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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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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Come train with Jonathan at both the Balance Gym Kalorama and SomaFit locations! DC Trainer Jonathan Reff has been involved in fitness and wellness for over a decade. During that time he has trained a wide variety of clientele from high school and elite athletes, professional fighters, members of the general population just trying to [...]

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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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The sun is out. The weather is getting warmer. The cherry blossoms are about to bloom. Let the races begin. Yesterday we told you about DC Yoga Instructor Michael Hall’s experience running the National Marathon and how he prepared with the help of CrossFit Balance. Now with Cherry Blossom 10-miler right around the corner, we [...]

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One thing we pride ourselves on here at Balance Gym in Washington, DC is the depth of knowledge and experience each one of our personal trainers has to offer our members and clients. Our trainers are not only passioinate about their own well-being, but they also make it their goal to help each client learn [...]

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You may have been hearing a lot of about the pros of interval training lately. For example, this Associated Press story: “Interval Training Can Exercise Hours Sharply,” which says “intense exercise sessions could help people squeeze an entire week’s workout into less than an hour.” So what exactly is interval training? Who does it? Can [...]

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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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If you know more than one or two female athletes, more than likely you’ve probably heard the words “I tore my ACL.” Why? Well, research has shown that young female athletes are three to times as likely as boys to tear an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). To help combat this seemingly growing epidemic, Balance Gym [...]

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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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