Tag: featured
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Out There: Walk for Hope
Summer is for doing. Summer is for running. Summer is for wakeboarding and day trips to the coast and long hikes through the mountains. It is for jumping into lakes and for being a little more happy, a little more energetic, a little more free. But, summer does not solve all problems. And there are…
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Imagine, Train, Do: Debra Braatz
Debra Braatz has had a lot of success in the last few months. Yes, the numbers show it. She has dropped over 30 pounds of fat and gained 7 pounds of lean mass. Her blood work is coming back to her doctor healthier and healthier. But, her smile shows it, too. She has more energy.…
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Imagine, Train, Do: Audra Blakenbaker
As a Fitness Coach, I ask others all the time about their goals. But, it’s not common for someone to ask me that same question. Answering that question can leave a person feeling vulnerable, but in our environment, that vulnerability doesn’t go unsupported. In January of this year, I wrote on a sticky-note, “Swimming a…
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What Are People Saying About Spartan?
Spartan Trainers can talk about Spartan Training all day. But what about those taking Spartan three times of week? What are the people seeing results on a daily basis saying about Spartan? How do people who are losing fat, gaining muscle, making changes, working hard, getting strong, taking on life–how do they feel about Spartan?…
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Nutrition: 199 Pounds of Fat Lost
Ali Reti and Jeff Saxman stand at the service desk at Lancaster and look at a handwritten sign that reads “Lancaster Lost 199 Lbs of Fat. It’s Always Worth It.” Jeff and Ali are two Nutrition Coaches who have seen and to talked to many people about Courthouse Nutrition and have seen many people be…
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Out There: C2V 2012
“When’s the next one?” I love that question. That question was asked a number times in the top room of the Venti’s Cafe after the completion of the first C2V (Courthouse 2 Venti’s) of 2o12. That question means a number of things. It means whoever asking it had a good time. It means the event…
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Get Out There
Tonight, our friends at Gallagher’s Fitness will be hosting the first or many On Your Feet Fridays. It works like this: show up to Gallagher’s before 6:15PM and get yourself a passport. Take that passport to as many locations around town as you can in 45 minutes and be back to Gallagher’s to enter for prizes.…
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Sheep Trails and Logging Roads
A few weeks ago, I got to experience a little dejavu. I spent my “Wonder Years” growing up in Scio. Actually, I lived about five miles outside Scio, on Rodgers Mountain, a small butte my family converted into a landing strip for small-prop planes. We did not live close to much. In order to visit…
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Maple Bars And The Art of Enjoying Food and Life
This week, while visiting students at Hallman Elementary, I was reminded just how hard is it to grow up. And it occurred to me: it doesn’t get much easier. A few months back, Drew Baker and I decided to go out for doughnuts. Yep, doughnuts. The lady at the bakery asked what I would would…