Fitness + Health Dispatches

From the Farm to the Front

This month's blog comes from a conversation with the mind behind Member Bennies, Front Data Engineer, and all-around outdoorsman, Dennis Smith. Read along as Dennis takes us through his Spartan days,...

Winter Is Coming

Put away your quickdraws – it's time for your other favorite sports of the year to kick off! We’re talking hockey, curling, biathlon...or maybe just ski and snowboard, for all you powder hounds. If yo...

Choose Your Class

The Front has a truly impressive selection of classes; a real incredible spread of offerings; dare we say a plethora of yoga, group fitness, and Jiu-Jitsu classes you can take! Whether you’re a beginn...

Sticking To Your New Year's Resolutions

It's January, which means the Front is filled with old and new climbers, yoga enthusiasts, and those looking for new hobbies to get them stronger. We love the extra company! And we love hearing your r...

3 Reasons You Should Try Group Fitness at The Front

Self-Massage Tips for Climbers by Rogue Rehab Massage Therapist Josh Welborn

Strength Training: Why It Matters for Mountain Athletes by Trainer Erin Storck

Top 5 Nutrition Mistakes Climbers Make - Hayden James of Satiate Nutrition

Why Choose Physical Therapy? By Adam Schiltz of Rogue Rehab

Three Injury Prevention and Recovery Techniques

Recovery and injury prevention are just as important as having titanium fingers and a Buddha-like mind. Due to climbing’s repetitive nature, it’s common for muscles to become tight (hypertonic) and ov...

Training Your Mind with Dan Mirsky: Breathing

The mental side of climbing plays a significant role in our success or failure. Yet, it remains an area of the sport overlooked by many. This is understandable: Digging into your own psyche can be int...

Three Benefits of Core Training 

What's Causing Your Pain?

Pain is the primary reason most seek out a physical therapist. Whether it’s a sore back, tweaked finger or pulled muscle, most climbers and athletes feel pain at some point. But what is pain? And how...

Meditation and ‘Being’ Happiness

Whenever one goes through airport security or any checkout counters at stores, it is almost impossible not to see the vast majority of people waiting in line with eyes glued to their cellphones. Sure,...

TRX Training - How Hanging from the Ceiling Makes You Stronger

Which Yoga Class is Best For You?

Yoga is a holistic practice that benefits every body and every mind. It is a great solution to stress, anxiety, and depression. We offer many different styles - we all face each day as a slightly diff...

Healthy Eating Tips

Namaste, yogis of The Front! Let’s talk about eating. As much as yoga is seen as a means of purifying and strengthening our bodies through physical exercise and postures, there are other tools, practi...

Wait, downward facing dog is a RESTING posture?

Feeling Stressed?

Stress is out there, and there’s really no avoiding it. Feeling anxious, depressed, and overwhelmed - some of the time - is part of the deal. Stress is necessary for our survival. Our ancestors needed...

A Look Into Yoga Teacher Training

We are already ⅓ of the way through our 2018 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training! A group like this becomes close very quickly, and the relationships formed soon turn into friendships. We are really loving...

Guru Purnima - Pathway to Higher Possibilities

Our extraordinary Front yoga community member, Rohit Nair provided this week’s blog post about Guru Purnima -- On July 27, we celebrated Guru Purnima which happens on the first full moon during the Da...

Asanas, Vinyasas, and Matsyasanas

Ashtanga yoga is a system of asanas and vinyasas. Asanas are yoga postures strung together in a specific order with clearly defined movements. These movements occur simultaneously with either an inhal...

July Shala News & A Daikon Roll Recipe

In The Shala Brian Forman is going to be attending Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor’s 200-hour Teacher’s Intensive Training July 8th through August 5th. We are super excited for him to have an amazing...

Flexibility Tips & Oil Baths

Summer is here and, in our Shala, we couldn’t be happier! We are observing the sun’s melting effects on our bodies. Our students are easily doing asanas that seemed impossible in the cold winter. We h...

What is Yin Yoga All About?

All About Vinyasa at the Front YogaLoft

Vinyasa. Oh, how we love you! You’re fun to say out loud (go ahead… rhymes with Mufasa) and you’re fun to do. And… sometimes you’re challenging… sometimes you’re hot and sweaty and REALLY challenging....

Benefits of Yoga for Climbing

Ever wonder why there are always yoga classes in climbing gyms? It’s because the two go together like cake and ice cream. Yoga can elevate your climbing game to the next level. Here are 5 reasons to f...

Namaste in Nepal & in the YogaLoft

-Namaste- The light in me honors the light in you. My soul honors your soul. The divine in me bows to the divine in you. In 2014, I hopped on a plane to Nepal to have myself a walkabout. This particul...

What is Vinyasa?

Vinyasa is a breathing and movement system. For each movement, there is one breath. For example, in the Ashtanga version of Surya Namskara A (Sun Salutation), there are nine vinyasas. The first vinyas...

Celebration of Love - Bhakti Yoga & Heart Openers

As we close in on Valentine's day, the holiday for the celebration of love, let us look into the yoga of love and devotion; Bhakti Yoga and also a common heart opening family of asanas; backbends. Bha...

A Lifelong Pursuit

The more you learn, the more you realize how much more there is to learn. A couple of us are in Boulder, Colorado this week studying with Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor (pictured below) in a 5-day yo...

A Saving Grace for Tight Hamstrings

Tight hamstrings? Read on. A balanced asana practice includes moving the body in a number of ways including stretching lengthwise, forward folding, back bending, twisting, balancing and inverting. Let...

Sanskrit, The Language of Yoga

Sanskrit is the language of yoga. Also the language of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism, this amazing and beautiful tongue shares some very old common roots with English. Sanskrit literally mea...

A Deeper Look Into Ashtanga Yoga

Ashtanga Yoga is a Method Ashtanga Yoga is an 8-limbed system which, when properly used, helps the individual attain a state of absorption into Samadhi (enlightenment) in which one's true self joyfull...

Seriously, What is Mysore Yoga?

A Brief History The Ashtanga Yoga method is built around Mysore style practice named after Mysore, India, where the method became popularized by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Jois was an Indian yoga master an...

Yoga and the Moon's Connection

Did you know yoga and the moon are deeply connected? Being about 70% water, we are affected by the moon phases according to the laws of gravity. In Ashtanga, we take rest from our daily Mysore practic...