Balance Blog

Today’s post comes from Balance Gym trainer and owner Graham King. Graham recently completed a Level 1 CrossFit certification and lived to tell the tale to us! Look for CrossFit classes at CrossFit Balance with Graham soon! My journey to CrossFit Atlanta for the Level 1 CrossFit certification helped me understand why so many people [...]

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Summer is here and so are some exciting events at CrossFit Balance! Come join us in getting stronger at the 1111 14th St. NW studio! Kettlebell Seminar with Mike McNiff June 12 (12p.m. – 2 p.m.)  Work with former Johns Hopkins University strength coach, and Hardstyle Kettlebell Instructor Mike McNiff in a hands-on seminar covering [...]

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CrossFit Balance to Open in Glover Park Mid May! CrossFit Balance will be starting a foundations course at our new Glover Park (Formerly known as SomaFit) location at 2121Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20007. You know that Ninja Warrior like course we have at Thomas Circle? Well, we will once again be team up with [...]

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Open House and Luau at Balance Gym Thomas Circle                            April 20: 11 a.m – 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Balance Gym Thomas Circle is opening its doors to everyone! Come try out our facilities and basic classes (Spin, Yoga, etc.) and when you’re done, fuel your body with some with Hawaiian-style BBQ, [...]

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Ever wonder what it’s like to run a marathon? In today’s post, Washington, DC yoga instructor Michael Hall tells us how CrossFit Balance gave him that extra push to finish The National Marathon last weekend. Just like the old guys who sat at the gas stations on the back roads of my youth, my conversation [...]

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Looks like DC’s fitness community is trying to follow Balance Gym‘s lead by starting to focus more on functional training and less on isolating muscles via weight machines. This week, Washington Post fitness columnists Vicky Hallett and Lenny Bernstein wrote about the “latest trend” in personal training: functional training. “That liberation is happening more, according [...]

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First off, we’d like to thank everyone who came out Dec. 12th to the Thomas Circle Holiday Open House and Party, celebrating our new partnership with SomaFit. It was a great day filled with free classes, demonstrations, drinks, food and fun! If you haven’t had a chance to stop by the new CrossFit Balance studio [...]

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