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Group Class Workout   Warm Up: 2 Rds: 15 cals, 15 goblet squats, 20 hollow rocks Finish with: 20 scorpions, 20 leg swings, 15 PVC PT, GM 1 min Banded Hip Capsule   Strength: Front Squat Every 1:45 5×3 at 80% of Max Lean: 5×6 Moderate Weight   Metcon:   Welded Open 14.4 14 Min AMRAP 60 Cal Row 50 T2B 40 Wall-balls 20/14 30 Power Cleans 135/95 20 M.U./P.U.   Crossfit Lean Lean 14.4 14 Min AMRAP 60 Cal Bike 50 V-Ups 40 Wall-balls 20/14 30 KB Swings 53/36 20 Ring Rows   Mobility Of The Day: Lower back stiff, pain in your shoulder? Talk to your coach! We are here to help! Ask us!Read more

The Mental Component of Competition (And words of wisdom from Coach Wooden) By: Kaitlyn Kassis Hello fitness friends! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Kaitlyn Kassis. I am the newest member of the Double Edge Fitness coaching team. I started Welded back in 2012, right after I graduated form high school. I drank the Welded “Kool-Aid” pretty hard, and became Level 1 certified shortly after that. At this point, I have been competing and coaching Welded for a little over 4 years now. I wanted to make a blog post about competition for 2 reasons… I love competition. I think competition is a fantastic motivator because it promotes a goal-oriented mindset and gets people out of their comfort zone. MetCon for Hope is right around the corner (Nov. 19th)! I wanted to offer up some words of advice to those who may be feeling nervous...Read more

Group Class Workout Warm Up:   3 minutes on a machine (75-80% effort) 2 rounds: 12 kettlebell/dumbbell thrusters, :30 plank,  4 burpees Finish with: 20 arm circles, 20 scorpions, 15 PVC pass throughs, 15 PVC good mornings   Strength: Push Press (every 1:30) Welded: 5×3 at 85% (heavy) Welded Lean: 5×5 (technique work)   MetCon: Welded: 3 Rounds 10 clean and jerks (135#/95#) 50 wall-balls (20#/14#, 10’/9′) *15 minute time cap   Welded Lean: 15 Minute AMRAP 21-15-9 goblet squats (53#/35#) kettlebell swings calorie ski or row   Mobility of the Day:  Couch Stretch (pg.331), 2-3 minutes each side. Improves: Squat position, hip pain, lower back painRead more

Checking the daily blog has its perks.  First off, you get to visit our brand new website which we have been working hard at for a couple months now!  Secondly, you get to see the great workout’s that Alvie and Jacob write for you everyday.  Lastly, you get to be the first one to find out that for the next two days we will be having a 4th of July sale that includes 35% off all Reebok gear!  This offer will only be announced on our blog and will not be announced in our daily notes!  So if you are reading this now, i would suggest getting the good stuff before its all gone!  Happy Shopping!   WARM UP 2 Rounds 60 Sec machine, 2 lap run, 15 PVC pass throughs   STRENGTH 12 Singles – Power Snatch (Every 40 Seconds) Foundational: 2 Hang Power Snatches   METCON    Dynamic: 50...Read more

GROUP CLASS WORKOUT   Warm Up: 5 Min AMRAP 6 Goblet Squats, 10 V-Ups, 10 PVC Good Mornings   Strength: Find 1RM Back Squat (15 Minute time cap)   Metcon: Dynamic  16 Min Time Cap 3 Rounds 400 Meter Run 7 Power Cleans @135/95 10 Burpee Pull Ups Foundational 16 Min TIme Cap 3 Rounds 400 Meter Run 14 KB Swings 8 Burpees to rig   Mobility: Pre – Hip Capsule External Rotation (Pg. 316) Post – Medial Shin Smash and Floss (Pg. 368)     COMPETITORS CLASS WORKOUT   Warm Up: 5 Min AMRAP 6 Goblet Squats, 10 V-Ups, 10 PVC Good Mornings   Strength: 12 Clean and Jerks @ 80%   Metcon: 2 Rounds40 Wall Balls10 DL@275/1902 Rounds400 Meter Run15 Snatches @115/80   Mobility: Banded OHRead more