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Author: Jacque Elliott
Better Together
We believe that fitness is better together. We think that more gets done when more people are around. When we go after our goals together, we usually have a better chance of reaching those goals. This truth shouldn’t be any surprise. We make families, form communities, find friends, get together, do good. At the Courthouse,…
Imagine, Train, Do: Marianne Riebel
Trainer Sam McLean recently shared a story with me about one of his long-term client. Probably my biggest success story is one of maintenance. Marianne Riebel is a long time client of mine. Her husband Alan invited me to dinner on Thanksgiving Day this year. There, he toasted his wife. Alan recapped the last few months:…
2013: The Year of Fitness
It is going to be a great year. An amazing year. An adventurous year. A year full of surprises; a year when you surprise your friends, your family, yourself. This year, more than any other year, you’ll see your goals. They will be real and tangible and you’ll chase them with a purposeful recklessness. Your…
Imagine, Train, Do: Janie Bockhahn
Two years ago, Janie Bockhahn was diagnosed with cancer. She says she had to go through a number of major surgeries. These surgeries left her immobile and tired. “At 55-years-old, I didn’t even know I was living an upside down life,” Janie says. “I did not exercise and I didn’t have any real goals. I…
Performance + Capital City Elite
Tom Shoji, Head Volleyball Coach at Willamette University, stands with his arms crossed and watches as 58 female high school athletes (all players in the Capital City Elite Volleyball Club, which Shoji directs) jump and lunge and squat and jump and sprint and slide. It is Saturday morning and these athletes are going through extensive…
Fitness and Freedom
A couple of days ago, David Graham, the manager of the West Salem Courthouse, sent me an email. David takes Group Ride in the mornings (the really really early mornings) at the West Club. He rode on Veteran’s Day and experienced something he wanted to share. I took the 5:15AM Group Ride class on Veteran’s…
Be Ready, Get Ready IV
The sun had disappeared and was replaced by bruise-blue clouds and a spattering of stars by the time I crossed Wheatland Road and began running back to Keizer. I began the run from my front door, eight miles back, just as the rain clouds were beginning to move in and the sky was beginning to…
Fitness Is Fun
The people I work with genuinely have a good time doing what they do. I know it. I can tell. No one I work with at Courthouse Fitness is active or tries to stay healthy because it is good for them. They move and play and exercise because they love it. They do it because…
Get Some…Zults
What the heck are Zults? Many of you, while driving around Salem or after visiting a few local businesses, may have seen a billboard or a sticker for a product called Zults. And while looking at that billboard, you may have asked yourself that question: what the heck are Zults? The man on the billboard,…