Be Proactive… That’s the name of the game when it comes to living a lifestyle of health & fitness. The cool part about a muscle activation plan is that it can be used to 1) prevent future injury and/or 2) rehab a current injury. Checkout some of our go-to shoulder activation exercises – this is Coach Janelle’s personal plan ? “Best case scenario is that you do some stretches and lax ball upper body work to open up the chest and lats before these activation exercises. Do these ideally before fitness to make sure the important baby muscles are doing their jobs and are ready for fitness 🙂 I follow a Day 1 and Day 2 plan just to make sure I am changing it up. I do 3 rounds of these activations like a circuit with 1 minute rest in between rounds. The Day 2 series can also be...Read more

LIST BY MONTH January HoliGAINZ Kick-Off Clinic: Saturday, January 11thHoliGAINZ Healthy Habits Challenge: January 13th – February 21st February Community Yoga w/ Sade: Saturday, February 1st (Friends Welcome)BluCru Night Out (Emporium Logan Square): Saturday, February 22ndRow Marathon Training Plan: February 24th – March 21st March Bring-a-Friend To Class Day: Friday, March 13th (ALL DAY)Remote GAINZ Cycle 1: Monday, March 16th April Support You Local Box (At-Home CF Open): April 4th – April 18th BluCru Virtual Game Night: Saturday, April 18th (Charades 6:30pm)Virtual Buddy Day: Saturday, April 25th (9:00am)Remote GAINZ Cycle 2: Monday, April 27th May BluCru Virtual Game Night: Saturday, May 16th (6:30pm) June Virtual “Name That Tune”: Saturday, June 13th (6:30pm)Hybrid Remote GAINZ (outside classes included): Monday, June 8th July Murph Prep Program: July 20th – August 28th August Murph 2020: August 28th & 29th September 26.BLU Remix: September 15th – 20thSOGO Body Comp Challenge: September 21st – October...Read more

Deal #1: $100 Credit (New Athletes Only) – 5 Available  Complete Bluprint’s 6-Week Intro and receive the following: $100 Credit Toward Membership (following 6-week intro)Nutrition GuidePersonal Accountability CoachUnlimited Classes Performance & Body Fat Measurements (pre/post 6-week intro) Deal #2: 15% OFF Annual Gold Membership For Current/Former Bluprint Athletes ONLYPIF – $396 Savings2 Available Deal #3: 10% OFF Annual Silver Membership For Current/Former Bluprint Athletes ONLYPIF – $216 Savings2 Available Deal #4: 10% OFF 8-Pack Skill Sessions For Current/Former Bluprint Athletes ONLYPIF – $36 Savings4 Available Deal #5: 10% OFF ALL Driven Nutrition Products 10% OFF All Pre-Ordered Driven Nutrition Products at Bluprint Fitness through Monday, December 2nd. 6 Available [gdlr_button href=”/black-friday-2019-form/” size=”medium” target=”_blank”]Get Deal[/gdlr_button] Valid Through: Tuesday, December 2ndRead more

The second CrossFit Open of 2019 just finished and the atmosphere in Bluprint Fitness was/is ELECTRIC! I can’t express how proud I am of everyone who stepped outside of their comfort zones and proved that YOU ARE AWESOME! So what can we learn from our experience each year in the CrossFit Open? I think the coolest part about the 5-weeks of workouts (besides getting together as a community) is that it acts as an assessment tool for what we want to work on next! There were so many movements in the Open: Ground-to-OverheadBar Facing BurpeesDB ThrustersToes-to-BarHanging Knee RaisesDouble-UndersDeadliftsHandstand Push-UpsHand Release Push-UpsHandstand WalksBear CrawlsPistolsBox JumpsMB Box Step-UpsClean & JerksRing Muscle UpsChin-over-bar Pull-UpsRowingWall Ball Chances are, there are movements in the list above that you crushed AND there are movements in the list above that are your arch nemesis! Based on how you felt in particular workouts, there are three areas to...Read more

How It Works: Play Bluprint BINGO from November 1st – Friday Prior to Holiday Party to get registered into our Holiday Raffle! To enter, grab a Bingo board from the gym (week of 11/9). Each time you complete one of the tasks on the board, inform a Bluprint Coach when you are in the gym and they will mark off that square. Each line of 5 tasks completed (Left, Right, or Diagonal) will earn 1 ticket into the GENERAL PRIZE drawing. Prizes include: gift cards (Nike, Lululemon, etc.), Cases of Fitaid, Mobility Package, Skill Sessions, and More.  If you complete the entire board, you will be entered into the GRAND PRIZE drawing…6-Month Unlimited Membership ($1434 Value). Details: Each block must be signed off by a Bluprint Coach for it to count.  Take a class time you don’t normally take: If you have been to all of the class times in...Read more