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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

Due to the Hell of the West competition starting on Friday, we will be canceling all evening classes.   The morning classes will still run at their normal times with our last class being at noon.  We would like to encourage any and all of our members to come cheer on your coaches (Derek, Leo, Alvie, Jacob, Sabrina) and the other 20 members who will be competing starting at 11:30am on Friday and ending at 7pm. Saturday’s classes will still run at the same time (8am, 9am) but there will not be a Olympic lifting class at 10am.  The HOTW will continue starting at 10:30am with the Women’s Novice and will finish with the finals at 7pm. If you are planning on being a spectator please know that there will be a $15 cover charge for the two days.  To purchase your 2 day pass you can visit http://www.humanperformanceproject.com/purchase-passes/. The competition...Read more