IT’S FRIDAY! Welcome to the weekend yinz! Today I want to share with you a particularly CHALLENGING and SUPER FUN training session that you can do in just 20 minutes. Grab two kettlebells and get ready to unleash your weekend strength warrior! Weekend Warrior Challenge Directions: You will need two kettlebells for this session. 1 […]
Kettlebell Swings and Your Endurance- VO2 Max, Endurance, and the “WHAT THE HELL!?!?” Effect
Over the weekend I had taken part in my very first obstacle course in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This race was the XMAN race, and I’m here to tell you that this is NO easy feat. I would be lying to you if I told you that I didn’t have some sort of pre-race anxiety over […]
Traditional Dutch Oven Braised Lamb: Easter at it’s Finest-Alexandra Barone
This week’s recipe is very near and dear to me. It comes with a bit of a back story. When I first began eating healthier, I quickly learned that the slow-cooker was my friend. I was adventurous while perusing the butcher’s meat selection, taking a stab at excessively large and cheap cuts thinking, “I can […]
Pressing On to Powerful Strength
It’s been nearly a year in the making of a program here at the studio, and within the next few weeks, we are launching a program to the masses that is guaranteed to make you the strongest version of yourself. If you love lifting heavy things above your head, get ready to press on! Janelle […]
The DVRT Sandbag Get Up: Similarities and Differences Between it’s Kettlebell Cousin-Ryan Williams
The Turkish get up is one of the staple moves in the world of kettlebell training because it is a full body movement that engages your core and requires your body to work as one connected unit. The DVRT Get Up is a very similar exercise and achieves much of the same goals, however because […]
Healthy Habits for Breaking Up With Sugar- Alexandra Barone
Healthy Habits for Breaking Up With Sugar We’re here in the lovely autumn month of November, and while the tricks may cease, the treats will probably take a little longer to die out. Maybe you’re a devoted parent who spent Halloween weekend taking the little ones door to door for the sweet stuff. Perhaps you’re just a […]
Pistol Squat Mastery: Your Grip Strength and Core Stabilization Matters
There’s something to be said about the pistol squat for the level of strength the lift yields in the entire body. True, the one legged squat demands some serious strength in the legs themselves, but there is more to it than just moving your leg down and out of the bottom of your squat. In […]
Rethinking Success: Tools for the Long Run
Over the course of the past few months, I’ve had the pleasure of working with hundreds of people with one mission in mind: getting into the kitchen to get healthy. Of course, it’s not as clear-cut as just that. My goal is to coach individuals through 30 days of eating real food while technologically holding their hands every […]
Farm to Fit Pittsburgh!
So how about the team of Primal Fitness Pittsburgh will be teaching calisthenics on a farm? Yup! I’m not sure it gets any more primal than that! 😉 Hey everyone! I just wanted to give a big HOLLA to our friends at Organically Social for putting together an incredible event at Sorgel’s Farm in Wexford, […]
The Functional Movement Screen at Primal Fitness Pittsburgh
I am excited to announce that Primal Fitness Pittsburgh will be arranging times to schedule our very own Functional Movement Screen (FMS) at the facility. Today, I wanted to take some time to discuss what the FMS screen is, and how it can benefit you as a member of Primal Fitness Pittsburgh. First, a […]