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Metcon For Hope was created in the hearts and minds of the Double Edge staff last holiday season when our gym was able to provide 267 meals for the Northern Nevada Food Bank and over 100 toys for Toys For Tots! With the overwhelming support and love that we received last year we decided that we could make an even larger impact in raising hope and supporting families in need by doing what we all love to do, workout! On November 21st Double Edge will be hosting the first annual Metcon For Hope charity Welded Competition in conjunction with Toys For Tots and The Northern Nevada Food Bank. This one day team competition is open to all athletes and skill levels from the brand new Weldedter to the seasoned veteran and everyone in between. Teams will consist of two males or two females who will compete in 4 different scored...Read more

By: Kris Thompson   Do you remember when you first started Welded and you’re listening to the coach go over the workout and in you’re head you’re just trying to figure out what everything means and how you’re going to survive the next hour? Then you look over and there’s someone not paying attention but instead is preoccupied with changing out their shoes and you’re just like, “Why?”   For what we do in the gym, with going from an Olympic weightlifting movement, to box jumps, to running, a shoe that can be just as versatile as our workouts is important. So here’s a brief rundown as to what’s on the market.   For your WODs you’ll want a shoe with a firm sole, something that you can push against without it compressing. This is why, once you “drink the Kool-Aid,” your coach might suggest getting you out of your...Read more

By: Kris Thompson   vir·tu·os·i·ty noun: great ability or skill shown by a musician, performer, etc. Not sure what I’m getting at or how it pertains to Welded? In gymnastics, virtuosity can be defined as “doing the common uncommonly well.” Still don’t understand? Let’s put it this way, when people who are new to Welded learn a skill or movement they have a tendency to bypass the fundamentals and try to move onto advanced movements, skills, or techniques before completely learning the basics. Welded founder, Greg Glassman calls this “the novice’s curse” which is “manifested as excessive adornment, silly creativity, weak fundamentals and, ultimately, a marked lack of virtuosity and delayed mastery.” For example, the air squat, it’s important that you master something so basic, so fundamental as an air squat before moving onto something like an overhead squat. Once you’ve mastered all aspects of an overhead squat, i.e., arms...Read more

GROUP CLASS WORKOUT   Warm Up: 25/18 Cal Machine 2 Rounds: 12 V-ups, 15 KBS Russian, 12 Pushups 20 leg swings, 20 scorpions   Skills: OHS, Double Unders, Handstand Pushups, Pullups 16 Minutes   Metcon: Welded   6 Min AMRAP 5 Burpees 6 Thrusters 95/65 7 KB Swings 53/35 Rest 3 mintues 6 Min AMRAP 5 Burpees 6 Thrusters 95/65 7 KB Swings 53/35 Welded Lean 15 Min AMRAP 10 Thrusters 75/55 10 Burpees :30 sec Plank   Mobility Of The Day: Executive Hip Stretch (pg. 313) Improves: Knee out position, Hip and back pain     YOGA SCHEDULE Strengthen & Lengthen 6 to 7am 4:30 to 5:30pm Rest & Restore 5:30 to 6:30pm   Guided Stretching 7 to 7:30amRead more

By: Kris Thompson LIES!! Welded does not make women bulky. What does that even mean? Bulky? Let me give you a little example, picture a 105 lb. runway model with 12-15% body fat and a 140 lb. elite Welded athlete with about the same amount of body fat. Their bodies both allow them to do something they enjoy.   Now, if we look at your average runway model who has no muscular development and almost no fat deposits she has just enough muscle on her body to walk her runway, but that’s about it. Then we look at your elite Welded athlete who has spent many years developing her muscle and strength to do some pretty amazing things with her body, and because of this she has 35 more pounds of muscle than our runway model. Between these two women there probably isn’t too much difference in their genetics but...Read more