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By Candy Hughes • September 29, 2026
Listen to the parking lot before a class sometime. "I have to go work out." "I have to hit the gym before this day gets any worse." Two words, said a hundred times a week, and almost nobody stops to notice they're lying.
By Candy Hughes • September 1, 2026
There's a person at every gym who never misses. Never misses a class, never misses a rep count, never misses a chance to tell you what you should've done differently. Sometimes that person is standing by the whiteboard.  Most often, they're standing inside your own head .
By Candy Hughes • July 28, 2026
We talk a lot about discomfort in this space.  Today it's the specific kind that shows up when the only person keeping score is staring back at you in the mirror.
By Candy Hughes • July 11, 2026
Welcome to Beyond the Box, our new home for the conversations we have with athletes between sets, with staff after close, and with ourselves at 5 a.m. before anyone else walks through the door.  This is where we talk about what fitness actually builds: not just stronger backs and better engines, but the kind of person who can handle what life throws next.

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By Candy Hughes • September 29, 2026
Listen to the parking lot before a class sometime. "I have to go work out." "I have to hit the gym before this day gets any worse." Two words, said a hundred times a week, and almost nobody stops to notice they're lying.
By Candy Hughes • September 1, 2026
There's a person at every gym who never misses. Never misses a class, never misses a rep count, never misses a chance to tell you what you should've done differently. Sometimes that person is standing by the whiteboard.  Most often, they're standing inside your own head .
By Candy Hughes • July 28, 2026
We talk a lot about discomfort in this space.  Today it's the specific kind that shows up when the only person keeping score is staring back at you in the mirror.
By Candy Hughes • July 11, 2026
Welcome to Beyond the Box, our new home for the conversations we have with athletes between sets, with staff after close, and with ourselves at 5 a.m. before anyone else walks through the door.  This is where we talk about what fitness actually builds: not just stronger backs and better engines, but the kind of person who can handle what life throws next.
By Candy Hughes • September 29, 2026
Listen to the parking lot before a class sometime. "I have to go work out." "I have to hit the gym before this day gets any worse." Two words, said a hundred times a week, and almost nobody stops to notice they're lying.
By Candy Hughes • September 1, 2026
There's a person at every gym who never misses. Never misses a class, never misses a rep count, never misses a chance to tell you what you should've done differently. Sometimes that person is standing by the whiteboard.  Most often, they're standing inside your own head .
By Candy Hughes • July 28, 2026
We talk a lot about discomfort in this space.  Today it's the specific kind that shows up when the only person keeping score is staring back at you in the mirror.
By Candy Hughes • July 11, 2026
Welcome to Beyond the Box, our new home for the conversations we have with athletes between sets, with staff after close, and with ourselves at 5 a.m. before anyone else walks through the door.  This is where we talk about what fitness actually builds: not just stronger backs and better engines, but the kind of person who can handle what life throws next.

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