Congrats to Justin (above) who won the May membership drive. He’ll be coasting through the rest of the year with a free gym membership. Currently he’s training for a Rainier climb later this month. He’s a busy guy and is shown above maximizing his time by doing long interval work with some of the gear he’ll be using on the mountain.
Today we had our first of two free Intro to Rowing clinics. Thanks to Sarah (far left in the photo) for tuning our members form up. There will be one more tomorrow and we have a few spots open. Call or email and we’ll get you on the list. The clinic will be from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
Keep checking back on the events page for more clinics that we’ll be having throughout the summer. Next week we’ll be having a Kettlebell swing clinic that is free to the members as well. If you haven’t done it already, you can follow all our events on Facebook as well.
When is the last time you tested to see if you are making improvement? Nick just “baselined” and knocked 20 seconds off his time. It is important to evaluate your fitness at regular intervals to make sure you are making the improvements you need to. These evaluations are specific to the individual and the time of year. If you need help determining what you should be evaluating, let us know we are here for you.
At the end of a hard (typically cardio in nature and lasting 60 minutes or more) workout it has been proven that chocolate milk is an effective recovery drink. Read about one study here done at CWU that compares chocolate milk to a commercial recovery beverage. One thing to keep in mind when you are drinking any beverage for performance is that you need to properly match the quantity (i.e. calories) with the effort of the workout. The definition of a hard workout is relative, most of our members won’t need a recovery drink when they get back from walking the dog around the block . . . .
Nice work to Tyler (on the right) who recently got his first muscle up.
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ”Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” -Muhammad Ali
