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Category: Nutrition
The Best Exercise Experience
We are proud of our people. We are proud of our Fitness Coaches and the work they do to encourage and help our members pursue fitness. Our Fitness Coaches have a love for helping and watching others succeed. It is our Coach’s greatest joy to see a member imagine a goal, train to reach it,…
Out There: Nourished and Energized
The Courthouse Nutrition team meets in the back of the kitchen of the Wild Pear restaurant near the corner of State Street and Liberty Street in downtown Salem. The restaurant is closed and the dishwasher has just finished cleaning the last of the day’s glasses. Co-owner Jessica Ritter explains the best way to chop an onion as…
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…
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,…
Fitness and Freedom
Listen to what people talk about when they talk about fitness. When you begin, you may only hear the familiar vernacular: losing some weight, gettin’ back at it, back in shape, back to looking good and feeling a little better. But listen a little closer, ask a few more questions, dig a little deeper and…
Get Ready, Be Ready III
Band of Horses, a great Seattle band, once sang “the world is such a wonderful place.” I think they were thinking of the Great Pacific Northwest when they wrote that line and I think they think of it every time they sing it in three-part, country harmony. I and five of my friends started the…
Rugged Togetherism II
At mile 45 of the Mt. Hood 50 Ultramarathon, the single-track trail descends back to the road where my brother Drew and I began the race that morning. Shade kept us cool from the afternoon sun and the water from the aid station behind us kept us hydrated and fresh. Drew looked at me and…
Launch Week: The Event in Review
At Wallace Marine Park in West Salem, over 100 people gather to do something. Some show up to walk with their families and friends. Other arrive to ride their bikes through the clear and light air of a mid-summer’s evening. Others decide they want to define intensity and try Spartan in the Park. Still, others…