We want to tell you about three girls.
They went to three different high schools. Basehor-Linwood, Bonner Springs, and Lansing. They didn’t train together, and most of them never met.
And all three of them walked out of Cobra Command as state powerlifting champions.
Trinity, Bonner Springs, 2021
Trinity trained with us in high school (it all started with an email to help clean then gym, next thing we knew, Trinity was a staple here!). I had the privilege to coach her. A lot of our members knew her well.
In 2021 she won the Kansas state powerlifting championship in the 114 pound class. And she didn’t just win her weight class… she was named Best Overall Lifter, Women’s Lightweight, for the whole meet. That same year she took a national high school title too.
Here’s what she told us:
“The workouts and individualized coaching set me up for success in high school sports. I developed body awareness, put on muscle, and learned technical skills that contributed to my performance. I won state and national championships in powerlifting, and became a team captain where I was able to share my knowledge learned from C3.”
But here’s the quote you should actually pay attention to. It’s older, from back when she was still in the middle of it:
“Cardio, on the other hand, has never been my strong suit. Now I’m putting in the effort to get better.”
That’s a future state champion telling you exactly what she was bad at (your kid’s allowed to be bad at something too!).
She worked on it anyway. And by the time she graduated she was a team captain, which is a confidence thing before it’s a strength thing. Then she went on and became a coach at Cobra Command too.
Mena, Basehor-Linwood, 2022 and 2023
Mena Reeves started with us in our KIDS program, at 13 Years Old way back when her parents were training at Cobra Command. I had the honor to coach her too. She was a beast for weight training and really perfecting her technique. She trained at Cobra and was a staple in the Basehor-Linwood weight room too.
Then she won the Kansas 5A state title at 165 pounds. And then she won it again the next year. Back to back.
She went on to lift at Ottawa University. In the summer of 2024 she pulled on a Team USA singlet at the World University Championships in Estonia and finished 7th in the world, with a bronze medal on the bench press. She took bronze at University Nationals in 2025. And she’s now won the 84kg national title at Equipped Nationals twice… in 2025, and again this past May in Corpus Christi.
Two state titles. Two national titles. And a world stage.
Her words:
“I started at C3 in the kid’s program when I was 13. That’s when I found my love for power lifting. My time at C3 has taught me that limits are something you push, not a stopping point.”
Look at that first line again. The kids program. She was your kid’s age.
Madison, Lansing, 2026
And then there’s Madison Neuman, who did this five months ago.
Kansas 4A state champion. She swept every single one of her events. She won by more than 180 pounds. And she was named Lifter of the Meet.
Madison trains with Coach Tiff through personal training, in season and out of season. And that’s the part you should notice. She didn’t cram for it. She’s been in here the whole time, dialing in mechanics and building strength while everybody else took the season off.
That’s the same teen personal training we offer anybody whose practice schedule won’t cooperate. Sports specific or lifting specific, whatever the kid actually needs.
Four State Titles. Three National Titles. One World Stage.
Three different high schools, three different classifications, across five years.
None of these three girls walked in as a champion. Trinity couldn’t cardio. Mena was a 13 year old in the kids class. Madison was a high schooler who decided she wasn’t going to stop lifting when her season started.
What they had in common wasn’t talent. I coached Trinity and Mena. Coach Tiff coached Madison. Different years, different coaches, same exact thing… somebody was in the room with them week after week, and none of them quit when it got inconvenient.
The same coaching that made them into champions is what keeps a knee together in week six of soccer. It’s what lets a kid land off a rebound without their knee caving in. And it isn’t just physically stronger… we’re talking about confidence too. On the court, on the field, and in the lunchroom.
Ready to Find Out What Your Kid’s Made Of?
Our teens class runs Tuesdays + Thursdays at 6:30PM for kids 10-14+ Years Old. Spots are limited because we keep the group small enough to actually coach.
Book a No Sweat Intro and bring your teenager. We’ll show them around, put them through something, and you can decide from there.
