Pivot Fitness

Who’s with us?? 💯💪

Congrats to our athletes who medaled today!! set the stage for meet PRs and qualifying totals!!

PIVOT is driven by our COMMUNITY. We welcome all, love all, support all and celebrate each other’s success. Each day we grow and learn from each other - knowing that we walk out of our doors better than when we walked in.

Come see what our PIVOT community is all about! The hardest part is walking through the door!

First month is FREE! No contracts!

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It’s that time of year again!!

HOLIDAY BINGO!

Last year was a hit! So, we’ve brought it back! Dec 1st - 31st

Step 1) Pick up your Bingo card from the coaches stand!

Step 2) GET TO MARKING OFF THOSE SQUARES! Complete the assignment in the square in order to "mark it off". For each "BINGO" (5 completed squares in a row-either vertical, horizontal, or diagonal) you will receive one drawing entry! If you are able to totally black out your card, you will receive 20 ENTRIES!

Step 3) Win BIG! Our prize drawings will include:

FIRST drawing is for any training shoes of YOUR choice (Nike metcons, NOBULLs, Reebok Nano, etc.) up to $200!

SECOND drawing is for a new Element 26 brand weightlifting belt!

THIRD drawing is for everyone's favorite snack...a BOX of !

✌️ topics here

The first is you have no idea what is going on in other people’s lives which is one of the reason it’s not fair to compare. Also, it’s not fair to you, because you are not them, and vice versa. Maybe they only focus on one or two areas where you have to focus on many more because of other responsibilities you have.

The second is that being “the best” or focusing too hard on the end result is the wrong place to put your focus. A lot of what goes into being “the best” is outside of your control.

Essentially, what this boils down to is where you put your focus. Do you put it on things you can control or do you put it on things and people you can’t control. Think about it.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

⏰ REMINDER ⏰

The first step towards being really good at something is first embracing and accepting that you’re not good at it.

There’s no way to bypass the process where you learn how to do the small stuff.

Spend time with the basics and make things become second nature through repetition.

Are you high energy and love coaching/connecting people to their health and fitness goals?

We want to hear from you!

Position: part-time coach
Paid by the class + free gym membership

Requirements:
1) Must have previous personal training or group style fitness coaching experience.
2) Must have availability to coach early mornings and/or evenings.

Message us or reach out!
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Our next community night is upcoming, on Friday 11/18 at 5:15pm, and as you know we are having our in-house competition-the GOBBLE GAMES!!!

Here are your workout standards:

RX:
Thrusters (95/65)
Single Arm Dumbbell Snatches (50/35)
Toes to Bar

SCALED:
Thrusters (65/45)
Single Arm Dumbbell
Snatches (30/20)
Hanging Knee Raises

Check your text or email for the link to sign up!

For real though…

Want to win $500 CASH?!! Every time you bring a friend in the month of November, your name goes in a drawing for $500 cash. That’s right, just bringing them in to start his or her free month at Pivot is all you have to do. And, should your friend choose to join at the end of his or her free month-you will automatically get $100!! There is also NO LIMIT, bring as many friends (or enemies) as you can-10 referrals in November = 10 drawings!

The scale is a finicky thing. You could be doing EVERYTHING right, and that stupid thing is still going to have days or weeks where it appears to be heading in the wrong direction.

Want to know something interesting? That same trend of oscillating up and down, happens when people are trying to gain weight as well.

When you encounter days or weeks where you’re not seeing the number you want, that’s a good time to audit your behaviors (are you being as accurate as you think?) and then focus on the indicators of progress - like how are your energy levels? - how are your clothes fitting? - how is your mood/quality of life?

Most importantly, don’t use that number as an excuse to give up on you effort. It is still working. Keep going.

We offer certified nutrition coaching to get you on the right track. Reach out to for a free consultation.

Who’s making it ALL 7 days? 😈

Should you be feeling excited or scared?

Both! Regardless, YOU GOT THIS!

Need a good muffin recipe that’s easy on the macros?

165g kodiak cake power cake mix
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg white
190g over ripe bananas
1 scoop protein powder
85g fresh blueberries
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup water

Mix everything together in a bowl and cook at 350°F for 18-22min.

Makes 8 muffins
Per muffin: ~118cal, 1g fat, 19 carb, 8g protein

Building good foundational habits is essential to long-term success.

The most important story is the one you tell yourself.

Life gets hard. Workouts get hard. Nutrition gets hard. Relationships get hard.

Check yourself. What stories are you telling yourself when these things happen? Are they the right ones? Are you being tough on yourself? Are you talking to yourself differently than you would talk to somebody else?

It can be scary to do hard things. To go all in. To feel fully seen. It can feel scary to be vulnerable to failure.

Be gentle and lean into discomfort rather than finding the out. Be ok with not knowing if what you’re doing is good enough.

So what if you fail. Failing is a heck of a lot more successful than never trying.

You’ve got got this! 🤜🤛

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www.pivotfitnesshoover.com

The face you make when you get an email with all the fun things happening in October!!

