David Weaver's blog

Kips, Turkish get-ups, power-cleans and jerks are all new words to the Poppe household's vocabulary this year due to Inner-Icon! Cooked cabbage, kale, brussel sprouts and butter are new to our kitchen... (I suppose butter isn't new but it's now used guilt-free). Eating right and working out with David has changed us for the better.

Meet Ken, who played high school sports but never really spent much time in the weight room. He is now dead-lifting; back squatting, and doing push-ups and pull-ups with ease. (Until David adds more weight). A year ago, his doctor told him to reduce his stress level and begin medication for cholesterol. This year's visit, he received flying colors for managing his stress with exercise and his cholesterol levels were down considerably. He actually looks forward to working out and is the Paleo monitor in our household.
 

Meet Dana, a working mom. Ever since her mid-thirties and three pregnancies, she's struggled with her weight. She owns every weight-loss book printed and had tried every diet out there without success. With a history of diabetes and high blood pressure in her family and her numbers not looking good, she knew she had to do something. David took on her challenge as his own. With doctor visits, blood work, adjusting exercises, hard work and lots of unique strategies, Dana lost 30 pounds. All of her numbers are down and very manageable. Her last blood work results came back excellent! David never lost hope when Dana had!
 

We are really excited about this new event series! Once a month, there will be a Paleo Potluck and recipe swap. This will be a great event for those of you new to Paleo and looking for meals to get started with, for folks looking for more variety in their meals or if you want to share a great recipe and have fun with other paleo enthusiasts!

The details:
Date/Time: 1st Monday of every month at 7:00pm
Place: Jaclynn Claudon's home (address and directions will be included in confirmation email)
How: Sign up by sending an email to wynter@innericonfitness.com by the previous Monday. You will get an email confirmation with the number of people attending and type of dish to bring.
Bring: Your dish to share. Enough copies of your recipe to share.
*Have a specific dish in mind? Include that in your sign-up email!

The first Paleo Potluck and Recipe swap will be on Monday, February 6th. Sign-up by Monday, January 30th. (Expect your confirmation email on Tuesday, Jan. 31st)

It's a new year, and the traditional time to make a resolution. To truly make a resolution is to formally determine upon an action, or course of action. So, how do you make it actually work this year?

First, make it formal. Put it in writing; in a notebook, on a post-it, on a bIog or even on Facebook.  It helps to see it written down, so put it on your bathroom mirror or somewhere you will see it everyday.

Second, tell someone. And ask them to keep you accountable. If your posting it on your blog or Facebook, you're telling everyone, but they are likely to forget. Make sure the person you asking to keep you accountable will be up for it.

Third,

Please note our new address:

1420 20th Street NW, Suite E
Auburn WA 98001

We are excited to announce that we will be upgrading our facility! We're moving, just around the corner, to a bigger place that will allow us to better serve you.

The move will happen this weekend, on Saturday the 17th, and we need your help! We are asking anyone who has time and is willing to meet us at our current location at 1:00pm. Trucks are helpful! We should be able to get everything loaded, moved and unloaded in about an hour. We will even have free coffee!

Later this week we will post the new address and a tour of the new digs!

One of our many outstanding clients made the local news!  Check out the story here:

http://www.auburn-reporter.com/lifestyle/134008623.html

Do you struggle with meal planning, shopping and cooking to eat your way towards optimal health?  Do you find yourself needing some help to really get going in the right direction?  Total Kitchen Overhaul might be just what you need!  We've put together an in home offer to help you achieve your best results!  We'll help clean out your kitchen, meal plan, take you shopping and show you some cooking techniques to get you well on your way to achieving your goals.  Check out the details:

Total Kitchen Overhaul

A regular day for Tyler, always putting forth solid effort.  Testimonial coming soon...

Many people decide to make a change in order to lose weight, get stronger and improve fitness.  We love helping people achieve these goals!  Take for example these two who lost a TON of w

My journey started a few years ago with an ailing neck and back caused by being rear ended in my truck.  First came the spine specialist, followed by massage therapy, physical therapy, a few cortisone shots, acupuncture, more physical therapy, a nerve block procedure, 1 pain therapist session (Which made me think, what in the world am I doing here?), ok back to more physical therapy.  It didn't help that I had a sedentary occupation.  When I started core exercise training, I started feeling better.  Oops, not again!  Now comes the sprained ankle, which got my old injury going again due lack of exercise.  Yep, back to spine specialist, physical therapy, and more core training I went.
 
All these injuries and too much sitting on the couch watching Jersey Shore caused me to gain a "few" pounds here and there.  At this point I'm ready for some new surroundings besides the doctor's office and ready to commit myself to getting back in shape.
 
Some workouts I considered:  P90x:  I'm sure Mr. Muscle Confusion has some great workouts but honestly how can you push yourself at home when it's much easier to kick back on the couch.  Regular gyms:  Tons of equipment you'll never use...BORING.  Crossfit Gyms:  Many Crossfit gyms opening up all over with similar exercise programs.  I'm sure the workouts are great but the large class sizes lost my interest.
One day I came across the Auburn Reporter and read about InnerIcon.  I decided to give them a try and endedup meeting friendly, knowledgeable people.  At InnerIcon I found not only great trainers but also other groups of people looking to live healthy lifestyles and have fun motivating each other while working out.

 In just 6 months I went from 201 lbs to 165 lbs and I feel great!

My medical procedures have been replaced with hiking, biking, wakeboarding, and snowboarding.  All fixed up!  Now, I just need to worry about replacing these saggy pants!
 
Thanks David and Wynter for helping me close one book and start a new one.  Wallballs, burpees, run, row, deadlift.  I love it!
 
Coaches note: During test week Brent finally got his chance to test his 2000M row. Upon passing his row his also completed and passed  all his Level 1 skills! He has now moved on to the Level 2 chart, congrats Brent!