Tell us a little bit about yourself (family, job, interests/hobbies, etc). Originally from Oklahoma City, I’ve lived in Houston since 2012 working in the oil and gas industry. I love to travel, golf, ski, and hang out with my golden retriever, Brodie. When did you start at District H? I started around December 2020. What made...Read More

All of our daily decisions are driven by motivation. At the very base of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, these motivations tend to be those of survival. But once our basic needs of shelter, food, safety, and employment are met, we need more deeply rooted psychosocial needs like belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. Motivation for these categories...Read More

Tell us a little bit about yourself (family, job, interests/hobbies, etc).  Native Texan, grew up in Spring and spent some time in Dallas. Found my way back to Houston in 2011 and have stuck around since. My parents live on 250 acres a couple hours north of here and I have a younger sister in...Read More

By Miranda Johnson I’ve been asked a lot in the past about where I get my motivation to train from. This question came up again recently, and so I thought it may be worth spending a little more time diving into. After looking up the definition of motivation, I found this:  “the reason or reasons...Read More

About Myself: My name is Mark Leavens. I am from Houston, TX. I am a high school art teacher at Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center. I received my BA in Studio Art from The University of Texas at Austin with an emphasis in Painting. I keep an avid studio practice by working on paintings and...Read More

Written by Coach Miranda Johnson If I had a nickel for every time someone has said to me, “You’re from Wisconsin, you should be used to being cold”, I think I’d be a rich woman. Okay, yes, I do come from the North, but I will be the first to admit that I have never...Read More

by Coach Tommy I’m incredibly excited to announce that we are bringing on Leila Wolfe as our new client success manager. One of these days, I’m probably going to spend some time telling my community kind of what the long-term vision of District H is, but to kind of give you the cliff notes, we...Read More

First off congrats on all of the hard work and PR’s this past week. Glad to see all of your efforts in the last 4 weeks paying off. Moving into the next 4 weeks, we will turn our focus to the Back Squat, Strict Press and Power Snatch with a retest week on Feb 15th....Read More

What a year 2020 has been! There are some words that come to mind when looking back at our journey over the last year: resilience, compassion, and togetherness. All of us experienced some very emotional, stressful, and trying times over the last year. Some of us lost our jobs, loved ones, and maybe part of...Read More

By Tommy Allen I’m going to go ahead and tell you right now: Don’t make a New Year’s resolution. Seriously, why do it?  You know you’re not going to follow through with it, so why set yourself up for failure? And do you know why you and millions of other people will not achieve your...Read More