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Imagine, Train, Do: David Hartwig
Steph Brewer trains David Hartwig who recently went on an extensive hiking trip, including Mt. Kilimanjaro. Steph told me about David’s own fitness journey and what it means for her to have a client do something adventurous and exciting and difficult. David was looking for a plan, something to physically and mentally prepare him for…
Imagine, Train, Do: Sophie Hawley
Talk about your starting point. In the summer of 2011, I went to visit my sister in New York. Walking all over the city exhausted me, and I could barely handle the many stairs out of the subways. Just like at home; I was always winded at the top of our staircase. I was tired all…
Courthouse Pilates: A New Space
The light shines calm and bright in the mornings through the tall windows of the new Courthouse Pilates studio at Courthouse South River Road. In this room, people are becoming stronger, leaner, and more flexible. Those who exercise in this room with the direction of a Pilates Trainer are standing taller and doing more. They…
Let’s Go Places
This commercial is for Toyota cars. But, the message of this ad could easily be applied to fitness and what we are trying to do at the Courthouse. We are trying to go places, reach goals, see and experience new things. We are trying to discover something within ourselves that we didn’t know was there.…
In Review: Worst Day For Spartan
96 people are packed into the lobby of the West Salem Courthouse. Some wear gloves and hats and years-old sweatshirts, pre-stained and ready for anything. The sun is beginning to break through dark clouds. The wind has died down and the rain is slowed to a sputter. The weather is decent, but this is the…
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…
The Worst Day For Spartan
What can you expect at the first-ever Worst Day For Spartan? Expect everything and anything. Expect to be cold and expect yourself to rise above the wind and the rain and the unmistakable chill coming off the water of the slow-moving Willamette River. Expect to get a great workout with all of your friends. Expect…
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:…