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 lived through anything like we all did a few weeks ago during the “snowpocalypse”. I know a lot of you may have already lived through previous natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey, but for me this was a first and it was a lot more challenging than I could have ever imagined. While I can understand and appreciate that we all want to move forward and pretend that the week-long disaster didn’t happen, I personally don’t think we should. At least, not without a solid reflection first. It’s one thing to have survived through something like...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 are slowly building a team that the business can support on a full-time basis where coaches can grow their careers, earn enough money to make a great living, and be able to provide a consistent experience for our members. It’s a relationship business and we want to be able to have consistency in the staff that we bring on the floor and interact with our community. In order to do that, I need to be able to create opportunities for these individuals. Alongside Robert as our head coach, and Miranda as our general manager, Leila...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. Nothing new with the back squats, as these will forever be a staple in our programming. We will continue to build strong foundational strength, improve your squat mechanics and body awareness. The barbell Strict Press will primarily focus on building raw overhead strength, stability and improve your bar path with shoulder to overhead movements. We have a history of doing strict single arm movements in the gym which are good for improving asymmetries however with the barbell we can focus on building shoulder size, improved lockout strength, and power. And lastly, we will have 4...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 ourselves through both a global pandemic and the largest economic recession in the last century. As a community, we had to say “goodbye” to some of our friends as lives and circumstances changed.  Through all of this, I saw a resilience that was inspiring. Even in hardship, this community kept putting one foot in front of the other. There were some days where I didn’t know what to do or how to lead and you still showed up with a smile on your face, displayed simple acts of kindness, or even just lent a shoulder...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 2021 New Year’s resolutions?  Because of Parkinson’s Law. If you’re not familiar with Parkinson’s Law, it’s the old adage that work expands to fill the time allotted. Put simply, the amount of work required adjusts to the time available for its completion. Think of it like this: When you were in school and the teacher assigned a paper or project on Monday that was due on Friday, you probably didn’t do it that night. You waited until Thursday night to start and finish the paper. That’s Parkinson’s Law. It’s the same with New Year’s resolutions....Read more