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A HUGE thank you goes out to the athletes, spectators, and volunteers for making our Second Annual Metcon for Hope competition a huge success! Over $18,000 was raised to go towards helping local Reno families in need during the holiday season. We can’t thank everyone enough. Until next year!   To check out a walk through of this week’s programming with Coach Jacob, click here!   Group Class Workout   Warm Up:   2 lap run, 1 minute plank, 20/15 cals, 15 single arm kettle bell high pulls, 15 pushups Finish with: 20 scorpions, 15 PVC pass throughs, 15 PVC good mornings Hang Clean Progression   Strength: Hang Power Clean (14 minutes) Welded: Find 1 rep max Lean: 7×4 (technique work)   MetCon: Welded: 5 Rounds 6 bar facing burpees 5 power snatches/cleans (115#/75#) Cash Out: 15 overhead squats/front squats *8 minute time cap   Welded Lean: 5 Rounds 10 burpees 10 box jumps...Read more

The time has finally arrived!  The Double Edge team is off to South Lake Tahoe to show off #allkindsofgains at the Fittest of The Sierra’s Presented by Nature’s Bakery.  Competition begins early Saturday morning at 8am with the women’s thruster ladder.  The strength ladder is the premier event of this competition and will be sure to please all spectators! The competition will continue throughout the day with two other workouts, with the last workout ending at around 4pm.  We suggest to make a weekend out of it and stay up at one of the many hotels in South Lake Tahoe because competition begins again early Sunday morning at 8am! If you have never been to a Welded competition and want to see what it is all about, then come on by and hang out with Double Edge this weekend at beautiful Lake Tahoe!  If you are coming up and need...Read more

GROUP CLASS WORKOUT   Warm Up: Trainer Choice   Strength: 12 Singles Strict Press (Every 40 Seconds) Metcon: Dynamic Tabata (30/15) 8 Rounds DB Snatches 1 Minute Break Tabata Burpees 2 Minute Break 20 Goblet Squats Foundational Tabata (30/15) 8 Rounds DB Snatches 1 Minute Break Tabata Burpees 2 Minute Break 20 Back Squats @115/75 Mobility: Pre – Thoracic smash with roller or peanut Post – Superfriend Quad Smash     SKILLS CLASS   Pistols Handstand Walking  Read more

Cecy’s Welded Story – Getting Out of the Comfort Zone Five months ago I joined Double Edge, the most amazing cross fit place in town. I never thought I would fall in love with working out. I always would do other things, perhaps going to the gym but, I never pushed myself, I never wanted to get out of my comfort zone. Double Edge has changed me. I love the personal trainers, they ALL have such knowledge and they are so passionate about teaching you the right techniques, and making sure you are doing it the right way. It is so fun, everybody is friendly and encouraging when you are the last one trying to finish the work out. Every week I feel stronger, I know the more I do it the better I will get. You have nothing to lose by trying, but you will gain confidence, strength and feeling physically and...Read more

We are less than a week away until the Lurong Living Paleo Challenge and we are only 18 people away from hitting our goal of 60 members!  If you haven’t signed up yet go to www.lurongliving.com/challenge and join us!  If you have signed up there are a couple things that you need to do before the challenge starts.  One of those things is to get your measurements and weight! Getting your measurements and weight is one of the requirements of the challenge.  Starting this week we will begin with early measurements and weigh ins.  Sabrina will be doing all the measurements for the women and Joel or any other male trainer will be doing the measurements for the men.  We will be having a measurement and weigh in day on the 13th and 20th in which we will be measuring from 9am to 11am. Body measurements and weight are due...Read more