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GROUP CLASS WORKOUT Warm Up: Coaches Choice Skill Work: 7 Minutes (each station) 1. Handstand Walk 2. Pull Up Variations 3. DUs or Pistols MetCon: Welded Rx: Open Workout: “11.3” 5 Minute AMRAP Squat Clean & Jerks (165#/110#) Lean: For Max Calories 10 Minute Row 10 Minute Bike 10 Minute SkiRead more

At the beginning of each year Double Edge puts together an event called Max With The Coaches. In which members get the opportunity to watch their favorite coaches make max attempts at the Olympic Lifts and then get coached in the same lifts to help them achieve their best. This is one of our most popular events of the year and is guaranteed to be capped as we only have 6 spots remaining. Max With The Coaches will take place on Saturday February, 9th from 10:30am to 4:30pm at Double Edge South. We will be providing lunch which will be catered by Qdoba, if you have any dietary restrictions please bring your own food in which you can store in our refrigerator in the members lounge. This is a free event but we are enforcing a $50 cancellation charge if you do not cancel at least 3 days in advance...Read more

GROUP CLASS WORKOUT Warm Up: Coaches Choice MetCon: Welded Rx & Lean: Retest: “Grind” 4 Rounds 20 Burpees 30/24 Cal Bike 40 Air Squats 30/24 Cal RowRead more

Ingredients (Yields 24 – 1’’ Balls) 1 cup (256 grams) natural peanut butter (the kind with just peanuts and salt) 1/4 cup (80 grams) honey or 1/4 cup brown rice syrup for a vegan version 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups (135 grams) rolled oats (use gluten-free oats, if needed) 1/2 cup (42 grams) unsweetened shredded coconut pinch of salt 1/3 cup (57 grams) mini chocolate chips (use vegan chocolate chips, if needed) 2-4 teaspoons water or additional vanilla extract In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the peanut butter, brown rice syrup or honey and vanilla extract. Stir in the oats, coconut and salt until well combined and then add the chocolate chips. If the mixture doesn’t hold together well when pinched together, add the additional water or vanilla, a teaspoon at a time until the mixture holds together well when pinched. Form 1” balls by pressing about 1 tablespoon of the...Read more

By: Wes Winter I recently had a good conversation with a couple of members about that uncomfortable high heart rate feeling we all have experienced during a workout. That feeling of 160+bpm, puky, heart pounding, gasping for air feeling. We’ve all felt it. And they wondered if that was normal/ healthy/ physically ok? My answer was yes, yes it is. I then shared a story about myself I haven’t shared with many people, and why that heart exploding feeling our badass members experience an hour a day might just be the best thing for them. This time last year in late winter, a friend and I decided to take our kayaks up to Tahoe for an early morning winter paddle. We parked in Sand Harbor where, unlike summer time, there were zero cars in the parking lot and the beaches completely empty. Fully clothed and jackets on, we dropped our kayaks in and paddled out over the perfectly calm glass-like...Read more