Journal
Notes from the floor
Training advice, food, recovery and news from the old gymnasium, written by our coaches.

Training
How to start lifting at 40, 50 or 60
Strength training is the best thing you can do for your later years. Here's how to begin safely.

Training
The 12-week block, explained
Why our Strength classes run in blocks, and what test week is for.

Nutrition
What to eat before a 6:30am class
Small, simple, and eaten twenty minutes before. Marta's three go-to options.

Recovery
Sauna, cold plunge, or both?
What the research says about heat and cold after training, and how to use both.

Community
Inside the old Mare Street Gymnasium
The building was a boys' gymnasium in 1896. Here's how we found it, and what we kept.

News
Members' meet: our summer lifting competition
Forty-two members, three lifts, one very loud Saturday.
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Strength
Tess
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Conditioning
Sam
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13:15
Mobility
Ines
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18:00
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Foundations
Dan
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19:15
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Boxing Fit
Kofi
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Conditioning
Sam
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Strength
Tess
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Strength
Dan
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Barbell Club
Tess
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Engine
Marta
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Strength
Dan
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Mobility
Ines
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Boxing Fit
Kofi
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18:00
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Strength
Tess
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19:15
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Conditioning
Sam
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06:30
07:15
Conditioning
Marta
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07:30
08:30
Foundations
Dan
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Strength
Tess
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Barbell Club
Tess
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Mobility
Ines
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5
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Strength
Dan
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5
07:45
08:30
Conditioning
Sam
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13:15
Mobility
Ines
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Boxing Fit
Kofi
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Strength
Tess
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Engine
Marta
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Foundations
Dan
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12:15
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Boxing Fit
Kofi
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09:30
10:15
Conditioning
Sam
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Mobility
Ines
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Strength
Dan
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