CLIENT STORIES
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, "toning and sculpting", and almost all supplements are garbage. We adopted CrossFit--the most effective fitness program in...
read moreWhat’s On Your Note?
On September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and flown into The Pentagon. All 64 passengers--including six hijackers--were killed. Another 125 people in the building were killed with them. The victims' bodies are memorialized at the Pentagon...
read moreWhy Real Gyms Don’t Look Like Gyms
I opened Catalyst in 2005 on $15,000. One of my partners had $15,000 left on a line of credit. He said, "It's all yours." I felt like I won the lottery. Now, $15k isn't much to start a gym. Most gyms cost at least 100x that much (that's one-point-five MILLION.)...
read moreThe New Girl, Part 3
This is the first blog post from a newer female client at Catalyst. We'll call her "Mary" (not her real name), and she's the wife of Jim, who's story has been published here. Mary and Jim have been at Catalyst for a few months, but when I asked for their story, she...
read moreThe New Girl, Part Two
This is the first blog post from a newer female client at Catalyst. We'll call her "Mary" (not her real name), and she's the wife of Jim, who's story has been published here. Mary and Jim have been at Catalyst for a few months, but when I asked for their story, she...
read moreThe New Girl
This is the first blog post from a newer female client at Catalyst. We'll call her "Mary" (not her real name), and she's the wife of Jim, who's story has been published here. Mary and Jim have been at Catalyst for a few months, but when I asked for their story, she...
read moreThe New Kid’s Story: 3-Month Checkup
Starting a new path in life is really, really hard. This is the story of someone looking to start getting healthier and live longer, as they told it to me. “Jim” is a pseudonym, and he doesn’t like the internet, or writing, or even talking about himself. But this is...
read moreThe New Kid’s Story: Hockey Night In Canada
Starting a new path in life is really, really hard. This is the story of someone looking to start getting healthier and live longer, as they told it to me. “Jim” is a pseudonym, and he doesn’t like the internet, or writing, or even talking about himself. But this is...
read moreThe New Kid’s Story: 2 Months In
I got swept up in workouts and my job and forgot to write for a week. My wife's work has already started to ramp up, so she's doing her workouts at different times than I am, usually. When her work schedule got nuts before tax season in the past, we were like ships in...
read moreARE YOU READY TO MAKE A CHANGE?
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