👟 Oct 10 Altra shoe demo!
😈 Oct 24 Pivot Purge Week!
✅ Hoodie pre-order (link in the email)

Think your too old to chase a goal? To chase performance? To change your health?
Think again.

Humans aren’t bananas, we don’t become mushy and useless when we age.

It’s never too late to start. Whether it’s family or work or school that has kept you from chasing your health and performance goals, you still have time. Plenty of it.

Age can be a excuse for many people, don’t let it be an excuse for you! And if your reading this and thinking of your parents or friends, be a voice of positivity and encouragement in their lives so they might feel empowered to make changes.

Becoming part of a community of like-minded individuals driven to better themselves, is the key to starting and staying on the wagon.

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www.pivotfitnesshoover.com

You don’t have to be perfect to see progress.

When you’re putting in the daily effort and being consistent… good thing WILL happen 💪🙌

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Prepare yourself! This week we will be doing 3 benchmark workouts to test speed, strength, and endurance. We will then re-test them after 90 days.

Further details will be sent out via email today!

Community is everything to us!! We wouldn’t be where we are today without them!! For that, we say THANK YOU & HAPPY LABOR DAY!!

Interested in trying us out?

We offer a 1st month completely FREE! No contracts, no gimmicks, no fine print…etc

Send us a DM, email us or come by!

[email protected]
www.pivotfitnesshoover.com

Having problems hitting your protein some day?

This recipe is a perfect way to get protein in and tastes amazing!

1 package instant pudding mix (any flavor you prefer)
1 scoop protein powder (any flavor you prefer)
2 cups fairlife milk
*optional (extra protein + healthy fats)
1/2 as a cookie dough topper 😋

Whisk all 3 ingredients together and let set in the fridge then divide into however many servings you choose.

Each serving:
Approx. 115cals, 3g fat, 10g carbs, 12g protein
*with optional topper
Approx. 267cals, 11g fat, 22g carbs, 20g protein

Congrats to our 2 women’s teams for making the podium today!!

There are ✌️ main types to concentrate on:

DYNAMIC - a form of active stretching that is performed by engaging the muscle’s through the joint’s range of motion, therefore increasing blood flow. Think before your workout warm-ups. This type of stretching is critical in preventing injuries and increasing athletic performance

STATIC - what typically comes to mind when talking about stretching. It is a form of active or passive stretching in which you hold a position for about 30-60sec+, allowing the muscles and their connective tissues, fascia, to lengthen. Think after your workout. This type of stretching is really only recommended once the muscles and tendons are already warm and have a significant increase in blood flow.

Now get to stretching!

Do you have shoulder pain?

Do you hindering mobility?

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The notion of, “do one thing a day that scares you” can truly be the hidden key to unlocking positive change and success.

Example: walking through our doors. It can be scary, intimidating, stereotypical, even awkward…

Trust us, give yourself 1 MONTH of FREE UNLIMITED classes and watch those initial feelings be replaced with support, empowerment, and community.

Send us an email, DM us, or come by and see for yourself!

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www.pivotfitnesshoover.com

The gym is a lot of things to a lot of people. Our hope is that more people get to understand the power of working out and strength training and how it can completely change their lives.

Send us an email, DM us, or come by and see PIVOT FITNESS for yourself!

[email protected]
www.pivotfitnesshoover.com

Stay tuned!! We have some great events coming up!!

GREAT REMINDER!

Welcome Ron Dardar to our coaching staff!!

Where you from?
Houma, Louisiana

What is your coaching experience?
CrossFit has been a significant part of my life since 2013. I immediately fell in love with and saw the benefits of the mythology of the sport. Living in South Louisiana, where health and fitness aren’t a top priority, I saw a need in my community for a gym that could help educate people about exercise and nutrition. That led my business partners and myself to open CrossFit HomeBrew in 2015. We owned the gym for 5 years, helping hundreds of people achieve their health and fitness goals.

I also met my amazing wife through CrossFit. After marriage, we relocated to Birmingham, AL in 2019 for her to attend optometry school.

What is your full-time job?
I currently work for CrossFit HQ in the Education and Training Department as a Sr. Project Manager.

Look out for Ron coaching Tuesday mornings and covering other classes!

Congrats to Andrea Alford for placing 3rd OVERALL at the 2022 Barbarian Challenge at Noccalula Falls Park!!! Hard word pays off!!!

Beat the heat with SALT!! 🧂

Many fear salt for various reasons such as elevated blood pressure levels…etc. But we’re here to tell you that if you have high blood pressure there’s a really good chance it’s not the salt causing your high blood pressure😉. Other factors like a sedentary lifestyle, poor food choices, alcohol and other stressors are the culprit.

Salt is actually a critical nutrient needed to carry out various processes within the body.

Consuming proper amounts of salt and water prior to exercise has been shown to have the biggest improvements on performance compared to any other strategy.

Larger intakes of sodium (>2,300mg)/day have shown to have a greater impact on performance than lower (