Weekend Workout: New Year’s Eve
Last of 2017: New Year's Eve Number of people: 7 Date: Sunday, Dec. 31 Time: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. (Get the workouts directly in your inbox by signing up for my newsletter here.) 8 a.m. Run (I did a…
Weekend Workout: 12 Days of Fitness
12 Days of Fitness Number of people: 6 Date: Saturday, Dec. 9 Time: About 100 minutes Directions: Using the theme of the 12 Days of Christmas, this workout follows the same pattern: Day 1 is an exercise featuring 1 rep.…
Weekend Workout: Black Friday
Black Friday* Number of people: 5 Date: Saturday, Dec. 2 Time: About 75 minutes Directions: Do the following 12 exercises, but here's the catch: Group doesn't know the complete workout; we pick each exercise one at a time out of…
Guests in #SportsMediaUF
Another year of #SportsMediaUF is now wrapped up. Fun semester, and I think we covered lots of ground, especially with all of the current issues happening in sports. Special thanks to DJ Sewell, the TA for the class, and our…
Earn Gravy, Burn Gravy
Last week was my best training week in a LONG time. Best of all, I didn't go crazy food-wise on Thanksgiving (though, as always, Liz's meal was killer). No group workout this week since everyone was out of pocket for…
Spikers Sign NLI to Play Lacrosse at Villanova
This month, Alex and Thad signed their National Letters of Intent to play lacrosse at Villanova University. They signed on it on the first day that they were allowed, and then their high school (Oak Hall) held a signing ceremony…
Weekend Workout: Filthy Fast 50s
Filthy Fast 50s Number of people: 1 (logistics prevented me from joining the group, so went solo) Date: Saturday, Nov. 11 Time: About 100 minutes Ran 6 miles at sunrise, then did an easy 15-minute spin, followed by a quick…
Weekend Workout: Crazy 8s
CRAZY 8s Number of people: 5 Date: Saturday, Nov. 4 Time: About 1 hour Directions: Circuit of 8 exercises, 8 reps each. After one time through the circuit, perform one "interlude." Total: 8 circuits and 8 interlude exercises. Main Circuit:…
The Short History of Our Weekend Workouts
Back when I started training for my first Tough Mudder in 2011, a small group of us began a once-a-week workout that focused on the functional strength that would help us get over 20+ obstacles and 12+ miles. Flipping tires.…
Working Things Out
On the new tedspiker.com, you’ll find some of what I’ve done with teaching, writing, running, and more. I’ve added a few new features—like this space. Here, I’ll cover all kinds of topics, but it will also become a space where…