Red Woods Fitness | Blog Week of 8-3-2026

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August 2, 2026

Quote of the Week 8-3-2026

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“Let it offend you that someone else could be handed your days and turn them into something greater”

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NEWS

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Welcome back friends! This week I am sending you a heartfelt thank you for choosing local. Summer is a funny time in the fitness industry. The weather is beautiful (kinda). Families go on vacation. Kids are home from school. Weekends get busier, and routines become a little less…routine.

For gym owners, it’s also the season of membership freezes. Every year, we see members pause their memberships while they’re away, and that’s okay. Life happens, and we genuinely hope everyone enjoys their summer adventures. There are a ton of instagram posts lately about gym owners bitching about this…but this week, I wanted to take a moment to recognize another group of people- our members who keep showing up! The ones who continue investing in themselves. The ones who continue investing in us. Thank you.

Choosing local matters folks! Today, almost everything can be bought from a giant corporation. Need groceries? There’s a national chain. Need coffee? There’s a drive-thru on every corner. Need a gym? There are countless big-box options promising the lowest monthly price. But every time you choose a locally owned business, you’re making a different kind of investment. You’re choosing relationships over transactions. You’re choosing people over shareholders. You’re choosing a place where your name is known before you even walk through the door.

Think about visiting a local farmers market. You could buy strawberries from a massive distributor at the grocery store like Driscoll sprayed with cancer pesticides and god knows what else. Or you could buy them from the person who planted them, cared for them, harvested them, and proudly placed them on the table. The strawberries might cost a little more but damn do they taste different. That’s because someone cared! There’s pride behind every basket and that’s how I think about Red Woods Fitness.

We’re not part of a national chain. We don’t answer to investors. We don’t have a corporate office making decisions from hundreds of miles away. I am and always have been- UNBUYABLE. Every decision we make starts with one question: “What’s best for our members?”

When you support Red Woods Fitness, you’re not paying for access to equipment. You’re investing in Coaching. You’re investing in thoughtful programming. You’re investing in a Community that celebrates your wins, encourages you through setbacks, and genuinely notices when you miss a class or smash a PR. You’re supporting a small business whose success depends entirely on serving people well. That responsibility is something I never take lightly.

So Thank You.

If you’ve continued showing up this summer…Thank you. If you’ve encouraged another member…Thank you. If you’ve trusted us with your health, your goals, and your time…Thank you. Red Woods Fitness exists because of people like you. Every class, every conversation, every high-five and fist bump or sweaty mirror pic after a workout reminds me why I opened this gym in the first place. I believe local businesses make communities stronger. I believe Coaching changes lives. And I believe that when neighbors choose to support neighbors, everyone wins.

So as we head toward the end of summer, know this: Your support means more than you’ll probably ever realize. Thank you for choosing local. Thank you for choosing Red Woods Fitness. We’ll keep showing up for you just as you’ve continued showing up for us.

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PROGRAMMING

New week, new month, new cycle. DB Front Squat, DB Bench Press, DB Push Press, DB Hang Clean, and Core up for service this month. The goal should be pushing volume and load while playing with the stability factor of using dumbbells.

HERE WE GO!

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Monday

Strength

DB Hang Clean

5-5-5-5-5

Metcon

“Grip Reaper”

21-15-9

DB Hang Clean (CC)

Pull-ups

KBS