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By: Joaquin Rameriez Do you remember what it was like the first day you stepped into the box? For many of us it was unfamiliar territory. We would only come a day or two a week, which usually felt like a chore. We didn’t know how to perform all the movements perfectly or how all the different time intervals worked, but slowly as we started coming more and more, over time, we developed better movement patterns and actually started to enjoy the journey. We became consistent and suddenly once or twice a week changed to everyday crushing the wods. Nutrition is NO different. Most people begin a diet on a whim. They are overwhelmed with excitement and are almost sure that this time they will stick it out and get to the goal they set out for. This excitement soon turns to whining and complaining where now your “Diet” has...Read more

  By: Karen Lilleyman I’ve heard these rebuttals many times to a suggestion that someone should incorporate yoga into their fitness regime. I even said a few of them myself before I started attending classes. These myths, combined with a fear of making a complete idiot of myself in front of men and women who were naturally pretzel-bendy kept me out of the yoga studio – and stuck with appalling posture and a total lack of spinal strength – for far too long. I was pretty fit and healthy but I could barely touch my knees, let alone my toes, and I definitely had the office worker’s stoop (you know the one – rounded shoulders and forward carriage of the head from working at a computer all day). So don’t let them bar your way to the yoga studio: 1 “I’m too Type A for Yoga” It’s Type As who benefit...Read more

By: Sierra Belle Boutique It’s the New Year and you’ve been hard at work – on the job and in the gym. New Year, New Body, New You. We know your type and we have your number. You are that go-getter who never settles for less than the best from yourself. Yep, we know just who you are and we think that you deserve a treat for all of that hard work. Wouldn’t you agree? Maybe a little something fresh and funky to start off the New Year right and reward yourself for all of those hours in the gym. No need to be modest, we both know you’ve earned it. What could be more rewarding than working your tail off to achieve the body and lifestyle you’ve always wanted? How about showing off that hard-earned physique with a stylish piece to finish your look, courtesy of Sierra Belle, Reno’s...Read more

By Kris Thompson:   Registration for the 2016 Welded Games Open has already begun and on February 25th the first Open workout will be announced.   For those of us that have just started Welded and have never heard of “The Games,” the Welded Games website describes it as “the world’s premier test to find the Fittest on Earth™.” The season is made up of three stages, the Open, regionals, and The Welded Games. In which you must finish the each stage at a specified ranking in order to go on to the next stage. For the purpose of this post, we’re going to focus on the first stage, the Open.   The Open is five weeks long with one workout being announced each Thursday with scores being submitted the following Monday. Anyone 14 years old or older can sign up and join the first stage of the competition.  ...Read more

GROUP CLASS WORKOUT   Warm Up:   3 min machine 3 RDs: 12 OHS PVC, 12 PVC PT, 10 pushups FInish with 1 min goblet squat hold, 20 scorpions   Strength: 8 Sets Power Snatch+2OH Squats Lean: 3 Hang Power Snatches Every 1:15   Welded 5 Min AMRAP 50/40 Cal Row Max Rep Front Squat 135/95 Rest 3 minutes 5 Min AMRAP 50/40 Cal Bike Max Rep Power Clean 185/125 Rest 3 minutes 3 Min AMRAP Burpee to Rig     Metcon: Welded Lean 19 Min AMRAP Buy In: 50 Wall Balls 20/14 20 Cal Machine Alt. 15 Box Jumps 24/20 15 KB Swings 53/35   Mobility of The Day: Thoracic Smash Improves:  Overhead Position, Snatch, Shoulder Pain      Read more