Balance Blog

Located in the main gym at Balance Gym Thomas Circle, Nectar Organic Juice Bar features protein shakes, fruit smoothies, drink supplements, recovery drinks, vegetable juices, organic coffee, tea & espresso, a healthy bakery and much, much more. With the emphasis on quality, all of our products are natural with no additives, caloric and nutritional information and ingredient lists are available.  [...]

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FREE BootCamp at Balance Gym Glover Park: May 1 at 10 a.m. 2121 Wisconsin Ave., Washington, DC 20007 In order to introduce our newest location, Balance Gym Glover Park (formerly known as SomaFit) to our entire Balance Family, we’re offering a Free Balance BootCamp May 1 at 10 a.m. Bring a friend and sweat together! [...]

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Some of you may remember the spunky, blond, teen-daredevil Aimee Fuller that interned at Balance a few years back. You may remember her as the girl that could not only jump up onto a Swiss Ball, but jump from Swiss ball to Swiss Ball! Soon after Amiee finished her work experience at Balance, she left [...]

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If you’ve ever wanted to compete in a triathlon, now is the time!  Washington, DC exercise and sport psychologist and USA Triathlon Level I Certified Coach Dr. Donna Marzo is bringing her expertise to Balance Gym. Marzo will lead a 12-week training program for the Washington DC Triathlon that includes orientation and pre-race seminars, unlimited [...]

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Greetings and Happy New Year! I am very excited to participate in the Balance newsletter and join this premier team. Starting this month, I’m heading physical therapy services out of both Balance Gym locations and SomaFit. Not only can you stop in one of our locations for group classes, gym memberships, personal training, Pilates training, [...]

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We’d like to extend a congratulations to former Balance trainer, Blair Morrison, for his latest achievement: publication in The CrossFit Journal! As many of you know, Blair left Balance earlier this year and headed off to Europe to pursue his academic goals in the Leiden/Paris/Oxford Europaeum Programme. Though he was excited to study history where history [...]

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Things are really moving, at Balance Thomas Circle, literally.As many of you might have seen with your own eyes,Oct. 20 was dubbed “Moving Day.” As in, the entire first floor of the former Thomas Circle Sports Club was cleared out. Desks, treadmills, televisions, and weights, have all been relocated or removed. Don’t worry, there’s still [...]

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By Becky Gaudiose   VentureQuest Adventure Race Background:   Mark Crick and I recently competed in the VentureQuest Adventure Race held at Fountainhead Regional Park in VA on September 20.  It was one of the most physically challenging days of my life, one that left me with bruises, cuts, and sore muscles for days; but [...]

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A registered yoga teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance since 2003, Mimi found her passion when she started teaching yoga. Mimi has studied extensively with many notable teachers; David Ingalls, Cameron Shayne and attended numerous intensives/workshops with Shiva Rea, Rodney Yee, Angela Farmer, Richard Freeman, David and Doug Swenson, Baron Baptiste, Ana Forrest and Dharma Mittra. [...]

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Come see why pole dancing has quickly become one of the most fun ways for women to work out. These classes are for all shapes, all sizes, all heights and all personalities… for every kind of woman! Whether you’re in shape and hit that plateau or you want to just get out and groove, Pole [...]

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