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This week’s Featured Athlete was chosen by Masters Coach, Arthur! Keep up the awesome work Brian! “My #DECFMonday goes to #DECFMasters member Brian Christian.  Brian and his wife, Arita, moved to the Reno area about 1-1/2 years ago and joined Double Edge near the same time.  Brian was not a stranger to fitness because of his military experience, but age had made him more cautious of pushing hard and heavy.  Once he became familiar with the movements he began to push harder and once in a while he would take my suggestion of adding more weight.  Which is a joke we have that my suggestions to increase weight were viewed at considerations. Well as of late he’s been taking my suggestions and then some, PRing in both his deadlift and strict press.  And the last few weeks he has been crushing the WODs.  Brian thank you for being a part...Read more

GROUP CLASS WORKOUT Warm Up: 3 Rounds 10 wall balls 5 single leg glute bridge (each leg) 3 Rounds 10 banded strict press 10 straight leg sit ups Accessory Work: 4×8 single arm seated press 4×20 weighted sit ups MetCon: Welded & Welded Lean: 20-15-10 hang power clean and jerk (95#/65#) 30-25-20 push ups 50-40-30 air squats Welded Athlete: 135#/95# *14 minute time capRead more

By: Wes Winter Let’s talk about chalk. We all use it, whether chalking up before some clean and jerk strength work, heading to the pull-up bar, or mid WOD dumbbell snatches. Chalk dries the sweaty grip for solid security on a heavy barbell and gives confidence in not ripping the palms on those big sets of pull-ups mid workout. It’s a great tool in the gym. But is it subconsciously hurting more than helping? Let me explain. A few weeks ago we had DT as Tier 2 Testing. I watched throughout the day as many very fit Tier 2 DE athletes attempted to complete this challenging Hero WOD under the time cap. Very few finished under the time cap checking it off of their list. However, one attempt stood out to me. With an 8 minute time cap, the athlete was coming up to the 7 minute mark and was...Read more

GROUP CLASS WORKOUT Warm Up: 4 Round 10 banded good mornings 50′ Pose Method drills Cash Out: 15 yoga push ups MetCon: Welded & Welded Lean: For Time: 50 sumo deadlift high pulls (75#/55#) 800 meter run 50 push press (75#/55#) 800 meter run 25 sumo deadlift high pulls 25 push press 800 meter run Cash Out: 10 minute handstand hold/walk workRead more

Did you know that we have a ladies only fitness community inside Double Edge? Each week the ladies of DE come together on Tuesday nights at 7PM at South, and on Thursday nights at 6:30PM at Midtown to participate in a specially designed workout just for them! To celebrate our ladies of DE we are holding a “Ladies Night Community Day” this Saturday at 10:30AM at Double Edge South. This will be a great opportunity to see what this community is all about if you haven’t been yet and also will give you a chance to bring in a friend for FREE! So if you have a friend and are free this Saturday, come on down and have some fun with all the ladies! If you have any questions please email Kris or Sabrina.Read more