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 "I wanted to drop you a little line and thank you and the Gravity Janes team for everything that you do. Before this month I have been secretly staying in shape for the hunting season. Its something I do every year and I was really excited to see how GJ would compare to other workouts I have done in the past. Well I'm sure you could have told me it would be far superior. Well it was...big time. It was such a good feeling to know that there was no ridge line I couldnt hike and no valley I couldnt cross. I guess I just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work and all the things you do for people." Hans

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Friday, November 28, 2008

Programming Updates


The Janes who ran Lakemont Hill Thanksgiving morning

Gravity Kids: Gravity Kids classes are canceled for this weekend only while attendance is low for the holiday and Coach Moe is otherwise engaged. Schedule returns to normal next weekend. In other GKids news, we are adding a new weekday class on Wednesday afternoons at 5P. Book online along with other GKids classes.

Ski Camp: The Ski Camp program is being extended beyond the previous end date of 12/3. The Camp will be dark on 12/10 only while Coach Chris is on vacation, and will resume on 12/17 and continue as far into the season as there is interest. Reserve your spot in each Wednesday night Camp early as the groups have been close to full recently.

posted by Main Jane at 2:44 PM 3 Comments Links to this post

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving


Gravity Janes will be closed on Thanksgiving day, and Friday afternoon. The exact schedule is now posted on the Coaching Calendar.

Think about giving the gift of health for Christmas. All Gravity Janes packages can be purchased as a gift for someone you care about. A Fundamentals package or diet consultation are just a couple of examples. Buy a gift certificate on line here.

Watch Nicolé Verbrugghe's 103# Clean:
See Windows Media video of Nic's Clean
See QuickTime video of Nic's Clean

posted by Main Jane at 10:34 AM 3 Comments Links to this post

Saturday, November 22, 2008

New Website Features

The Gravity Janes website has recently launched a new Message Board for anyone with a question or comment about performance based fitness. Use of this service requires only a current e-mail address and password of your choice. Gravity Janes has an active and knowledgeable community of people ready and willing to provide answers and advice for anyone working on their fitness.

You'll also now find a quick-reference Calendar of coaching sessions - including the new Thanksgiving schedule - on the Programs / Rates page.

New phots from the week of 11/16/08 are now available on the Picture Page.

posted by Main Jane at 6:18 PM 0 Comments Links to this post

Monday, November 17, 2008

The Angie Challenge

Here's a little Christmas gift you can give to yourself: a better Angie time. Take the Angie Challenge by committing to at least 1 Angie test per week between now and Christmas. Ask about the many training strategies for bringing your time down. Angie is a truly universal pure body weight circuit.

If you are unfamiliar, here it is:
  • 100 pull up reps
  • 100 air squats reps
  • 100 sit up reps
  • 100 push up reps
Everyone taking the challenge will have their times tracked on the whiteboard and can check them all on line. No better time to start than today.

Picture at right: yes, that steam is coming from Derek. Cold morning + lots of sweat = steam. How about a clever caption, like "someone get a hose and put this man out." Got one of your own? Post it in Comments below. Click picture to enlarge.

posted by Main Jane at 3:40 PM 3 Comments Links to this post

Sunday, November 16, 2008

...And We Have A Tie

The plot thickens: Long-time GJ athlete Julien Verbrugghe - on a weekend visit home from classes at Western Washington U - decided that Chris Sakas needed a little muscle-up competition. Attempting to best Chris' record by 1, the actual result was another 9-rep muscle-up set (image of the set at right). Once again, the set was captured on video and appears below.



See Windows Media video of Julien's 9

See QuickTime video of Julien's 9

Stay tuned to see who else rises up to take the challenge, and/or which one of these 2 finally gets 10. Whenever it happens, you'll see it first here.

posted by Main Jane at 3:05 PM 1 Comments Links to this post

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Gym and Personal Muscle-Up Record


The gymnastic ring Muscle-Up is a deceptively difficult move that few outside of strict gymnastics training circles can accomplish. Gravity Janes has several athletes that can perform 1 or more, but none more than Chris Sakas. The camera was handy for his latest attempt, and it turned out to be a personal best 9 reps.

The most significant thing about this effort was not the rep count (however impressive), it is that Chris is hardly the typical gymnastics material: he's 6'2" and weighs 230#.

See Windows Media video of Chris' 9

See QuickTime video of Chris' 9

posted by Main Jane at 9:44 PM 4 Comments Links to this post

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

New Web Site Content

There are now several new whiteboard images available on the Whiteboard Page. There are some powerful workouts on these boards so check on your scores and update your log books now.

As most of you know scores on the whiteboards are attributed to the ahtlete by their gym number. As this list grows it gets more difficult to keep all those numbers straight so I've added a Gravity Janes Team Roster to the web site. This will help identify the performers when you're looking at the whiteboards.

The Gravity Janes Wednesday evening Ski Camp is now accepting drop-ins. As with most of our groups, you can book and pay for this through the on-line booking page.

posted by Main Jane at 8:36 AM 0 Comments Links to this post

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Equipment Highlight

Anyone who has visited our gym knows that a little education and less than $200 worth of equipment will get you a world-class workout and more than a little variety.

Here's the list:
  • Medicine Ball, 6 - 14 lbs
  • Jump Rope, length to suit
  • Dumbbell(s), 15 - 45lb (depending on experience, sex, and size)
  • Ab Mat
  • Paralettes
Please shoot us an email if you'd like to start your home gym and we'll make sure you get what you need at a price you can afford.

posted by Main Jane at 3:51 PM 0 Comments Links to this post