Author: Messy Jesse

Over the last 7 months, Tara and Maggie have been crushing their goals. From November 8th, the first week of Westside Wednesdays, until April 25th when they officially became Tribe 45, they crushed every week.

24 weeks.

For 24 weeks, they showed up every Wednesday at Drake Stadium and made a positive impact on the community. Next Wednesday is the 4th of July, it also happens to be their 10th official workout since becoming tribe #45. In celebration of America’s birthday, and to support our sister tribe, the LAX tribe will be #traverbaling to Drake Stadium next Wednesday.  That’s right, THE WHOLE LAX TRIBE is heading over to Drake stadium to bounce and crush stairs with the West LA crew! 6:30 am we come together as one tribe for what is sure to be an epic morning. #justshowup read more

This blog is dedicated to announcements:

Dedications:

Friday – Prospect Stairs! 6am

Sunday, June 24th, is the 2nd annual Global Sports Bra Squad Run!

• “In 2017, over 75 cities around the world hosted meetups so that women could come together and proclaim, THIS IS WHAT STRENGTH LOOKS LIKE.”

North Face Endurance Challenge CA: No more codes but it’s still a sweet weekend away!  Highly recommend signing up and we’re in the process of locating a Google doc to coordinate teams.  For now we suggest looking into purchasing a team and building from there!  Stay tuned for more info. read more

I’ve always enjoyed traverbaling to another tribe. Not only did I get to experience the NP community on a larger scale, but I got to rep my tribe. I’ve always been competitive, and knowing that my grassroots gear would stand out in another city, I pushed a little harder. That extra ounce of pride meant something to me. Now, I didn’t have to be the fastest at the workout, but I’d make sure that no one could say LAX didn’t work or throw out all the high 5s. In the early days, I remember hearing that we were the weirdest tribe, and that our workouts were tough. Well, we had traverbalers from Boston and Nola this week. Two tribes that I know put in work. On Wednesday, one of the traverbals said, “Damn, you guys don’t mess around out here.” They were right. From the start of 5:27 until the end of 6:27, the tribe put in outstanding effort on those hills. This morning, after the workout was over, our friends from Nola were flying high off of the tribe’s energy. I guess what I’m trying to say is, I’m proud of the effort that you all have shown, and I want to thank you for not tearing my head off when I push you to get in another lap. read more

This morning, Molly and Joel kicked off our Battle of the Babysitters(#BotB)! From start to finish they created a fantastic atmosphere and managed to mix in a great workout. The rest of this blog is brought to you from the land down unda! 

When I first heard about November Project, I thought I’d never be fit enough, could never be enough of an athlete to take part. But, I was in a new city, and I needed to make friends, so I just showed up at the behest of my friend Eric. read more

Just like that, week 3 of #APRHILL has come to an end. Next week will be an emotional week for me. First up is PR day. A torturous combination of Widowmaker repeats and a burpee ladder. My heart tells me I can do it. My brain sends every chemical receptor in its arsenal to try and get me to stop. My legs remain silent while having that look on their face that my mom had when I was a kid, and I knew that once I got home, I had hell to pay. So yea, Wednesday is going to be great! Friday’s breakfast of chompions is my favorite set of triplets, Micheltorena. First hill, easy peasy. Second hill, lemon squeezy. Third hill, yea Frodo would have just kept the ring if this was the way to Mordor. read more

On the 5th day of hills, #teammess took the lead! We’ll be sending out a search party and filing a missing persons report for 6:27’s #teamkait. We’ve got 3 days of hills left so it is still anyone’s game, but #teamkait you gotta #justshowup before things get out of hand.

Let’s check out today’s totals: read more

#APRHILL week 1 is in the books! Let’s check in on our current score totals.

• 331 – Team Kait
• 299 – Team Mess

Currently Team Kait is holding on to a 32 point lead, but with 3 full weeks left to go, it is anyone’s game! Remember, anyone that you recruit to NP, automatically is on your team. Team Kait, now is a good time to practice being introverted and maybe some long solo meditation sessions! read more