Like most gyms, we have rules. Unlike other gyms like planet fitness that we won’t name, we don’t have silly rules like “no jugs of water.” Instead our rules are created to do three things: Make sure you get the best results possible Make sure you stay safe...
Fitness and gym memberships are on the rise, and this is a great thing! However many people aren’t getting the most out of their gym memberships. Here are 10 tips to get the most out of your Arkitect Fitness membership, and if you don’t train with us, many of...
There’s a small trend in fitness, usually seen in CrossFit gyms, where someone performing a deadlift may simply drop the bar from the top of the lift. Usually this is done on either a max effort rep, or at the end of a high rep set. We teach our clients and our...
I’ve known Ben for over 10 years. We met through a mutual acquaintance at a Jason C. Brown Kettlebell Athletics certification, and ever since then we’ve been buddies. It’s easy to see why, we’re both no-nonsense coaches that stick to the fundamentals of...
In his 2011 book “Everything is Obvious, Once You Know the Answer” author and sociologist Duncan Watts takes a close look at the things we consider to be “common sense” and analyzes how we can make better predictions of outcomes. The title reinforces the old...
UPDATE: Several Things Have changed in the year in a half since I posted this article. Edits have been added in bold text. This is a case study of myself, and I’m not special. Growing up I was over weight. My nickname in elementary school was “The Pillsbury Dough...
