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Your best year ever: 5 health and fitness goals for 2019 that aren’t about losing weight

It’s a new year which means it’s unbelievably trendy to set new goals for your Best. Year. Ever.!!! While we are all about setting goals, there seems to be an unnecessary amount of pressure put on your health and fitness-related ones to focus on changing the number you see on…

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Fitness For Beginners: The Things You Need To Know Before Starting A Fitness Routine

Welcome to the Fitness Party! Whether you’re new to the fitness game altogether or getting back on the train after a time away, WELCOME TO THE PARTY! We’re so glad you’re here (and, no, it’s not just the endorphins talking). It can be overwhelming to know where and how to…

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Movement Spotlight: Burpees – Why They Should Be Your BFF (and How To Make Them Less Awful)

  We know, we know. You see burpees on the workout for the day and you consider skipping the gym altogether.     But instead of feeling like this:     We want you to feel like this!     All it takes is a little appreciation for the benefit…

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I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends: Goal Setting and Community

Goal Setting The S.M.A.R.T. Way Goal setting is a critically important part of achieving success both inside and outside of the gym. Anyone can set a goal, but not everyone will work towards achieving it, let alone actually achieve it. When you have a community like Team BRFC, impossible is…

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Movement Spotlight: Wall Balls

Wall Ball = Squat To Press The wall ball is a fantastic way to test your squatting with an added layer of upper body fun. If you have poor squat form or weak shoulders, your wall ball efficiency will suffer! We’ve outlined some wall ball basics for you to implement…

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Shoot For “Pretzel Status”: Why Mobility Really Does Make Your Movement

MOBILIZE EVERY DAY (more than once). In our class settings, all you have to do is show up. Whether you are here for BRX, CrossFit, or Olympic Lifting class, the coach that is teaching will have a warm up already planned for you to compliment the day’s workout. That means…

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Functional Fitness: Working Out For REAL LIFE

Considering making the move from globo gym to a functional fitness-centered facility? Not sure why you should take a step away from the machines and towards the kettle bells? Come. Sit. Let’s have a chat. What is functional fitness? Functional fitness trains you to perform daily tasks and movements. Squatting,…

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Movement Spotlight: Kettlebell Swings

A kettlebell swing is one of the most versatile and beneficial, total body movements that we do in BRX. In a world that is so centered around sitting, it is incredibly easy to lose posterior and abdominal strength (hamstrings, glutes, core). We are using virtually every muscle group when engaging…

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Winter Storm Woes- Stay Motivated During The Depths of Winter

Today is a serious snow day. As a kid, these are the days you dream of- no school, tons of TV time and maybe even a romp around outside to build a snowman. As an adult, snow days become more and more a thing of the past, because, well, life…

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