Archive for September, 2007

Monique’s Interview…

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

She’s our first interview for a trainer here at Local’s. We put her on the spot. This is terrible. Cartwheels I got Big Steve to try it!! Love it. Steve’s Cartwheel

Scanner Party!!

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Lars Oquist, area expert and anti-oxidant guru will be presenting on “Anti-oxidant Importance”, which may not sound that cool. But when you think about the main reason for sickness, aging and major health problems being oxidative stress, and yeah, the anti part in anti-oxidant fights that:) This presentation is absolutely in-line with our values at [...]

Club Meeting v1.1

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

The first seminar at Local’s Gym!! Be very excited, because you know we are We will cover what fitness looks like, how to attain it and the three main metabolic pathways your body operates in and how to attack them. Q and A will follow, always fun, and we’ll definetly cover some demo’s If you [...]

Club Meeting v1.2

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Yeah Since we’ll be open, let’s start learning about fitness so that we can attain it! We’ll discuss what fitness is and looks like. The three main metabolic pathways and how to attack them. Q and A because we like that and if we have time we’ll hit some demo’s and other goodies. If you [...]

Oh My God We Might Get Open!!

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Here’s the latest… Welding stuff for the Handicapped Shower Seats done friday, installed monday, Inspected Tuesday. OPEN WEDNESDAY (maybe) the 26th!!! Happy happy, joy joy. Check the calendar for events!

Sunday Double Ply Experience

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Our own Tim Dahlstrom on Sunday went on to further his Bench Press prowess.  The easy opener of 380 in a single ply RageX followed by slapping on the DOUBLE ply RageX. The first attempt was back stage on 425, came up quick and wouldn’t touch his chest.  Perfect.  We made the choice to go [...]

Saturday’s Strongman Event

Monday, September 17th, 2007

YEAH! I won the title “Oregon’s Strongest Man”. My humility prevents me from being too proud – there were a whole bunch of Canadians who decided not to show and I know that Sam Pektol (of Pektol’s Strength Systems, serious) lives in Oregon. But it was a great day for me. I got PR’s on [...]

Jump Stretch Bands, good for more than squats…

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Dick Hartzell, inventor of the Jump Stretch band just put some videos on the EFS website, fantastic stuff for ankles, shoulders and backs, fantastic. Look forward to some more of that action coming up in the next few months of training – thanks Dick and Dave!! www.youtube.com/elitefitnesssystems (yeah, three s’s in a row)

DB Racks are Together

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Czech out this semi-boring video I put together of Johnny and I twisting wrenches for like 2 hours, awesome! db-racks.mov

Crossfit Accepts Us!!

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Whoa!  I’m totally jacked right now.  We just got accepted into the Crossfit organization as an affiliate.  Totally awesome.  Crossfit style training is the best way to actually train for “general fitness” they stress different loading parameters (sets, reps, tempo) as well as a literal abundance of exercises and sports (gymnastics, powerlifting, calisthenics etc.) to [...]