How To Find Your Starting Point For Counting Calories

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How many calories should you eat when you’re trying to lose weight, build muscle or both?  First things first. The most important thing to understand when you’re beginning this journey is knowing where your calories currently are, so tracking for a week is necessary. You might also want to invest in a food scale as it’s more accurate when you …

Using a foam roller to improve movement

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We see people in gyms foam rolling all over the place, and it’s great!  There’s little wrong with foam rolling, and while there’s some evidence that it can improve joint range of motion without a decrease in performance,  we want to make sure we are doing it intentionally since some of you might feel a bit like this from time …

Are you always on a diet?

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Have you been eating less and feel hungry all the time (or maybe no hunger at all anymore)? All the while, experiencing zero weight loss or body composition changes? If this is you and you’re constantly in dieting mode, your body will eventually start fighting back. This is extremely frustrating, believe me I get it! (this used to be me). …

5 Quick and Easy Recipes

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Turkey Chili Ingredients: 2 lbs ground turkey 1 small chopped onion 2-3 minced garlic cloves 1 chopped pepper (I used green) 3 tbsp chili powder 1-2 tsp cumin 1 tsp salt 1-2 tsp pepper Up to 16 ounces of low sodium chicken broth 1-2 cans kidney beans drained and rinsed Directions: Coat your pan with some olive oil spray, and …

6 Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Fat Loss (+ 6 Tips!)

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Eating too much. This seems so obvious I know, but most of us have no idea how many calories we are eating. Especially if you don’t cook your own food! Take some time and figure out how much you’re eating every day. Tip: Start tracking your food and input into something like MyFitnessPal. This alone is a powerful tool to …

New RVA Fit Class Times!

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Starting October 1st, 2018 6:30pm classes will be available on Mondays and Wednesdays. This is a permanent change and will likely lead to more times on additional days. Hope to see you come out to get fit!

Thanks for 10 Years

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It’s hard to illustrate how special our gym is, without knowing a little bit about the unlikely history of how we came to be where we are today. This wasn’t meant to be a business. Even in the midst of starting the gym, it was never really the plan for it to be mine or anyone else’s job. On top …

Open Schedule

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Open Schedule running February 19th – March 25th. Thursday February 22nd, March 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd No 7:30pm Class Open Gym 7:30pm-8:30pm 18.1/2/3/4/5 Watch party 8pm Turf Side Saturday February 24th and March 3rd No CrossFit Classes Open workout starting 9am Open gym 8:30am – 10:15am Turf Side Saturday March 10th, 17th, 24th 8am CrossFit Class Only Open workout starting …

The CrossFit Open at RVA Performance Training

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The season is upon us!   This year we are changing things up in a big way. If you have never done the Open, prepare for 5 weeks of challenging workouts, community outings, and very exciting Saturday mornings here at the gym!   Here is a short blurb on the details of the Open: The Open is the first stage …

Muscle Up Skill Sessions

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Looking to either gain the skill or improve on your muscle ups? Jaci will be holding both bar and ring muscle up skill sessions every Tuesday until the Open starts!   Dates: 1/23 – 6:30pm 1/30 – 6:30pm 2/6 – 6:30pm 2/13 – 6:30pm   These sessions will last approximately 30 minutes and will include individual homework to work on …