Streetlifting University

Stop guessing. Build a total that holds up on the platform.

Streetlifting coaching from a 3x National Champion, 2x Pound-for-Pound Champion, and Certified Streetlifting Judge. Pull-up, dip, muscle-up, squat: coached to the standard that gets enforced on the platform.

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By application · Limited availability · Reviewed for fit.
National Champion · Certified Judge
Lincoln Black
3x National Champion · 2x Pound-for-Pound Champion · Certified Streetlifting Judge
Weighted pull-up
Weighted dip
Muscle-up
Squat
Built for the sport · Coached to the standard
Who's coaching you

Coached by a national champion.
Judged to the standard.

Most coaches can train you. Lincoln also judges the meets you compete in, and that's the credential most coaches can't claim.

He knows, lift by lift, exactly why attempts get turned down. A general strength coach can't tell you whether your pull-up will pass. Lincoln can. He sees it from the judge's chair, then trains it from the coach's.

SLU isn't general fitness with a Streetlifting label on it. It's a performance coaching system built around one sport, by someone who competes in it and officiates it.

Your lift only counts if it passes. SLU coaches to the standard that gets enforced on the platform, not the one that feels strong in the gym.

You're not stalling because you aren't working hard.

Most serious Streetlifting athletes don't plateau from lack of effort. They plateau from wrong decisions. A generic program can't fix that, because a program can't see you.

Streetlifting is a sport with its own standards. Trained like general strength work, it produces lifts that look strong in the gym and get turned down on the platform.

The wrong block, run too long
Load progressed by feel, not by plan
Attempts a template can't pick
Fatigue managed by guesswork
Lifts that look strong but get red-lighted

Strength with structure. Decisions over guesswork.

SLU coaching follows a defined order of operations. Each decision informs the next; nothing is programmed in isolation.

01Technical DiagnosisFind what's actually limiting the lift, not what's easiest to program around.
02Individualized ProgressionBuild the block around the athlete, then adjust block to block as you adapt.
03Competition StrategyTrain toward the platform: peaking, attempt selection, meet-week execution.
04Fatigue ManagementLoad and recovery decided on purpose, so you arrive ready instead of cooked.
05Judged to the StandardEvery rep trained to pass, because competition doesn't care what almost counted.
Programming is the output. The value is the judgment behind every decision.

Find the right level of support.

SLU meets athletes at three levels. Most serious competitors start at the top. Where you start depends on how much of the decision-making you want handled.

FlagshipCompetePerformance CoachingFull 1:1 coaching. Linc makes the calls: diagnosis, progression, competition strategy, and fatigue management, applied to you week after week.Best for: serious and competitive athletes who want individualized coaching decisions.Apply for Coaching
TrainGuided TrainingThe SLU system, self-led. Get placed into the right track, follow structured blocks built around the four lifts, log your work, and track your progress as you go.Best for: athletes who want structure and progression and are ready to drive their own training day to day.Explore Guided Training
LearnEducation & CommunityFree education, the SLU community, and low-cost resources that teach how the lifts are judged, how to structure a block, and what actually moves a total.Best for: athletes learning the sport and the standards, or still exploring what's right for them.Explore SLU Learn

Not sure where to start?

Tell us about your training, goals, schedule, and current bottleneck. We’ll help point you toward Guided Training, 1:1 Coaching, a Lift Audit, or the appropriate next step.

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Performance Coaching

You don't need another program.
You need someone making the right calls.

This is coaching for athletes who are done guessing. It's individualized, it's by application, and availability is limited. Performance Coaching is intentionally limited to preserve coaching quality.

Another program doesn't fix decisions. A coach does. Performance Coaching is the full SLU coaching relationship: Linc making the calls on your training, week after week.

Competing isn't an upsell here. Meet prep is built in for athletes with a competition on the calendar: peaking, attempt strategy, and meet-week execution. It's what this is for.

By application · 1:1 availability is limited · Applications reviewed for fit
Apply for Coaching
Start with a short application. If it's a fit, we'll talk on a discovery call.
  • Individualized decision-makingYour training driven by judgment, not a template. Every call is made for you.
  • Technical diagnosisWhat's actually limiting your lifts, identified and ranked by what costs you the most.
  • Block-to-block progressionYour blocks built and re-built as you adapt and as the meet gets closer.
  • Fatigue managementLoad and recovery decided on purpose, so you show up ready instead of overcooked.
  • Competition strategyPeaking, attempt selection, and a meet-week plan built by someone who judges these meets.
SLU Guided Training

Train inside the system.
Not a random program.

Guided Training gives you the SLU system to run yourself. The same structured programming, progression rules, and tracking SLU's coached athletes train on, structured as a self-led program you drive day to day.

Get placed into the right training track, follow blocks built around the four lifts, log your work, and track your progress session by session. It's structure, progression, and a system you can trust, without waiting on anyone to tell you what to do each session.

Best for athletes who want a proven system and structured progression and are ready to make their own day-to-day training decisions. When your goals get specific (a meet, a stubborn plateau, a podium), Performance Coaching is the next step.

Guided Training gives you the SLU system. Performance Coaching gives you the decisions.

Explore Guided TrainingFounding access · $99/mo

Trained to the standard.
Tested in competition.

Lincoln Black
3x National Champion · Certified Streetlifting Judge
SLU's coaching comes from the platform, not a textbook. The standards SLU coaches to are the standards Lincoln enforces.
  • Coached and judged at the national levelThe standards SLU coaches to are the standards Lincoln enforces from the judge's chair.
  • A defined coaching methodDiagnosis → individualized progression → competition strategy → fatigue management → judged to the standard.
  • Structured training systems and progression frameworksThe same system SLU's athletes train on. Structured, not improvised.
  • A dedicated athlete portal and training logCoaching delivered through a real system, not a shared spreadsheet.

Start with the right next step.

Already know what you need? Explore Guided Training or apply directly for coaching. Still unsure? Complete the SLU intake and we’ll help determine where you fit.

Before you apply.

No, but it's built for serious ones. Performance Coaching is for athletes who are committed to competing or training like they will, at any level from a serious first meet upward. If you're newer or still exploring, Guided Training or the free resources are the better starting point, and the application will tell us which fits.
You're welcome here. Just start in the right place. If you're new to training for Streetlifting competition, begin with the free resources and the SLU community to learn the lifts and the standards, then move into Guided Training when you want a full system. Plenty of athletes step up to Performance Coaching once they're ready to compete.
A program can't see you. It can't diagnose why your muscle-up stalls, pick your attempts, or decide when to back off before a meet. That's the difference between a template and coaching. Guided Training gives you a strong system to follow; Performance Coaching gives you the decisions made for you, week to week.
Guided Training gives you the SLU system: proven programming, progression rules, and tracking you run yourself. Performance Coaching gives you the decisions: individualized diagnosis, progression, competition strategy, and fatigue management, with Linc making the calls. Same standards, different level of support.
Performance Coaching is by application, not a checkout. Coaching is individualized and availability is limited, so we start with an application and a discovery call to make sure it's the right fit before talking specifics. Guided Training is a straightforward priced membership. You'll see everything on its page.
Then you're exactly who Performance Coaching is built for. Competition prep isn't an add-on here: peaking, attempt selection, and a meet-week plan are part of the coaching, built by someone who judges sanctioned meets. If you have a competition timeline, mention it in your application.