Friday Thoughts 122
Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Thoughts, where I share what’s been on my mind this week. Enjoy!
PrevMain @ GAIN
Weekend Mobility Class with Ariel from Preventative Maintenance. Check it out!
Saturdays @ 9:00am for 4 weeks - March 28, April 4, April 11, and April 18
SIGN UP HERE (all 4 weeks for $100)
$30 drop ins available next week before the first class
From Ariel:
Taking principles and movements from Yoga, Pilates, and Functional Range Conditioning (FRC), these sessions will be designed to improve flexibility, stability, and usable range of motion. We all know mobility is good for us, but we don't always take the time to do it. In these 50 min classes, we'll move in a way that makes us feel good - we'll combine some of the flowy, fascial stretches from yoga, the spinal and postural alignment principles from Pilates, and various foundational movements from FRC. These classes are what I like to call "glorified rolling around on the floor" - we'll leave each session feeling better and more attuned to our body.
SLED MARCH (Get it?)
Lots of action of the monthly challenge board last night. To refresh you, the challenge is a 3 part test on the sled.
Speed Run: fastest 25ft (one way) run with the sled. 4/6 plates for women/men
Heavy Drive: heaviest 25ft - must be completed in under 10 seconds
Power Score: (weight on sled x 25ft) / time = power score
The idea here is to bring speed into the equation, specifically as how it relates to strength. You can go really heavy, cool. Can you go really heavy and fast? Or at least kinda of heavy and fast? For some, the Power Score is their Heavy Drive run, but for other a little lighter and much faster had the bigger sum.
I’m hoping to get some more names on the board today, it could be you who is reading this right now!
Adam’s sled was 607LB. I’m going to dust off the 100LB plates and squeeze some (a lot) more weight on there.
Ergathon Details
Come cheer us on Saturday morning at the Seacoast Ergathon.
GAIN will have two teams in action. The Old GOATS start at 8am and Team GAIN starts at 9:15.
What: 6-person teams, 1-hour on 3-machines (bike, row, ski), rotate however you want. Most meters wins.
Who: Robin, Gretchen, Elizabeth F, Gary, Bill, Wanda on the Old GOATS, and me, Taylor, Colin, Petzy, Nick M, and Adam on the other team.
Where: Seacoast Athletics, North Hampton
When: 8-10:15am
Here’s my heart rate graph from last year just for fun.
Old School
I remember seeing this video back in 2009 or 2010 when I was in college and you bet me and my friends tried throwing big tires at each other like that. It was awesome.
That’s it for this week, see you in the gym!
—Justin Miner