Citizen Athletics Club

Everyone is different

Different training ages.
Different injury history.
Different goals.

Why should we expect everyone to do the same work out?

“But we can scale the workout so that it works for anyone”

Sure you can scale the workout so that anybody can do it. That does not mean it’s actually beneficial for them.

Should they be doing it?
Does it match up with their goals?

What if they need to work on hinging, but this workout is squatting?

How do you even know if they need to be working on hinging or squatting?

What if they have shoulder pain? Do we just tell them to stop pressing overhead for every single workout?

At , we know that everyone is different

From day one, we make sure that we are taking into account those differences.

Based on specific questions, you will start with a specific amount of personal training sessions. No one size fits all.

From there, we introduce you to our Individual Design class. Which is exactly what you need because you’re different than the person next to you.

Thirty minutes of working on your unique needs followed by a group workout that’s already specifically tailored to your needs by your coach.

You are not the same as everyone and your workouts shouldn’t be the same either

What do you want?

We realize that when someone comes to work with us they are either moving towards something they want or away from something they don’t want.

That’s what goals are, right?

Maybe you want to be able to go hiking with your kids without getting so tired.

Or, maybe you don’t want to feel like you need to wear a t-shirt when you go to the beach.

We’re not placing any judgement on what you do or don’t want.

We just realize it’s important to you, so it’s important to us.

Let’s call the thing you want to change your “prison state”.

That doesn’t mean your life is terrible. It just means there’s somewhere you’d rather be, something you’d rather have, be able to do, or some way you’d rather FEEL than you do now.

That place is your “dream state”.
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Whether your prison state has to do with your health and fitness goals or not, here are 7 questions to ask yourself often:
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1. What is your “prison state” that would have the largest positive ripple effect into other parts of your life?

2. Why is your prison state difficult to change?

3. Why do you keep finding yourself in the position you are in?

4. What would it take to make #3 untrue?

5. Why hasn’t #4 happened yet?

6. What would it take to make #5 untrue?

7. How can you start doing this by tomorrow?

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Working towards what you want or don’t want can be frustrating.

It can also leave you feeling uncertain of if you’ll ever reach the finish line.

We get it.

Using these 7 questions often can help give some clarity around the most important steps to start taking to get where you want to go.

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Just so you know, we’re very accessible.
If you want to chat about this you can always shoot us a DM.
We’d love to hear what you’re struggling with and if there’s any way we can help.

We have said it before and we will say it again: sleep is the wonder drug.⠀⠀⠀
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Before you focus on doing an extra circuit of accessory work, mobility exercises, squat therapy, etc, focus on getting 8 hours of sleep.⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Your main 'accessory' work, should be making your bedtime consistent.⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We understand that healthcare is about more than surgeries and prescriptions and fitness is about more than sweating and lifting weights.
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We are addressing so much more than what happens in the gym. We are asking about your fuel, your stress management, your mental health and..yes...your sleep.⠀
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We are bridging the gap by leaving no stone unturned.

You are not going to go through life without experiencing discomfort.

The things we do every day in the gym train us in more ways than fitness.
They train us to push our limits.
They train us to withstand uncomfortable situations.
They train us to understand what we are capable of.

We are capable of making ourselves more adaptable. We are capable of making ourselves more resilient. We are capable of adjusting to our surroundings.

Is your workout just a workout, or is it serving you the other 23 hours of your day, in the other avenues of your life outside the gym?

We can't choose whether we experience discomfort or not, but we can choose where we experience it, and train ourselves to handle it.

If you can run a sub 6 minute mile or lift heavy weight, BUT you’re in pain, how healthy are you?!

Your experiences in the gym should be adding to your quality of life, not taking away from it.

Pain happens, injuries happen. Sometimes they are unavoidable.

Luckily we are qualified to help you get OUT of pain when those things come up.

In Person ✅
Virtually ✅
Remote ✅

Experiencing aches and pains that are limiting the things you want to be able to do?

Reach out to us, if we can help you, we absolutely will.

If we can’t, we will refer you to someone who can.