By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Throughout my career as a blogger, fitness has played a role in my life. Around the blog’s inception, I returned from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a few pounds heavier than before. I immediately went back to the Jewish Community Center of Kansas City and started to exercise again. At […]
Jake’s Take-The Fifth Anniversary: My Fitness Journey
A Word from the Publisher: Holiday Greetings (The 2015 Edition)
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Wow! What a year! The Kansas City Royals won the World Series. The Kansas City Chiefs are inching a step closer to participate in the NFL Playoffs and I had the opportunity to travel to both the East Coast and West Coast for the third time in the 2010s. I have […]
Jacob’s Fitness Journey Update-Summer 2015
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It has been a while since I last wrote about my fitness journey! The good news…I am getting stronger every day! I have hit several major benchmarks such as getting a 2-rep max of 175 on a jerk, a 1-rep max of 175 on a clean, a 1-rep max of 230 […]
The Five Question Challenge with Brady Mora
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Hundreds of athletes are making their way towards St. Cloud, Minnesota where they are about to take the ultimate test in the fitness careers. For three days, these athletes will face multiple WODs (Workouts-of-the-days) that range from a Snatch ladder to a chipper that includes unbroken double unders, shoulder to […]