November Updates

Things coming up for November!

Thanksgiving Week Schedule

Thanksgiving week class will look like this:

  • Monday & Tuesday - Normal Class Times

  • Wednesday - 6am & 430pm Classes ONLY

  • Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) - 9am ONLY

  • Friday & Saturday - 9am ONLY

Hoodies & Shirts

Hoodies and Shirts should be in this week for everyone who pre-ordered one!

November Athlete of the Month

Our Athlete of the Month is Haley Shields! Haley first joined the gym in 2016, and hasn't looked back! She's always a fun person to have around at the gym. When you see Haley this month, give her a good high five.

Food for Thought

Just because you are eating "healthy" doesn't mean that you are eating to support your goals.

Our coaches are not experts at nutrition and we don't claim to be. However, we have experimented with many different ways of eating and have a lot knowledge with the subject and we can help! Nutrition was also the most requested topic for a podcast that we will do sometime after the new year. Nutrition is an incredibly broad subject, but it is worth stating that "healthy eating" and "goal-supported eating" are not always the same thing.

First off, defining healthy eating is confusing enough. Generally, we with healthy eating is eating our vegetables and fruits or cutting back on sugar. While those things are certainly good, there are many other factors that play roles in reaching our goals. For example, adequate protein intake is a must when it comes to building and maintaining muscle. And I don't mean "bulking up". I'm talking about creating lean, pretty muscle requires significant protein in our diets.

Another example is that we need energy to workout in order to stress our muscle enough to grow. If we don't have any energy from food to work hard, our bodies won't be able to work hard enough to cause our muscles to break down (muscles breaking down is what causes them to grow), this can also cause your body to hold onto what energy it does have (fat) and use muscle tissue as energy. You might lose weight, but muscle weight lost is not always good weight loss. The key is enough food to support activity but not so much that is promotes fat gain.

There are many more examples we could offer but you get the idea. But one of the biggest things I see people suffer from when it comes to eating is a lack of consistency. That doesn't mean every single meal, every single day needs to be calculated. But you need to be aware of what you are taking in your body 90% of the time. Without consistency of some form, there is no way to tell what the issue is that is causing you the frustration you are having with not reaching your goals or progressing as fast as you would like.

Let's have a good holiday season! See you in the gym!

Thelo Coaches

John Mayfield