Balance Blog

Today’s post comes from Balance Gym personal trainer Jim Bathurst, CSCS, who always finds time for  a workout on the road. Even if it means doing Tabata rounds of burpees in his hotel room. So you’re getting ready to take a nice three-day weekend out of town, or perhaps even a week-long vacation to the [...]

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Like the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, Balance Gym believes that biking is a clean, fun and healthy way to get around the city, which is why it wants to reward its members that are participating in the Bike to Work Day on May 21. Every member of Balance Gym Kalorama who keeps the spirit of [...]

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Picture this: a race that begins with an uphill run on a red graded Ski slope, followed by bear crawls under cargo nets, dragging logs, another run up a double black diamond slope, crossing a two-rope bridge over water, bobbing under water obstacles and running through fire. Too much? Not for Balance Gym trainers Jim [...]

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Yesterday you read about Balance Gym member Andrew Douglas’s experienceat his first powerlifting event. Today we bring you a Q&A with fellow gym member Reggie Wallace, who also participated for the first time at the the ADFPF’s Northern Maryland Bench Press and Deadlift Championship, Q: What made you decide to compete in your first powerlifting [...]

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Written by Guest Blogger (and Balance Gym Member) Andrew Douglas. It was a pretty chilly Saturday morning as fellow Balance Gym member Reggie Wallace and myself made the short trip from our hotel to Dumbarton Middle School in Towson, Md. for the ADFPF’s Northern Maryland Bench Press and Deadlift Championship.  This would be our first [...]

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CrossFit and fitness enthusiasts across the East Coast were a buzz on Sunday about DC’s Most Primal Competition held at Primal Fitness. Here at Balance Gym, we were also pretty excited because so many of our members and trainers were there to compete! And compete we did! We’d like to congratulate former Balance trainer Josh [...]

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Today’s post comes from Guest Blogger Jim Bathurst, CSCS, NSCA and personal trainer at Balance Gym. During these winter months where the days are shorter, the nights longer, and the weather less bathing-suit friendly, we all find ourselves getting a lot less sunlight. And with that decrease in sunlight, we see a decrease in vitamin [...]

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Awww Valentine’s Day. Are you celebrating spending the day on the couch, with your favorite someone and a box of chocolates? You’re probably not the only one. Bob Harper, celebrity trainer best known for his work on The Biggest Loser, recently told the press that it’s your relationships that can effect your lifestyle the most. [...]

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Once again, Balance Gym Kalorama member, Bob Vastine, proved you can do anything you can set your mind to, with enough hard work and training of course. As Vastine approached his 72nd birthday last month, he decided he needed a birthday challenge. “I need goals, Vastine said. “This was a new kind of goal.” His [...]

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