Results For Category: "Specialty Groups"
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…

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;…
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…