Friday Thoughts 123
Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Thoughts. Where I share what’s been on my mind this week. Enjoy!
Mobility Class Starts Tomorrow @ 9am
Join Ariel in a 50 minute session dedicated to making your body feel good and move better.
And, I know you don’t really stretch when you tell me you’ll do it later…
Sign up here:
4-session pass ($100)
Drop in ($25)
After you purchase your mobility pass - you’ll be able to reserve your spot on PushPress like any other class. Class is open to members and non members.
Monday Morning Stairs/Entrance
Our stairs are sinking!
We’re getting out entryway stairs fix this weekend so they’ll stop sinking into the earth. To give things time to settle, we’re going to use the side door for entry on Monday morning.
Wrist Based Heart Rate
If you want to talk to me about your heart rate, please note the following:
The data is meaningless if you got your data from a wrist-based heart rate monitor not a chest strap.
That will probably be the first thing I tell you. Because if you want to look at the data it’s got to be good data—or at least the best your can get your hands on.
This is a great video explaining the shortcomings of wrist-based photoplethysmography. Impressive word! All the watch specs abbreviate this a PPG. And I do think PPG technology has gotten better. A few years ago Garmin released their newest iteration of it, and as I’ve mentioned here before, this new one is much more accurate than my older 2018 model. But it always leaves a little doubt, whereas the chest strap is tried and true.
And here’s a video I made about the topic in 2021.
Sled March Challenge
A few days left in March to take on the Sled Challenge. We’ve had lots of movement on the leaderboard, including the Power Score leader getting there with a moderate weight and a very fast time. Gaming it like that is exactly what I was hoping for. It’s all about the speed!
Those are all of my thoughts this week, see you in the gym!
—Justin Miner