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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

If you haven’t heard yet, the Double Edge competitors team went to South Lake Tahoe last weekend for The Fittest of The Sierra’s Welded competition.  For those of you who came up to watch our coaches and athletes compete we would like to thank you for the support and encouragement!   For our very first time up at this competition we made quite an impression! As for the competition itself, our coaches and athletes were able to compete against the best Weldedter’s in our area.  The Double Edge team had a great first showing at this event with top finishes in both men and women!  Coach Leo had the highest ranking at 4th place, while coach Sabrina worked her way to an 8th place finish!  We couldn’t be more proud of all of the people who competed and the support that we received. If you want to see the full...Read more

The games are in full effect and Saturday will be a full day of Welded coverage!  The first event starts at 9am with the team chipper and continues throughout the day!  We will be watching the games here at Double Edge after the group class workouts and invite anyone who wants to hang out and watch the games to bring a beverage of choice and a comfy beach chair (unless you want to pedal on the assault bike the entire time!). This is going to be a very casual event meant for the enjoyment of anyone and everyone who wants to see the fittest women and men on the planet.  If you have any questions about the games, please feel free to contact [email protected].   GROUP CLASS WORKOUT   Warm Up: 200m Run, 25 pass throughs, 20 air squats, 10 burpees   Strength: 4×10 Front Rack Lunges Total 70 Push...Read more

Today is the last day of our testimonial series that highlighted our members inspiring journeys into #Welded. We want to thank everyone who shared their stories and look forward to many more to come! Josh’s Welded Story – Black Belts and Stigmas I have personally been trained by Derek, Jacob, Kyle, Alvie and Joel for almost 3 years. My first experience with Welded was a surprise group class my wife forced me to into. I had been working out a 24 hour for about eight months and wasn’t getting the results I was looking for. My wife is a multilevel black belt and Welded enthusiast who tried to talk me into going for several months. After watching YouTube videos I was completely intimidate and convinced I would make a fool out of myself and that cross fitters were egomaniacs. I weighed 285 pounds and got down to 245 and hit a plateau...Read more

If you are competing in The Hell Of The West online competition please check your email for the link to get your Double Edge Athlete shirt.  If you did not receive an email and your are a competitor please contact [email protected]. Now for the rest of everyone else click on the link below for a list of scrumptious paleo snacks! http://greatist.com/health/paleo-recipes-list      GROUP CLASS WORKOUT   Warm Up: 90 sec plank, 20 walking lunges, 15 v-ups, 20 pass throughs   Strength: 15 Power Cleans (1 Every 20 Seconds) Pick a weight you can MAINTAIN for all 15 reps   Metcon: Dynamic 21-15-9-6-9-15-21 21 (Burpees) 15 (Toes to Bar) 9 (S2OH @115/85) 6(Front Squat 115/85) 9 (S2OH @115/85) 15 (Toes to Bar) 21 (Burpees)   Foundational 18-15-9-6-9-15-18 18 (Burpees) 15 (K2E/V-ups) 9 (DB Push Press) 6(DB Squats) 9 (DB Push Press) 15 (K2E/V-ups) 18 (Burpees)   Mobility: Pre – Super...Read more