Stronghold Gym

5:45, 7 and 8:15 classes will be canceled. There will be a delayed opening for tomorrow at 930 and all following classes will resume as normal.

Due to the weather all classes will be canceled today

BUSINESS PODCAST It was very refreshing to hear from a familiar voice recently, despite the continued chaos afflicting the current landscape. A call from @deewangsta a classmate of mine from college brought back some memories and lessons that quite frankly needed to be revisited, especially now. Our last year was spent studying in China together while fucking up and learning along the way. Yet we have ironically ended up in a very similar place while reconnecting under very similar circumstances. While discussing the gym as well as his current venture at @urbancred_official we also explored what it means to be a business owner and how emphasizing the experience instead of the product allows the actual business to be an extension of your own expression. The BUSINESS podcast is up check it out. @ Stronghold Gym

DEAD END PODCAST What have you actually been doing this whole time? The current situation has forced everything around us to change, but have you been able to change along with it? Change itself is a journey, failure is merely a detour, while arriving is truly nothing more than a dead end. The outlet for all three lies within our capacity to ask ourselves more difficult questions. This is the opportunity to do so... Dave, Jess and Stelios discuss the 1000 burpees they recently completed and what they learned from their experience but not without side commentary on fat acceptance, keyboard warriors and provocative emails. The DEAD END Podcast is up.

UNKNOWN 1000 Burpees were completed in 1:50:48. The arbitrary amount and time didn’t matter. What did matter was going into the unknown with uncertainty. New questions were raised...

If there’s anything that should be constant it’s confrontation. @aminarikphotography

DECIDE When the moment arrives where a crucial decision is needed do you choose compliance or defiance? @aminarikphotography

It is only until one tries to break the chain do we truly feel the weight of each link.

THE MINIMALIST PODCAST Keep it simple, get rid of the distractions, shed the fat and do more with less.

THROUGH THE FOG A fog has a finite amount of transparency; just enough to notice that there is an available path ahead but not enough to completely prevent you from being sent off a cliff. To navigate through, there needs to be a balance between hubris and risk along with a wherewithal to see it through until the end. We are in the midst of uncharted territory with unprecedented circumstances which is why our approach must follow suite.... This is why we are willing to provide something that allows us to navigate through this chaos together, a project that encompasses both training and discussion. Our remote training options are live. Check the link in our bio for more information. An email has been sent, if you didn’t receive it check spam, if it’s not there then please contact me. See more

REMOTE TRAINING!

THE PRAXIS PODCAST Over a month ago we held our first event called The Praxis. The subject was titled Training creates thinking which stemmed from a difficult and recurring question; How do we know when we have actually learned something? We decided the best way to approach this was to follow a map in which the direction and path was dictated by the actions of the attendees. Where that path led us was to an experience tha...t was nothing short of remarkable. The efforts were demanding, it allowed us to go deep, but not as deep as the discussion that was held afterwards. The way we train can heavily influence the way we think, so we can have the opportunity to arrive at better questions to continue our journey instead of ending it with a singular answer. Dave and I sat down with two attendees Kerri and Anthony to discuss how the praxis came to be and what it meant for everyone who decided to take the risk that day @ Stronghold Gym See more

DEPENDENT OR INDEPENDENT PODCAST With mass panic and hysteria settling in, it’s to no surprise to see how disconnected we have all become from each other, the world we live in and even ourselves. While the imminent threat of the virus is obvious, what has become even more dangerous is our reaction to it. The acceleration of the fear is something that has escalated quicker than the virus itself as speculation quickly transitioned to overkill with no...thing in-between. Our dependencies have been comprised, our health remains uncertain and our routines have been interrupted. The question we must all ask ourselves now is; what remains? Dependency itself is a prison, its predictability pacifies the underlying fear of losing the supposed control that we think we have. We presume that we need the familiarity so the fetish for our fix can be satisfied. An attachment, once taken away creates confusion which is immediately followed by fear with panic not far behind. We begin to take what we don’t need in excess at the expense of others who are suffering from a deficit. It only makes sense during grim times of black and white that you truly see people’s true colors; the contrast is unmistakable. One must consider especially in times like these how much is my independence restricted from my current dependencies? Dave and Stelios sit down to discuss what it means to become independently fit at the expense of letting go what we think we need. It has begun. If you know you know... @aminarikphotography See more

While STRONGHOLD has remained true to it’s name and has not been affected we want to make sure that everyone continues to remain healthy and safe. Due to the current situation at hand we are forced to close our doors. However, all classes today will be as scheduled and our last class will be held at 7:15pm. We will be closed after that until further notice. For consideration to help us get through today, if you do not feel well please stay home. While this is inconvenient we have been working on something special for our clients that will be released soon. Stay tuned...

THE ENDURANCE PODCAST Endurance can be a reflective process as it can shed away everything until the real you is left. A slow extraction process that entails the acceptance of what lies ahead as adversity patiently awaits your arrival. Patience, self-care and persistence are some of the many lessons that Dave, Jessica and Tom discuss after doing a marathon of 42,195 meters on the rower. Dave 3:09:08.7 Tom 3:09:23.5... Jessica 3:44:04.1