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What: Battle Grounds 2017 Where: Reno City Plaza 10 North Virginia Street (by the “BELIEVE” sign) When: Friday, June 16th Athlete Check-In: 2PM First Heat: 3PM Saturday, June 17th Athlete Check-In: 8AM First Heat: 9AM Who: Everyone! Whether you’re a competitor or a spectator make sure to come and check out the biggest Welded style competition in Northern Nevada. Why: Why not!? We’ll have nice weather, awesome athletes, food and vendors. Changes to Class Schedule: Friday, June 16th Midtown – 5:30PM class is cancelled South – 6PM class is cancelled Saturday, June 17th Midtown – 10:30AM weightlifting is cancelled South – 9AM & 10AM classes cancelled Notes: Make sure to follow Battle Grounds on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date with the latest news and updates. We’ll see everyone Friday night!Read more

GROUP CLASS WORKOUT Warm Up: 400 meter run or 500 meter row 30 air squats 3 Rounds: 3 second stretch lunge hold 3 second hamstring hold (each leg) Strength: Front Squat (14 minutes) Strength: 1 rep max Technique: 5×3 moderate weight Warm Up: 1×10 empty barbell 1×5 @40% 1×4 @50% 1×3 @60% 1×2 @70-75% 1 rep until max MetCon: Welded: 6 Rounds 4 clean and jerks (135#/95#) 8 toes to bar *10 minute time cap Welded Lean: 6 Rounds 8 deadlifts (135#/95#) 16 AbMat sit ups *10 minute time capRead more

By: Joaquin Ramirez As most of you know we have implemented a test/retest program at Double Edge in order to track everyone’s results in MetCons and be able to see if our programming truly is making everyone improve all aspects of fitness. So far this program has been a success as both genders have improved every single workout! Some notable stats include the females taking out the males in overall average improvement on the workout “Chief” as they improved by 8 reps and the males improved by 2 (on average). The ladies also came close to beating the guys (on average) only coming in one rep behind the boys in this retest! I would also like to tell everyone that the average weight cleaned by the men in the workout “Alvie” was 218 pounds and the women averaged a 137 pound clean. All the women of DE, keep pushing hard...Read more

GROUP CLASS WORKOUT Warm Up: 2 Rounds 25 banded face pulls (rig) 10 push ups (slow descent) Finish with: 20 scorpions Extended Warm Up: 3 Rounds 4 sumo deadlift high pull 4 lateral burpees 10 calorie row MetCon: Welded & Welded Lean: 17 Minute AMRAP 10 sumo deadlift high pull (95#/65#) 10 lateral burpees 200 meter run *200 meter = 5 reps Cool Down: 400 meter walk 20 air squats (slow) 20 dumbbell strict press (slow) 3 minute lower back smash (foam roller/lacrosse ball)Read more

By: Joel Cochran We talk a lot about myofascial release (also known as foam rolling) but what exactly is this fascia that we speak of?  Well taking it straight from Wikipedia itself, “Fascia is a thin, tough, elastic type of connective tissue that wraps most structures within the human body, including muscle.” The key word that I want you to focus on is “muscle.”  Your fascia wraps around your muscle to keep it supported and protected which is a good thing! The bad thing is that the “fascia is a thin, TOUGH, elastic type of connective tissue” that doesn’t like to move around too much. So what happens when your muscles start becoming one with a tough piece of tissue like fascia?  You get pain, muscle tension and diminished blood flow (these are all bad things people).  But in comes myofascial release! Myofascial release is a way to release your...Read more