We have been establishing new benchmarks and goals for 2010 over the last couple of weeks. These photos represent just 3 of the workouts within the last week. Those workouts are Diane, Annie, and Elizabeth.
The first workout includes deadlifts and handstand pushups – weightlifting and gymnastics skills requiring large amounts of lower and upper body strength, endurance, stamina and balance. The second includes double unders with a jump rope and situps – bodyweight manipulation with a strong cardiorespiratory, coordination, and accuracy component. The third includes squat cleans and ring dips -weightlifting and gymnastics requiring a significant amount of power, coordination, and flexibility.
Like all the workouts here at Rogue these represent a broad spectrum of physical requirements. We train so that a 250# man can balance on his hands as well as pick up heavy weight from the floor. We also train so that women can move large loads overhead, do pullups and run short and long distances. We do this so that our members can go outside the gym and use those skills and abilities in their respective sports and lives.
We also had to include a few photos from the max. deadlift day. It was amazing to see folks setting personal records and really moving big weight around. Craig set our guys gym record with 513# and Diana set the gym record for the ladies at 250#. Every single person that lifted had excellent form. Great job everyone!
It seems strange to us that folks will go to gyms to run on a treadmill and lift weights on machines. While these are tools and certainly better than not working out the skills don’t transfer to anything outside the gym unless you happen to be a lab rat. If you want to learn skills that can be transferred to what you do outside the gym while you get in the best shape of your life give us a call at 419-708-9187 or e-mail us. The first workout is free and you can see right away if this is for you or not.
