Lex Artis

06/06/2026

06/05/2026

Who wants heavy sandbags? Looking to make them disappear. If you want one (or, all of them). Shoot me a message.

05/29/2026

Well, the time has come that I want to make some room in my basement and garage. I have wallballs, slammers, iron plates, sand bags, axle bars w/ collars, and probably a little more that I’m looking to sell. And, because we bought in bulk I have a fair amount of prize bag stuff I need to part with (if you want 100 bottle openers I’m your guy!). The stuff for sale is up on Facebook marketplace, but DM me if you’re interested. We don’t have the at Lex-artis.net email address any longer, so don’t go that route.

12/10/2025

There is a list, a very very long list of people that have allowed us to take Lex Artis from an idea to a real thing and then grow to the size that it has been. The countless & I mean countless friends we have made along the way have given us more than we feel we ever actually gave back.

If it weren’t for the gym owners, business owners and friends that believed in us, opened their doors to us, or helped us with the business side of things we would never have turned this into Michigan’s premier event company. The amount of “you got it” or “we’re in” that we received over the years really is a testament to how lucky we are.

Thank you. All of you.

Editors note - a special thank you & acknowledgement to & who I didn’t acknowledge in yesterday’s post.

12/09/2025

13 years, over 200 events…

One thing is absolutely certain, we couldn’t have done it without help. A lot of help. Whether it was one event or several years, we had a lot of help from some really incredible people. We will always be grateful for all of you. Road trips, bad extension cord wrapping, Red Roof Inn’s, Dead Car Batteries & the list goes on…

Thank you for being such an integral part to making this thing what it was.

12/02/2025

Caption this photo.

So many cables & extension cords. Here is a perfect example of how NOT to wrap them . Ahh memories…

12/01/2025

Without a doubt our favorite post-pandemic event - brought on BECAUSE of the pandemic. I think it may have been a fan favorite as well. Who doesn’t love a good combo of functional fitness mixed with weight vest trail running!? Grit & Grind was a fun one to map out, mark & run. In total, we would walk somewhere between 30-50k in a single weekend marking and tearing down the course Bloomer Park. That’s in addition to the rental trucks, equipment “renting” and stall mat dragging.

Slide two is a great answer to the age old question - “why don’t you guys run any outdoor events?”

11/30/2025

We haven’t done rope climbs very often, but at The Great Lakes Games we had the option for regular or legless rope climbs. Along with heavy deadlifts, cleans & sandbags. This may have not been the most miserable event we’ve ever programmed, but I’m pretty sure it was the heaviest programming we’ve ever done.

11/29/2025

Once upon a time we made videos for every event. Explaining the workouts and the movement standards. Then we realized that no one ever watched them. Or, if they did, they would just skip the movement standards part.

11/27/2025

Today we’re thankful for all of you.

Athletes
Judges
Volunteers
Event Staff
Spectators
Friends
Family

Everyone that was directly or indirectly involved in this thing for the past 13 years. Thank you for making this thing what it was for so long.

Hope you all have a great thanksgiving.