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FOODIE: GET BERRIED

Alright folks, this week’s foodie was your favorite type of berry. This is one that we wanted to do for a while but were worried we wouldn’t be able to think of enough berry types. These worries were quickly dispelled when we put our minds to it and came up with the very popular and obvious choses of goji, acai, and boysenberries! To round out the 8 was blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, and cranberries.

ATHLETE SHOUT OUT: PHI DANG

Phi Dang is an athlete at Krave Gym Waukee and has been a member since opening January 2019. Phi grew up here in Iowa after quote, “his family swam here from Vietnam when he was just 2 years old.” Phi grew into a bit of a troublemaker though, and as a result moved around quite a bit, attending 5 different high schools. He cleaned up his act and went on to college at Iowa State, and now works as an “Inside Sales Executive” at Arthur Gallagher, one of the largest insurance brokers in the world. To Phi, family is everything and he just recently became a father after his wife, Lannie, brought their baby boy, Tai, into the world.

COACHES BREAKDOWN EP 4: WIDE GRIP ROW

On this episode Of the coaches break down, we will be covering the wide grip barbell row. This exercise can very easily be done wrong, and so we are going to break it down for you to ensure perfect execution.

ATHLETE SHOUT OUT: KYLE HEUER

From his early years of high school playing baseball,
football, and basketball to intramural sports at Wartburg College he has always had athleticism woven into his DNA.

DEFEND YOURSELF: KRAVE GYM DEFENSE TRAINING

So ask yourself, and I mean actually ask yourself; Am I prepared to defend myself? Would I know how to survive in a life-threatening situation? If I was threatened by another person, would I know how to react? If you answered no to any of these questions, and would like some guidance on self-defense.

COACHES BREAKDOWN EP. 2: OVERHEAD LUNGES

On this week’s episode of Coaches Breakdown, we will be breaking down the Overhead Lunge. This is one of our more complex exercises this season, and requires some preparation and focus to execute successfully.

MOTIVATION

We all have woke up for work ready to seize the day and ready to solve every world problem. On the flip side we have all woke up for work and hit the snooze and called in sick. The major difference between the two days is motivation.