Lifting heavy shit makes me so happy! Get ready to load up that bar today....and sprint afterwards
How to Tailor Your Training
I have written many blogs about the importance of physical activity through the menopause transition. For most women the transition starts in their late 30-early 40s and peaks at that one point in time where we are 365 days out from our last menstrual cycle. During this time and when we're "post menopausal" we need regular physical activity with priority given to lifting heavy shit, High Intensity interval Training (to include air bike sprints:) and plyometric training. You'll notice we regularly do all three of these training activities. However, on days where we're doing a classic metabolic conditioning day, how can you adjust your training to meet your needs? First, talk to your coach, she will give you great advice on tailoring your training day. Also, check out this great post by Dr. Stacy Sims on adjusting training days. You always have the flexibility to adjust any training day to meet you where you are.
Do you have friends, family or a well-meaning "doctor" who thinks menopausal women shouldn't train with intensity? Send this to her. The data and research are clear: we should lift heavy shit, jump, spring, throw, run really fast if we can, and do all kinds of hard intense training as we age.
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 Raise your hand if you're excited for the weekend! What's for Dinner?There is one question that every single human on earth asks themself every single day. What's for Dinner? We all must eat. Some of us cook for ourselves and others have their food cooked for them (lucky you!) But, we all must eat. Cooking is a basic human endeavor. We all must eat, multiple times a day, and feeding yourself and others is a basic skill we all must develop. Without it, we will die or be dependent on someone else. I don't want to be dependent on anyone else for my food! Food is the foundation of my health and I want that squarely under my control. Enjoy this week's recipe courtesy of The Splendid Table. Tomatoes are finally coming on strong in Montana's home gardens and farms. Here is an incredible way to eat them in all their splendid glory. As always, please let me know if you make this recipe. Enjoy!  Click on the image for a delicious way to eat tomatoes.  Get ready to take weight overhead today! Declutter ChallengeYou might recall that I started using a Commit30 journal as part of my 2023 goal to be more organized. What I love about this journal is that it makes space to commit to a new habit each month (thus the name, Commit30.) Each month since January, I have been sharing a new 30 day check-list or challenge (if you're into that kind of thing) so that you can join me on my healthy habits journey. January we set SMART goals and intentions for the new year. February we committed to 30 days of showing your love and gratitude. March we completed 30 days of spring cleaning. April we reduced, reused and recycled for 30 days. May we got outside everyday. June we developed our mental fitness with 30 days of journal prompts July we drank water everyday August we were awesome This month we are decluttering. We can easily accumulate things over the summer that we just won't use in the fall. Spend some time this month clearing your space of everything that no longer serves you. You will create space for new things in your life and you just might find you can live a bit more simply.  
 Coach Leslie enjoying a glass of champagne on the day she got the keys to the warehouse in July 2014 True Spirit Complete Fitness10 years ago when we decided to open True Spirit CrossFit & Yoga, we wanted to get back to the true spirit of CrossFit. Back then there was an explosion of CrossFit gyms in the Gallatin Valley and we didn't agree with the predominant go hard or go home mentality. We saw people getting hurt, getting burnt out and generally just going too hard too soon.
For us, the true spirit of CrossFit is skill development and progression. This means mechanics (technique) first, consistency (practice) next, intensity (going hard) last. It also means infinite scalability and personal training in a small group setting. We love knowing exactly what you all want to achieve and scaling (sometimes up!), modifying, and tailoring each workout for you. Where you are in your body changes every day, and we get that. That's why we always say, "We'll meet you where you're at today." The CrossFit environment has changed over 10 years and so has our place in it. This year we we forced to downsize into our original space. This shift allowed us to re-evaluate what kind of CrossFit gym we want to be. We talked with our coaches, many of you and each other. We've decided that being an official CrossFit affiliate is no longer important to us. What is important to us is continuing to provide an excellent coached environment so that YOU have the best hour of your day and you achieve the fitness you deserve and desire. We have officially ended relationship with CrossFit as an affiliate. What have we become? The same thing we've always been, a small locally owned business that is committed to providing a safe, welcome and inclusive space where folks can get strong. We are a Bozeman gym filled with a community of folks who love to discover our own true spirit through training hard, playing in the mountains and having fun. Our new name, True Spirit Complete Fitness, TSCF, reflects the broader view of physical and mental fitness that we develop through our training. Coach Leslie has been programming the workouts of the day for the last 10 years and she will continue to program for the gym. She will continue to write a regular blog. From our perspective nothing changes inside the gym. The only change is our name. Please feel free to reach out to Coach Leslie or any of our amazing coaches with questions about our nominal change. |
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