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May Showers bring… Family back to the village! Welcome Back!! We’re thrilled to welcome back two families to the glorious House of Gainz! The Trippetts (Tripps for short) are back from Florida and Jaylee and Kinsley have grown like weeds! Whatever they are feeding them we need some shared around! And we welcome Andrew andContinue reading “June 2026”

May Friends and Family Month, CFI Bingo, Best Gym in Huntsville!! It’s… GONNA BE MAY.. Friends and Family Month Bring your friends and family to train with us throughout May! Zero dollar drop-in fee for the entire month, show them how we roll in Brodin’s Garage! Sign-ups will be as a guest in Wodhopper—we’ll haveContinue reading “May 2026”

The Impulse Intramural Open, and Value Add Kind of People Updates CONGRATULATIONS! PROGRAMMING NOTESWrapping up our Strict Press/Push Press cycle and kicking off two new cycles, and I’m fired up about both of them. First, you know it, you love it, we’re launching a strict pull-up cycle — we’re building pull-up strength with Murph lockedContinue reading “April 2026”

The Impulse Intramural Open, Comparison, Ozymandias and Sisyphus Upcoming Events Coffee, Ketones, and Random Gorilla Thoughts…. Comparison is the thief of Joy…. yet we do it anyways. Humans man, we tend to human.. ALOT. It can be frustrating as a Coach to hear athletes compare their chapter 2 with someone elses chapter 10 and sayContinue reading “March 2026”

The Impulse Intramural Open, Legend of 18.2 “The Redo” Upcoming Events “The Redo” and why I Do the Open – The Story of One Burpee  So no-shit there I was. 18.2, first time around—one burpee short of earning a clean score in Part B. One. Damn. Burpee. Workout was a 1–10 ladder of double dumbbellContinue reading “February 2026”

What’s Coaches Goals for you in 2026? (Spoiler, I have them for you) News and Upcoming Events As we roll into the holidays and wrap up another year of work inside the House of Gainz, here are a few quick updates you should know. Random Gorilla Thoughts… What Is Your Coach’s Goal for You inContinue reading “January 2026”

Updates and some Random Gorilla thoughts (If you care to read that far) News and Upcoming Events As we roll into the holidays and wrap up another year of work inside the House of Gainz, here are a few quick updates you should know. Random Gorilla Thoughts… Are you still reading? Good — you haveContinue reading “December Newsletter 2025”

November at CFI: Caffeine, Ketones, and Random Gorilla Thoughts Upcoming Events Random Gorilla Thoughts… You will see a little different approach to the Newsletter from here on out. You’ll still hear about what strength cycles we’ve got on deck, but I want to share something bigger—let’s call it a dose of philosophy and a dashContinue reading “November Newsletter 2025”

October at CFI: Utility, Bench Press, & Big Events Upcoming Events Programming Notes As we wrap up our Deadlift and strict Pull-up cycle next week, we’re rolling right into bench press. Here’s the thing: I’ve never met anyone with a monster bench press who didn’t also have a lot of pull-ups in their arsenal. Why?Continue reading “October Newsletter 2025”

 From the Desk of the Gorilla:  Being CoachableI hear Coach Kauffman—one of my high school coaches—in my head quite often. He’d go on a tirade about being “coachable.” I didn’t even know what it meant at the time. He’d bark, “Dammit son, are you coachable? I put you in a position to make a play, that’sContinue reading “September 2025 Newsletter”