Balance Blog

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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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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Blair Morrison and Danielle Dionne went to Aromas, Cali last week to compete in the 2009 CrossFit Games. Mark went too to capture all of it and report back. Here’s what Mark had to say after coming back from the event: “I just had the pleasure in watching two of our own Blair and Danielle [...]

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You may have seen posters like the one above all over the gym, and with good reason. Balance Gym is sponsoring Bike to the Beach (B2B). As the poster reads: What: A Unique century ride (from DC to Bethany Beach) benefiting Autism Speaks Why: Every 20 minutes a child is diagnosed with autism. This is [...]

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Date: July 31, 2009 Host: Bike to the Beach Event: 120-mile ride from Washington, D.C. to Bethany Beach. Cause: All proceeds will be donated to Autism Speaks. Route: Hilly backroads to Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Short bus ride over the bridge. Farms and small towns. The end result, other than victorious elation, is [...]

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The ad above is absolutely ridiculous. Although the campaign is clever, even slightly amusing, there is no validity to it. Saying it’s the same as table sugar is hand’s down the worst argument considering table sugar has no redeeming nutritional value. At least honey, which is high in calories, is rich in antioxidants. They failed [...]

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Last month, Balance Gym was featured on Fox 5. Balance Gym’s David Payne of ‘No Payne Fitness’ is Fox 5′s featured trainer. Four segments are featured: Unusual Techniques, Weight Vests, Speed & Agility, and Landmine. Also, Josh Courage did two segments on baseball-specific workouts. View here: World Series Workout, Part 1 and Part 2.

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