From nearly the beginning, we’ve known that our athletes can’t really succeed in a high intensity exercise program without an appropriate nutrition strategy and skills. Over the years, we expanded nutrition to include both physical and mental recovery (including improving sleep and/or the appropriate amount of rest days). While we […]
The photos above are from some of the Mad Dawg Unleashed trips. WOW, it didn’t seem like it at the time, but we did quite a number of trips with Mad Dawg Unleashed! Here are all the trips we did: March 16: Windy Hill March 23: Black Mountain April 12: […]
Neither of these classes are on the calendar, you have to be in the know and read this blog, FB and/or the newsletter. In the interest of safety, we are not going to have the Bodyweight Movement Skills class at our usual time next Thursday as it would be after […]
This last Saturday, Susan and I drove to Santa Maria to visit her aging aunt and uncle. It’s about 4 hours away, depending on traffic. Her cousin brought a couple of old photo albums, yes, the kind with actual, hard copy, pictures, and we looked at some old, old photos […]
Rocking is an exercise I learned at the recent Original Strength workshop that Wes and I attended in late September. There are a number of reasons that we use it, but the primary reason is that it helps an athlete become aware of what muscles she/he has to work to […]
Here is the overview for Q4. Here is cycle 1 of Q4. This cycle seems to be pretty straight forward, ask a coach if you have any questions.
Today I walked up to massage school to find two of my fellow students smoking outside. I said hi and we chatted for a while before we went up to class. My first thought is “what the heck are you going to help anyone with massage when you can’t even […]
Thanks to all of you following my massage school progress on this website and through FB. It really helps to feel supported starting something new, as I am sure you know. Massage school has been a very enlightening experience in many ways. First of all, it’s right on 16th and […]
I have posted the detailed programming for the second cycle. Here are a few notes: This cycle is Kettlebell centric so you will probably have the opportunity to huck some iron. Next Tuesday, the way the workout is written is slightly confusing because there isn’t much room on the spreadsheet. […]
We started off the weekend with Family Friendly Happy Hour (F2H2). Thanks to everyone who came. I think this was the biggest one ever with over 40 people! We will do a better job of making sure there is more food next time. Here are some picture of the workout […]