We recently sat down with Shafer Minnick the Founder and Owner of Pulse House of Fitness for a special Famous5 Interview on Pulse and how it entered the Downtown DC fitness community. Shafer you are the founder and owner of Pulse House of Fitness in downtown DC. Tell us the …

Meet Brandon Maupin. He’s the head coach at Orange Theory Fitness (OTF) in Old Town Alexandria and prior, he coached at CrossFit. Being a fitness trainer isn’t just a job for Brandon, it’s a way for him to motivate others just as he had to do for himself. He is …

Working out can be dangerous which is why I try to stay away from it. Throw in some weights and we’re now flirting with death. Call me old fashioned, but I’d like to live a long life. Stuart Roy and Hazen Marshall? Not so much. The two love Crossfit so much …

…fitness. The Washington, D.C., metropolitan area has reclaimed the top spot in an annual ranking of health and community fitness, bumping Minneapolis-St. Paul, last year’s three-peat winner, to second place. Considering the number of joggers, bikers, and hikers around it’s no surprise. Read the whole list of cities that we …

If you’ve been under a rock the last year, you’re probably not familiar with Bar Method DC, but you should be. We talked to founder and instructor, Kate Arnold. She hails from Chicago and we may have developed a girl crush on her by the time our interview was over.

Meet Ericka Andersen. Ericka handles all of the social media for The Heritage Foundation, but when she is not in the office she is managing her fitness blog, The Sweet Life. A visit to her blog provides followers with information on running and living a healthy lifestyle, but Ericka also likes to incorporate exciting moments from her life outside of the fitness realm. FamousDC got a chance to learn more about Ericka’s blogging success.

If you were affected by the MASSIVE thunderstorm yesterday, otherwise know as #demonWeather you were not alone! The safest (and quickest) way to get to your destination was to run, walk, crawl or row your way there. In fact you may have needed a flashlight it was so dark! I …

Patrick Gavin challenges Norah O’Donnell to a workout challenge.  It gets ugly quick.