It’s about this time of year when I start to look for ways to improve my fitness without spending as much time outside. I hate the treadmill, so usually I go to one or two group classes a week. This year, though, is different – thanks to COVID-19. My favorite place to work out is a home-based garage gym called T’s Garage Fitness. Located in Beaverton near Sexton Mountain Elementary, T’s offered multiple classes each…
If you’re already reading Run Oregon, chances are you already have some interest in running or walking, but how would you rate your fitness? Are you out of service after your long run or feel incredibly sore after attempting hill repeats? And let’s not even get into how we handle stress! Feel-Good Fitness by Alysia Montaño is a friendly, approachable guide to raise your fitness foundation. The book starts out with a short, honest and…
When I meet someone that lives or works even somewhat close to Sexton Mountain Elementary, I always tell them about two things: The Sunstone Running Club that meets every Tu/Th at the school for a 4-mile-ish run at 6:30p. T’s Garage, where I’ve been going for more than 2 years for barre class and the occasional TRX workout, circuit training session, or core class. I’ve written about Sunstone Running Club here before, and it’s a…
I had a nagging case of (left) Achilles tendinitis for a good part of 2015, which I think dated back to around the time of the Rum Run (aka the world’s longest 10K race). It never got severe enough to inhibit my running, and most of the time it didn’t even hurt me while running. At most, I would feel twinges for a couple of minutes. It was, however, tender to the touch, and definitely…
It’s common advice for runners to get in some cross-training: “improved [] fitness, injury prevention and rehabilitation, quicker recovery, and boredom busters.” My preferred cross-training activity is stationary rowing. It’s a great full body workout, it’s non-impact, and the calorie burn/effort level/pacing is pretty close to equivalent for running (i.e., rowing 10K is pretty close to running 10K in most respects).
Product: FitFIT Location: Irvine, CA Link: Kickstarter Kickstarter End Date: September 19, 2014 Current Pledge: $21,214 of $20,000 Gym memberships are confusing. I am a huge supporter of a need for cross-training, yoga, resistance training, and being able to run without getting wet in the dreary winter months. But spending money on start-up costs and monthly dues gets depressing when I would much rather be outside 90% of the time. Enter FitFIT.
Every year, one of my New Years’ Goals is that I’m finally going to start cross training. Those lackluster lats and crappy core would have to say goodbye– 2011 is the year I’m finally going to fill those Hal Higdon Half Marathon Training “X” days with actual, real cross training. You know, beyond walking out to my car in the parking lot and elbowing Wal-Mart moms out of the way from the last case of…
Well, it’s been four weeks now since I’ve been going to The Cut camp at ADAPT Training – and the class wrapped up on Thursday with a fun game of dodge ball. It went well. So well, in fact, that I’ve already signed up for my next adventure: Court of Law, a Monday/Wednesday evening class (that still has a few slots – email Nicole at ADAPT to get in). Am I crazy? Maybe. Especially considering…
My daughter will be two in April, and I am still 20 pounds over what I weighed at my first doctor’s appointment. Time to quit making excuses and get back to my fighting weight! So, I jumped right into the deep end and signed up for a four-days-a-week, four-week-long camp at ADAPT Training in Beaverton. I picked them for the following reasons: They got their start by offering fitness and strength training to spinal-cord injured athletes,…
