By: Arthur Anderson –Photo Courtesy of the Nevada Department of Transportation  A little over a year ago I wrote a blog discussing the Virginia Street Bus RAPID Transit Extension Project.  This picture was taken in 1965 during The Virginia Street Widening Project, where Virginia street was widened to 4 lanes so that more traffic could easily got to the casinos downtown.  Fast forward 50+ years the Transit Extension Project will reduce most of Virginia down to 2 lanes and widen the sidewalks to anywhere from 5 to 12 feet.  The project is designed more around bus and foot traffic. This means that traffic patterns from Liberty to Plumb will be altered with a 2-foot median in the road preventing left hand turns, less Virginia Street parking and fewer traffic lights. I think most of these changes will be a great enhancement to the Virginia Street corridor but will probably be a...Read more

You’re not going to want to miss class today as it’s a “Tier Testing” day! If you are new or need a refresher as to what the Tier System is and why we do them check out the original post on the topic by clicking here. GROUP CLASS WORKOUT Warm Up: Coaches Choice Strength: Bench Press (every 2:00) 5×5 (choose weight) MetCon: Welded (Tier Testing): Tier 4 choose 3 movements Tier 3 “Grace” (under 5:00) Tier 2 “Isabel” (under 6:00) Welded Lean: Rowing 12×500 meters *1 minute rest in betweenRead more

GROUP CLASS WORKOUT Warm Up: 3 minute machine 3 Rounds (w/dumbbell or kettlebell) 5 single leg deadlift 5 single arm clean and jerks (each arm) 5 inchworms Finish w/: 60 second supinated pull up bar hang Strength: Snatch (every 1:15) 9×3 (drop and reset) MetCon: Welded & Welded Lean: Retest Day: “Fight Gone Bad” 3 Rounds wallballs (20#/14#) sumo deadlift high pull (75#/55#) box jump (20″) push press (75#/55#) calorie row *1 minute rest after each round *work to get max reps for 1 minute at each movement *test day: 3/5/18  Read more

GROUP CLASS WORKOUT Warm Up: Coaches Choice MetCon: 10 Rounds 10 dual kettlebell swings 30 double unders 10 burpees *20 minute time cap WEIGHTLIFTING: (Midtown @10:30AM) A) 8×2 clean and jerk (drop and reset) B) 5×3 clean pulls @110% of 1 rep max C) 4×4 behind the neck strict press (choose weight)Read more

GROUP CLASS WORKOUT Warm Up: 3 minute machine 3 Rounds max handstand walk or 10 kettlebell presses 15 air squats Accessory: 5×12 kettlebell bent over row 3×10 kettlebell front rack lunge MetCon: Welded & Welded Lean: 18 minute AMRAP 30 calorie row/bike 200 meter run 10 snatches (155#/105#) 5 bar muscle ups or 5 single arm kettlebell overhead squats (each side)Read more