Name: Ilana Obuchowski Company and Position: I am the assistant director for club sports at Tulane University. There’s 32 student-run teams ranging from basketball and soccer to rugby and quidditch to rowing and sailing to karate and ping pong. About 1,000 students participate in the program annually. How long have you been a member of Cypress Fitness? Since around June 2016. What are your training goals? I want to run a 5k in under 30 minutes. I also always want to be faster, stronger, and better than the person next to me. What was the experience or motivating factor that compelled you to join Cypress Fitness? Was there someone who influenced you to join? When […]

We have many stories like these that we’ll begin sharing. It’s a testament to the hard work of our members (great work Courtney!!!), but also to our methods. We strength train as a foundation and while we do cardio we don’t use calorie burn as a workout goal. There’s no need to puke or crawl out of the door after a workout. Consistent fitness and nutrition progress that can be sustained is the key. That and a fun place to workout with like-minded people! From Courtney: “Here is a before dated October 20th (2015) and an after dated December 20th (2015). I’ve lost 12 lbs, 2 inches off my waist, 3 off hips at the widest part and countless more, […]