Yes, you can lose that weight… even if you are obese. The New York Times Magazine has an article entitled ‘‘The Fat Trap’ which essentially concluded tht it was impossible for some persons to lose weight.  The author has been obese for most of her life more info

Fifteen Tigers – aged 10 – 14 – building skills and strength at the South Yuba Club SYC Trainer and Fitness Coach, Kevin Bennett, and his assistant Rob has these 15 kids jumping, pulling, pushing, swinging and spinning their way into better conditioning and greater more info

Pod Casts will be available in March. We hope you had a chance to listen in to Mike Carville’s interview with Chris Crowley last Friday on KVMR FM radio.  Chris Crowley is one of the authors of the New York Times bestselling book, “Younger Next more info

Put the Date on your calendar Friday, December 30th at 7 PM, the South Yuba Club, Nevada City, will host the Reel Rock Film Tour again this year.  A terrific rock and ice climbing film.  This is Warren Miller equivalent in the Rock and Ice more info

 Sessions: Dates and Times Fitness Coach, Kevin Bennett, will lead a youth fitness training camp for younger athletes ages 10 – 14.  These will be one hour sessions held twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from January 10th to March 1st starting at 3:15 more info

Yes, a new study shows that the risk of cancer can be reduced with better lifestyle choices.  Want to reduce our risk of cancer?  Stop doing stupid things we do!  Read the Cancer Risk Study

OK, normally you slough off during the holidays!  You eat too much, exercise too little and then you’re guilt ridden come January 1st.  It doesn’t have to be that way. We empathize with you.  We’ve been there too.  So, let’s do it differently this Holiday more info

All active duty military personnel are invited to use both South Yuba Clubs for the Holiday Season – Grass Valley and Nevada City.  Many active duty service persons are back home in Nevada County visiting friends and family.  All active duty personnel have to do more info

If you ski, put this function on your calendar. Chris Fellows, co-founder and co-director of the North American Ski Training Center (NASTC), will be talking about how you can customize your training programs for ski improvement. Chris is the author of – Total Skiing – more info

On Monday, November 21st we will be closing down the Monster Gym Facebook page. We will be using the South Yuba Club Facebook Page for both the Nevada Club and the Grass Valley Club. Please go to our South Yuba Club Facebook Page and “like” more info

Not all tension is bad. When you lift an object, whether it is a flowerpot or a 200-pound barbell, muscular tension protects your joints, and the greater the muscular tension the greater your strength and the greater the protection. As your muscles contract under load more info

It’s one thing to get in shape to look better, to feel better, or to play a sport better. But what if your life or another person’s life depended on your level of strength and conditioning. An “industrial” athlete does not compete for a pro more info

We offer the best member referral program of any gym anywhere – at least as far as we know. We call it, Work Out for FREE. For each person you refer who joins, you receive $5 off your monthly dues for as along as your more info