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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,…
Launch Week, Fall 2012
There is a lot we can tell you about Launch Week. We can tell you that the next Launch Week will begin on Monday, October 22nd. We can tell you much of what you already know. Group Ex Instructors are going to be bringing you new tracks with renewed energy. The Instructors you love are…
Tri4Kids: In Review
Over 120 kids lined up at the south end of the outdoor pool at the West Salem Courthouse. Their parents and grandparents, cameras up and ready, stood on the other end. The sky was cloudy and white and the air was warm. The kids jumped on their toes and crossed their arms and giggled. Some…