Lift For Life Gym was founded out of a vision that saw a desperate need for a safe place for St. Louis youth and the untapped potential of the kids in the neighborhood.  Since then Lift For Life Gym has been a constant in the lives of thousands of children living in the most under-served […]

Please join us as we host our annual Thanksgiving Dinner! All community members are welcome and encouraged to gather with us, tour the gym, meet our kids, and enjoy an early Thanksgiving with our gym family!

Join us on Saturday, December 13th as our amazing Lift For Life Gym Powerlifting Team competes in an all–high school powerlifting meet at McKendree University! Our athletes have been training hard, building strength, discipline, and confidence—and now they get to showcase it on the big stage.📍 McKendree University109 Perryman St, Lebanon, IL 62254Come cheer them […]

During our daily mentoring sessions, the youth will develop an understanding of what emotional maturity is and how they can display it during difficult situations.

Special guest Derrione "The Takeover" Hill will demonstrate his powerful bench-pressing skills to the youth! This will also be a time when The Takeover will encourage the kids through sharing his story and accomplishments, inspiring our youth to be resilient and disciplined so they, too, can achieve their goals.

On Day 2 of our mini-series on self-control, the youth will tap into what triggers them. They will participate in hands-on activities, allowing them to identify their triggers. The Youth will also play mindful games and discuss what they can do to avoid being easily triggered.

Our Powerlifting team battles some of Missouri’s best lifters in hopes to qualify for Nationals! Come out and support our lifters!

Continuing with the theme of self-control and how to manage our triggers, the youth will participate in different activities that will allow them to demonstrate their self-control when they become […]

The Youth will complete a weekly check-in by recalling any triggering incidents that arose throughout the week. We will discuss some tools they can use to help them regulate strong […]