We are in what I am calling a Bridge Cycle. We are going to start a regular block of programming on the first of the year, so this is a short 9 week cycle to get us there. Here is the overview and here is the first 3 week cycle. […]
This was post was largely written by Marshall Pierce. About a month ago, Marshall and I competed the Endeavor Team Challenge (ETC). Saul posted a review of the event itself, but we thought it might be a good idea to post some information about what worked and what didn’t. The […]
Well it has been almost a month since Marshall and I finished the Endeavor Team Challenge (ETC) I guess it’s time to try to make some sense of it. We have some images here if you are interested. Some fellow Challengers posted this good video of the entire event. Here […]
I posted a cryptic message on our FB page about the Ostrander Hut deadline for a lottery, which is coming up shortly. Here is summary of the pertinent info from the reservation page: The Ostrander Ski Hut lottery will be held on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. All entries must be […]
Here is the overview for the next 12 weeks. Here is the programming for the next week and a half. This is programming for Sept. 23 – Oct. 11. Here are the levels for the strength lifts. A quick note about the strength lifts, for the next 12 weeks we […]
OK, first of all, don’t freak out, it’s Q4 for the programming at MDSoF but we got started late in 2012, so Thanksgiving is still months away. We are going to do a bridge cycle later this year, so our programming cycles will more closely match the yearly seasons. That […]
For every exercise that we use in our program, there are two components. The first component is what most people think of when they think fitness, when we train an exercise, we are looking for some sort of organic changes, i.e. if we could look at your muscles or bones […]
Here is the overview for weeks 25 – 36. Please ask questions here or in the gym.
We are less than 10 weeks from the Tough Mudder. If you are in decent shape the event is not that hard but it still demands some training. To have a “good day” at the Tough Mudder, here are three areas that you should focus on: Mobility: This is super […]
For the last month or so we have been introducing the concept of levels on the Whiteboard at the gym. We are now going to post them along with the programming here on the blog instead of the newsletter. Please check out the levels and ask questions either here or […]