Balance Blog

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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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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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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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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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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When Thomas Circle Sports Club began its transformation into Balance Gym last summer, many of you let us us know there was one thing we needed to bring back — spin instructor Stacy Martin. We listened and Stacy rejoined the team in December, bringing not only her enthusiasm back to spin, but to her position [...]

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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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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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