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…
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…
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.…