in their self-confidence. This confidence doesn’t just stay in the gym, but carries over into the rest of their everyday life, work place, family and friends. Our hope is to empower our clients to pass the torch in our mission.

Bottom Line: We want to change the experience and perception of going to a regular box or commercial gym vs an elite training facility that provides high quality coaching, programming, recovery and medical services all in one place.