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Kara McCartney

In almost every workout there comes a point where we want to break, but the sight of a teammate crushing it convinces us otherwise. Someone pushing through the exact same workout as we are—exhausted yet making it through that last…

Each class, we make a point to welcome the new teammates in the room. We bring them into the team huddle, say hi to those next to us in the warm-up, and if you have no idea what we’re talking…

Try to imagine—REALLY imagine—if Cut Seven was your first workout. Ever. No involvement in high school sports, no intramural kickball team on the Mall. Your first exposure to fitness was banded sprints, slider pushes, and the infamous Cut Seven warm-up.…

In fitness, we praise getting uncomfortable. Each of us can remember a time we pushed our bodies to failure. Thoughts of, “I have nothing left to give,” ran through our brain at least a dozen times, but one sideways glance…

To an outsider looking in, the first line of the Cut Seven manifesto, We are Cut Seven. Not a Gym. A Team. might seem seem like a nice thought. But it’s hard to grasp the truth of those words before…

When Cut Seven redesigned their website last year, I interviewed Chris on the philosophy behind the programming. He started with, “Destroying people in a workout is easy. People shouldn’t push themselves to the limit everyday, but they should know what…