Friday Thoughts 109
Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Thoughts, where I share what’s been on my mind and my feed throughout the past week. This is the 46th Friday Thoughts blog of the year, and the 250-something post of 2025. It will also be the last blog of the year. I’m shutting it down for the next couple weeks, like I typically do, and I’ll be back on here in January. Enjoy!
GAIN BASELINE
Here’s how I’ve been doing on the baseline:
SOLEC - 9 sec right, 30 sec leff
Hang - 2:02, shoutout to the 5:30pm Crew for the hanging motivation and to Ed for hanging on for nearly 3 minutes.
Grip - 147 pounds
AirBike - 24 calories
Farmer’s Carry - 106LB’s x 1:59
Goblet Squat - this is my last remaining challenge.
All the hype around this has been really fun, keep it up, people!
Holiday Hours Reminder
Modified Hours 12/24
Closed 12/25 & 26
Modified 12/31
Closed 1/1
Thankfully Not Doing THat
I’m in a bit of a training slump. No, it isn’t even fair to call it a slump. I’ve just been plain busy. Which means I’ve been getting 2-3 workouts in a week versus my usual. I was seeking some guidance from my training log and scrolled back to December of last year. I was reminded of the Ten Thousand Kettlebell Swing Challenge - 10k swings in the month. That was rough, and I’m happy I’m not doing that again. But it was a nice reminder—the whole point of doing that challenge was to keep me moving in December. Motivation is low, it’s dark, it’s busy and not having to think on what to do has its appeal.
I ended a couple hundred swings short. Instead of doing something drastic like that now, I’m just riding the wave with the optimism that my training load will pick up once things settle down. It’s also that time of year that I’m thinking about my race calendar for 2026, and that will provide me with a boost.
11 Years Ago
This was our “soft opening.” A group-style workout on December 20, 2014. Somehow, as a 26 year old, I convinced those people to show up a give it a shot. Crazy!
That’s a wrap for today and for the year. Looking forward to doing 2025 By The Numbers when I come back. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. See you around in the gym.
I’ll be back on the blog in January!
—Justin Miner