Balance Blog

There are a lot of different tools and apps out there that allow you track your fitness, however most seem focused on certain exercises like running, or certain goals like weight loss. So you can imagine how excited some of us at Balance Gym were when we came across Fitocracy. With this tool, everyone from [...]

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Today’s post comes from Balance Gym Personal Trainer Jim Bathurst. A few months ago we asked a few of our trainers “If you had to choose the best exercise, what would you say?” Jim  responded with the deadlift. In this post he shares with us exactly why it’s his favorite movement and then shows us [...]

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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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