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Did you know…

susan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:49:36 +0000

- Our NEW and Improved Mobility and Stretching Clinic with Kris Kruse-Elliott starts this Thursday, April 26 from 7 – 8 pm. All Mad Dawg athletes are welcome! Read about Basics of Resistance Stretching here.

- Ladies Night Out: The Mad Dawg Ladies are going out on the town again! Wednesday, May 9th at Martin’s West in Redwood City. This no-host event starts at 7:30. All ladies welcome – let Susan know if you didn’t get on the email list for an invite.

- Class changes this week: The Friday, 5pm CrossFit class is cancelled this week ONLY. Otherwise, it’s business as usual.

- We’ve got athlete photos up at the gym! If Sara Atkins, our photographer, hasn’t taken your photo yet, get ready. We want your photo up on the wall, too. Thanks, Sara for making this project happen!

See y’all at the gym!

Going Mobile!

susan — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:36:20 +0000

We’d like to have each Mad Dawg School of Fitness athlete have their own individualized program for pre- and post work-out mobility and stretching. To accomplish this, we’re pulling together several elements for each athlete: Completing the Functional Movement Screen (FMS), identifying mobility / stability issues, and creating a ‘bulls-eye’ that consists of 3 – 5 mobility or stretching movements to do every day that will make a marked difference in your performance inside and outside the gym.

We’re proud to announce our updated Mobility and Stretching Clinic, which will be held on Thursdays, beginning April 26th, from 7 – 8pm and coached by Kris Kruse-Elliott. At this class, you’ll learn how to target the mobility and stretching exercises (your ‘bulls-eye’) that will help you feel and perform better. Please take the opportunity to get the Functional Movement Screen (next chance is Wed, April 18th at 1230 pm or 6pm), and bring it with you to the Mobility and Stretching Clinic so Kris can know where to start with you.

As for Kris, she has been training at Mad Dawg School of Fitness, so you may have seen her in a class. She is FMS level 1 and 2 certified and has trained with Bob Cooley, Tom Longo, and Kelly Starrett. Kris finds and focuses on the most important functional and mobility improvements that will match an athlete’s motivation and goals. Some of the techniques Kris uses are based on the principle that resisting and contracting muscles while stretching eliminates accumulated dense fascia and scar tissue that have resulted from injuries, long term overuse, or just the daily wear and tear of an active lifestyle.

In her spare time, Kris manages a MRI center for pets in Redwood City (she is a board certified veterinary anesthesiologist, a veterinary acupuncturist, and has a PhD in physiology).

Please join us in welcoming Kris to our coaching team – and come try her Mobility and Stretching Class – It’s free to all Mad Dawg School of Fitness athletes.

Big Dawg Day and a Drawing!

susan — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:31:35 +0000

Be the lucky winner of TWO tickets to see the Silicon Valley Houserockers at our local venue – Club Fox – in Redwood City. The show is Friday night, April 13th. We’re all going anyway (to celebrate Katelyn’s birthday!), but Saul and Susan have a pair of tickets to give away to the lucky winner who comes to the gym tomorrow – sign in for any class and be eligible to WIN!

T Shirt Sale!

susan — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:05:15 +0000

Good News! All Mad Dawg T-shirts are on sale for only $15 each, cash only! Limited to stock on hand.

More Good News! For each shirt sold before March 27th, $5 will go to the fundraising efforts of the Mad Dawg “Fight For Air” Stair-climb Team: Heather, Mike W., Dylan, Dan, Liz, and Saul. Our team has been training every Sunday by climbing stairs in San Francisco and on the Peninsula.

The Fight For Air event will be held in San Francisco on Saturday, March 31 and it benefits the American Lung Association. You may also contribute any amount to the team’s fundraising efforts by telling Saul, Susan, or one of the other stair-climbers that you’d like to donate, or simply put a check or cash in the fundraising jar at the gym.