Taking Fitness 360 On The Road (Literally!)
Edith Lopez, Wendy Bryant, Mayra M. Carrillo, Serena Jones, Zaachila Garcia, Leticia Stock and Lurysol Olivera all competed in the annual half-marathon. (not in order)
This was everybody's first time doing this race and for some it was their first half marathon. It was a perfect day for long run. Not too hot with a slight breeze. The newbees were kind of nervous because they didn't know what to expect. Once Tony Vice said "Go" all you saw was a sea of people heading out these long country roads. You saw old as well as young people running. Everybody going at their own pace focused on just getting to the finish line.
I am so proud of all my clients!
The ones that had already done a half marathon improved on their time and as for the others; seeing their faces as they crossed the finished line made me so proud to see them accomplish something they where so unsure of. After the race we all celebrated by having some wine and relaxing on the lawn as the band played in the background. ~ Lurysol Olivera
Want It All? Of Course You Do… Here’s How To Get It
Downey Getting Some Air.
It's always been an interesting cycle for myself, and of course anyone that's wanted to be competitive in more than one physical activity. Different activities require different motions and different body types. The same build on a football isn't going to benefit a marathoner and someone that has great lateral movements on a tennis court may not help all that much on the golf course. Granted there's some crossover but I always liked to gear everything towards whatever I was playing/interested in at the moment. Summer? Went away from the lifting and quick speed of basketball season for the long distance runs of jogging. Got the itch for golf and all of a sudden is was time to build up the core to get more swing speed... and on... and on.
Time for a new theory.
It all started a few weeks ago when Danielle, a current client of Ben Mackie's at Fitness 360, suggested some tennis on an off day from the personal training. Ok. I'd never really played before but I figured I could find my way around the courts well enough to be competitive unless she was Sharapova's cousin and she was holding out on me. At least anything not to look too bad in front of her. Off to the courts we went where I caught on quick and found myself ahead early 4-2..... and..... then promptly got run off the courts as she decided I'd had enough fun and beat me 6-4. So much for the not looking bad. But I was hooked. And the next morning I was sore!
Roger Federer I aint... but wouldn't it be nice!?
Then scenerio two came about when Fitness 360's own Lurysol suggested that I take part in the Half Marathon this past weekend in Lodi, the annual run through the Vineyards. 13.1 miles? Not out of the question I thought, six or seven has always been relatively easy for me. Well six or seven ONCE is relatively easy. Double that and it's another story. I found this out the hard way when I thought a little prep work would be in order and I set off one afternoon to see if I could do it. 11 miles later and a good tour of Stockton later I found myself laid out on my shower floor taking the coldest shower possible and thinking only one thing. "Damn that Tony Vise at Fleet Feet is right! Cotten is ROTTEN!" Time to get some syntheic socks!
To be fair I was thinking two things. That Lurysol better find another running partner come Sunday morning! 
And to round out the trifecta I spent the weekend on the Delta, courtesy of a good buddy's Mastercraft boat and his summer house in Discovery Bay. Two full days of wakeboarding later the body is a little battered and bruised but not worse for the wear, (minues of course any psysiological shortcomings of spending two days in the waters of the Delta!)
But that third experience helped craft my new theory on competition and sports and fitness training in general. In summary, and I know you've waited a good 500 words for me to get to the point, is that when you have total body fitness you don't need to specialize! I could have never gone through so many different sports and activities in the last two weeks (golf, tennis, long distance running, basketball, lifting and wakeboarding) and felt this good had I not changed something in my workout routine. But looking back the only thing I've changed in my routine in the past five years is simply making Fitness 360 a priority.
Many times we'll do specific muscle group training at Fitness 360 but it's always incorporated with other areas of the body and cardio to round out our workouts. Sports and a healthy lifestyle is not about getting your legs jacked up so you can jump out of the gym or doing 1,000 crunches so you can rip through the ball even faster. It's about tuning your body so you can adapt and do everything at a higher level. It's about tweaking the little things and stetching so the big muscles work even better.
Because unless you're going to be the best around at one single activity wouldn't it be a whole lot better to be above average in a LOT of them? Feeling great and knowing you can can go out and compete and enjoy any activity that comes your way?
Although as far as the tennis and my ability goes you'll have to speak to Danielle. I'm sure she's have something to say against that!
