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What a Coaching Gym Actually Does That a Regular Gym Cannot

Most people think a gym is a gym. You pay your membership, you show up, you work out, you go home. Whether you join the big-box facility down the street...
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Lifter. Artist. Coach. Meet Chelsey.

Meet Coach Chelsey. She fell in love with fitness at 14 years old. Not because it was assigned to her. Because she discovered what it felt like to get strong...
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The Most Expensive Fitness Decision You Can Make (And Most People Make It Every October)

Every October it starts. The conversations shift. The excuses get louder. And somewhere between the first cool day and the first holiday gathering, a decision gets made that most people...
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What Coaching Actually Looks Like at Xtra Mile Fitness: A Walkthrough of a Group Class

What makes us different from every other gym is not our equipment or our schedule. It is our coaches. Every coach at Xtra Mile Fitness is genuinely invested in the...
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Robin’s Story: Why She Finally Tried Strength Training

Robin has been a member at Xtra Mile Fitness for two years. She had gained weight, knew she needed a change, but always found the gym boring and directionless. So...
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He Found His Wife. She Deadlifted 250 Pounds. They All Show Up at 6:30am. Meet Our Morning Crew

We asked four of our 6:30am regulars three simple questions. We were not fully prepared for what they said. The first question was finish the sentence: since I joined XM...
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