Janelle Pica

The Pistol Squat: Mobility, Stability, and Strength- Part 2

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Welcome back to the second part of our three part series on the pistol squat. This post will be focused on practicing the body weight pistol progressively over time. Please refer to our previous post on working hip and ankle mobility before you begin to tackle body weight pistol programming. If you’re all stretched out […]

Announcing the Winner of our January Kettlebell Giveaway

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Happy Friday everyone! We have so many announcements happening here this week for the facility I almost can’t contain all the awesome! We are wrapping up this week of awesome (forgive the redundancy) with one last HOLLA to one of our clients here at Primal Fitness Pittsburgh. If you’re on our mailing list, you may […]

Beast of the Month: Charlene Swan

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At Primal Fitness Pittsburgh, we always give back to our clients for their hard work in teh studio. Each month, we feature a new success story here on our website to highlight the great achievements of our members. Today, I want to give a big HOLLA to our client, Charlene Swann, for being the month […]

Pittsburgh’s Newest Kettlebell Instructor: Daniel Byrnes

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I am happy to announce that our team here at Primal Fitness Pittsburgh is growing even more this year! It’s been an honor and great joy for me to not only have trained some truly incredible athletes over the pat two years, but it’s an even greater honor and joy to have those incredible clients […]

The Snatch Test 2.0

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I was recently given the opportunity to teach the Ground Force Method (formerly known as Primal Move) at a fitness event this July. The event will consist of mobility training, kettlebell and barbell technique training and some fun little competitions in between. It was brought to my attention that some of the male participants have […]

2015: The Year of the Strongs!

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Over the weekend I was challenged to do my Level II military press on camera with precision. In order to pass a level II kettlebell certification as a woman, you must execute a 1/3 body weight strict military press. My testing weight for my certification was a 20kg bell, which is 44 pounds (side note: […]

It Takes Two!

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Exercise is More Fun with a Friend! Read on to Find out How You AND a Friend/Loved One can DRAMATICALLY Transform Your Bodies in Just 4 Short Weeks!  We as coaches at Primal Fitness Pittsburgh have been working very closely with our clients to make sure they track their food and make their workouts. What’s […]

3 Steps to an Effing Awesome Military Press!

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I love nothing more than heavy military presses. As a 5’3” female, I have successfully worked my way up to a 28kg kilogram , single arm military press (which is roughly a 62 pound lift with one arm, which is nearly half my body weight). I have this whole heavy pressing thing down to a […]

Tension Training for Pull Up Mastery: It Ain’t All in Your Traps!

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I was given a task about three months ago to help Ryan Williams, our newest trainer at Primal Fitness Pittsburgh, to master his pull ups that he was having difficulty with at the time. During our first session, I noticed that much of Ryan’s pulling came directly from his trap muscles. Over the course of […]