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Balance Gym - Thomas Circle
1111 14th Street, NW 
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 908.246.7840
Main Gym Phone: 202.216.9000 
E-mail: danielle@balancegym.com

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Sunday- 1-4pm: 1/12

Sunday- 1-4pm: 1/26

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Sunday- 1-4pm: 2/2

 

 

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

PALEO CHALLENGE RESULTS:

1st:  James Dozier
Lost 16.1lbs of fat and 9.31% bodyfat, this was a 54.7% improvement from start

2nd:  Dan Merrill
Lost 22.2lbs of fat and 10.1% bodyfat, this was a 46.3% improvement from start

3rd:  Sam Pfister
Lost 10.1lbs of fat and 5.09% bodyfat, this was a 36.9% improvement from start

4th:  Evan Vucci
Lost 16lbs of fat and 6.55% bodyfat, a 32.4% improvement from start

As a group, the average fat loss was 8.1lbs over 1 month. And the average improvement in bodyfat % was 23%.

Congrats to James as pictured below!  He is our Paleo Challenge Winner!  For more information on Kwon Paleo read details posted below.

WOD for Thursday:

3 rounds: (45:15 rest)

AMRAP Jerks (135/95lbs)

AMRAP Box Jumps (24/20in)

Alley Sprint

Tabata 8 Rounds: 20:10 rest

L-holds

Post reps to comments.

DELICIOUS Paleo meals made fresh for you by Kwon!!

Kwon Crumble began her culinary journey in her grandmother’s kitchen as a child.  Classically trained at the Culinary Institute of America, the top cooking school in the country, and at Chez Panisse, ranked in the top 100 restaurants in the world, Kwon has chosen to focus her talents on creating delicious Paleo meals that promote both health and performance.

For a limited few Kwon will be conducting a “Beta Test” of her delicious Paleo meal for 4 weeks starting mid March. The 4-week trial will have the meals sold at a reduced rate to gauge interest and collect feedback. The Beta Test will be the steeping stone to launching a fully-fledged Paleo styled catering company designed to provide healthy convenient foods for the modern caveman or cavewomen.

Beta Test price: 3 days (3 meals/day) for 4 weeks $132; 5 days (3 meals/day) for 4 weeks $200

 Deliveries will be Monday and Wednesday morning at Balance Gym Thomas Circle.

 For more information please email Mark Crick at mark@balancegym.com

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Reader Comments (12)

From the cheap seats...153 seems like an odd number for the jerks for todays workout...hope everyone who participates enjoys this one..lucky for me it is a rest day :)

February 24, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJed

Heading out of town for the weekend so I wont be able to come out and cheer Sunday. Good luck to everyone competing!!

February 24, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterAnn J

wod:
8:48 w/ 60# and 20" box.
L holds turned quickly to tuck holds. and they were still really hard for me for some reason.

deadlift seminar last night was great. Thanks Bobby for taking the time to do that. I really learned a lot.

good luck to everyone competing sunday! wish i could be there to cheer you on!

February 24, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterkatie d

Congrats James!
WOD rx'd 8/15, 7/12, 7/14 legs are pretty wiped from yesterday's wod

February 24, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJason

oh yeah, forgot my reps on the wod...
pj: 11-9-9
bj: 16-15-17

February 24, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterkatie d

WOD - 115Lbs - 15/15 - 8/14 - 9/14

February 24, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJake

115# - 14/19, 8/18, 8/16

Legs tucked on the L-holds. Pretty tough towards the end.

February 24, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterNils

WOD:

Jerks (rx'd)- 12- 9- 8
Box Jumps- 20- 19- 19

Legs tucked for L-holds

February 24, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterEvan

Jerks (115lbs) - 8-5-5
Box Jumps - 14-13-14

For the most part, legs were tucked for L-holds.

February 24, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterWilliam

WOD: 95# and 24" box
15/20, 10/17, 5/17
First L-hold was awesome, afterward it was a mess

Clearly time to start running.

February 25, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterlisa

WOD Rx'd
Jerks: 14-11-11
Box Jumps: 14-11-15

Held first three L-hold then they got rough.

February 25, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterKenny G.

WOD: jerks @ 65#, 20" box
jerks: 11-9-10
box jumps: 14-15-15

L-holds were tucks; this worked my grip a lot too.

February 25, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJen J.

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