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Trust us. We understand busy schedules. In fact, many of the members we have here at Double Edge Fitness initially joined because they needed a more efficient workout that didn’t require them to be in the gym for hours at a time. That’s why we’ve put together this list of ways you can make your time at the box as productive and fulfilling as possible. HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TIME AT DOUBLE EDGE FITNESS: SET A TRAINING SCHEDULE While you generally enjoy coming into the box, there are some days when maybe overtime at work, school papers, family issues and other nasty things can really get you in the mood to skip the WOD “just because.” A good way to deter the “just because” excuse is to get into the habit of coming in at the same time on the same days. Once you’ve created this habit,...Read more

If you haven’t heard of Hell Of The West yet, it is a Welded competition happening this fall at the GSR.  Starting in August there will be an online qualifier that is similar to how the Welded Open is ran.  There will be an open division and a novice division so there is room for everyone to compete!  As a bonus, any gym that gets 20 or more athletes to sign up will receive free Fitmark gym bags! Below is the official newsletter from the event explaining the details.  If you have any further questions about the event feel free to contact [email protected].   – There are 4 divisions: Open and Novice Men’s/Women’s  – Novice Athletes will have different and/or Scaled Qualifier Workouts than the Open Division Athletes – All athletes receive a Competitor Shirt for registering – Qualifier 1 Workout kicks off Friday August 15th @ 7pm – Workouts will...Read more

Mitch’s Welded Story – Embracing The Suck My journey in Welded began in August 2013. I am lucky to be born into an athletic family, and played sports until my sophomore year of high school. However, over the last 10 years I became more and more sedentary with little to no training. Needless to say, I was extremely anxious about my first class. I timidly warmed up and walked around waiting for the WOD, nothing terrible, but just enough. After that first class I had found my second home. I was immediately welcomed by the community. With their support, encouragment and motivation I managed to embrace the suck and learned to love Welded. During my first year I managed to break my wrist, come dead last in a competition (partner comp with @Amber Wood, ask her about double unders!), absolutely crush 14.2 (for me) and join Double Edge. Without a doubt, joining Double...Read more

When you think about a baby you probably don’t think of your Rogue weightlifting bar, but here at Double Edge we have the saying “set your bar down like a newborn child”!  What does this mean?  It means that as tough as those bars look they still can be broken when there is no weight on the bar.  So to help clarify on how to put away your weight and bar we have created a simple step by step process to treat your bar like a baby! Step 1:  Take off your safety clips and small plates Step 2:  Grab hold of the bar with one hand while the other hand pushes off the weight on one side of the bar Step 3: Don’t drop the bar!! While still holding onto the bar push the bar up to a vertical position so that the other weights slide off the bar...Read more

Cooking great meals isn’t always easy.  Put some constrictions such as no sugar, milk, wheat etc.. then making dinner can become very exhausting just to think about it!  So what do you do?  You look up recipes using the website, talking to friends and sharing the meals that turned out good! At Double Edge we have created a Paleo Cookbook for everyone who wants to share their recipes!  All you need to do is either print out the recipe online or write it down on a piece a paper and put it in the book to share!  Sabrina will keep the cookbook up front just in case you need help printing anything out or writing anything down. Cooking can be hard, but it doesn’t have to be with the right recipes and the support of your friends!     GROUP CLASS WORKOUT   Warm Up: Trainer Choice   Strength: 5×4...Read more