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Catalyst Renegades

  It’s 4:00 pm on Friday. You hurry home, eager to hear about how everyone’s day went, only to be greeted by an abandoned backpack…

Barbell Bettys

Fitness depends on strength. Strength requires more than lip service: pumping a 12-lb bar up and down a thousand times won’t make you strong. Peel…

Silver Belles at Catalyst Fitness

“Life requires movement.” ~ Aristotle Whether chasing grandkids to help out busy children, providing care to ailing loved ones, maintaining careers or training for that…

Bucket List Bike Group

Bucket List Time! If you’ve ever wanted to complete a 70-100 km bike ride but dont know where to start – consider this step one!…

Level Method, Lat Pulldowns, and Learning New Stuff

Friends, I’ve never been one for dogma. I’m not great at following trends in fitness, because most “fitness advice” you read has no merit. Pills,…

Adventure, Fitness and Writing Your Own Story

The first blog post I ever wrote–back in 2005–was called “It’s all about the story.” It’s out there somewhere if you search for it. My…

The Intramural Open Cometh!

The CrossFit Open is a worldwide CrossFit competition. We do it every year. It’s fun. At Catalyst, we do the CrossFit Open a bit differently. This…

The Power of Intramural Play

On your first day at CASS, you’re drafted into one of four “Houses”. Long before Hogwarts made it cool, CASS was doing intramural games and…

What IS Powerlifting?

Press, Squat, Deadlift. These three exercises form the foundation of optimal fitness–and health. Pushing something away from your body; sitting and standing; and picking up…

Why Women Should Lift (Heavy) Weights

Women NEED to lift weights. I’ve been writing about it since 2002, and popular media is finally behind the idea. But not the little 5lbs…