Thank You, Julianne The following is an open letter from Coach Julianne to membership following her resignation as Head Coach. It’s been 6 years, 3 months, and 23 days and counting since I took my first class at Performance360 in Mission Beach. Seems kind of crazy when I put it like that, but when I [...]
How to Set Realistic Goals and Reach Them In a Positive Mindset Written by Dave Thomas Some people snobby fitness professionals like to shit on New Year's for bringing out false hope for people and a crowd of gym goers who will "all quit the following month." I disagree. I have always loved New Year's, [...]
A Look Into Our 2020 Workout Design Written by Dave Thomas Over our nine years operating as a gym in San Diego, we have evolved and tweaked our programming at every step of the way and I promise you, it will be tweaked and evolve many more times again. Complacency is where all progressive beings [...]
OB Members of the Month: Block 8 Owen Quane There isn't a harder worker inside the gym than Owen. From day 1, he hasn't half assed a single second of any workout and it has shown in his physique and performance. Every block since Owen has joined, he has made drastic improvements to technique, performance [...]
PB Members of the Month: BLOCK 9 Mike Yebba Mike has been a long time dedicated attendee of the 6 am class in PB. He showed up very green not to fitness, but to strength training, our major movements, and our way of training. Over the years Mike has not only transformed his ability completely, [...]
The Fallacy of "Calories Burned" Written by Dave Thomas There isn't a person in the world who hasn't graded the effectiveness of their workout via the amount of calories it burned, whether it be from a treadmill, a watch, a heart rate monitor, or the witchcraft sorcery some new gyms are employing (ahem, "Splat Points"). [...]
How to Add More Muscle in the Gym Written by Dave Thomas At the risk of generalizing to a fault, there are typically three kinds of physique goals when it comes to gym avatars. Those who want to burn fat. Those who want to add muscle. Those who want some combination of both. We addressed [...]
"What Rep Count Should I Choose?" Written by Dave Thomas Understand that in every single workout that you do here, you will get stronger, burn fat, and build muscle. Every single one. Building strength, burning fat, building muscle. THAT'S WHAT MARYLAND DOES. However, here you have the free will to pull the strings on which [...]
Kami Olavarria Kami is probably one of the most open, friendly, and engaging members we have. She is always encouraging to fellow members, asking questions to the coaches, and applying herself at the highest level. Her fitness arc is a pleasure to watch. She came into the gym, soaking up the experience, learning mov
