Free Fitness Movement. All you need to do is show up!
Take me out to the burpee game, take me out to stairs…
The Skydome, Rogers centre to the younger generation .. known for
this:
Once home to this:
This drew largest crowd ever (68,237 people!):
(Yes that’s Hulk Hogan, Yes that’s the Rock in underpants, max attendence obviously!!)
Winter is coming. Usually these words instill a deep fear in me. I am not going to lie. I am a summer girl 100 per cent. Give me 30 degree heat and patios. I tolerate fall because it’s beautiful running temperature, the leaves are pretty and I like big comfy sweaters (jury still out on pumpkin spice). But winter? 8 year old me loved making snow forts, sledding, skiing in – 30 degree weather. Almost 30 year old me (AHHH) still loves snow forts but more in 20 degree weather. Anyways this past week really really really stoked me for winter. It was the first colder day of the season, it was rainy and you guys SHOWED UP !! Not just in presence but in effort. And the best is that I even had someone ask suggestions for what to wear when it does become colder which is amazing !!!! Because yes we are weatherproof and trust me you look and feel bad ass burpeeing in -30 snowstorms. And secret – it’s a lot of fun.
It’s “fall”! Race season has begun and I for one am excited/terrified/anxious/PUMPED . If you are like me you go through every single emotion and descend into what is known as taper craziness. As your nerves start amping up and you start going down in mileage, that somehow becomes weird and you feel like you aren’t doing what you need to do. YOu start over analyzing everything. You want to eat EVERYTHING (ok that’s me all the time). Brain mush, you start not making sense (ok also me all the time). Sleep is erratic. I am moody AF. All of sudden everything feels a bit achey, and those aches become ACHES, do I have plantar fasciitis????! Basically going into running withdrawl. How do you conquer this craze??? Hopefully this helps any of those racing soon and even for our non-runners it hopefully helps for any sort of big goal day – crossfit comp, big presentation, date with your mad crush.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY YYZ !!!!
We have had yet another incredible year, so just want to take a sec to reflect on some pretty special moments. Tbt if you will.
I can’t say it enough or enough ways but thank for another amazing 52 wednesdays, + socials, + summits. It means so much to us everyone time you #justshowup. And all we can hope is your just as hyped as us for the next 52 more !!!!
Dear World, we accept the fact that we sacrifice a whole Wednesday morning doing burpees. People think we’re crazy to do this us. People often ask who we are. You see us as you want to see us – in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a morning person…
PR day stands as the marking of a month ended, and beginning of a new one. June was a great month for NP YYZ. Highlighted of course by Summit 5, you conquered a tough tough course, the Harvard stairs, mingled with new friends from all over the world, Sam didn’t get a sunburn in his 50k expedition – such a success! Only again for a bunch of you to conquer more races including MEC, waterfront 10k (and lots of RunBeerTOs which really is the true race am I right ???!!).
Spring time is the time for especially runners to start seeing the fruits of our labour. Race season is just beginning, and the PRs are rolling in. So first I want to start with big congrats to those who raced some of their first races of the season this weekend !!! As NPers the beginning of the month, PR day, is the same milestone. Time to see that all the hard work you have been dong over the last month is paying off. From what I hear, this past week was bursting with them !!!!
Hi Team !!! It is almost March. Shorts are actually a reality not just #teamshorts (which scares me slightly as much as I enjoy it). We are starting to see each other as more then just silhouettes. My photos are starting to actually look like faces instead of blurs. And race season is upon us !
This week we had it all, snowstorms, icestorms, I think the sun peeped out for 10 min Wednesday afternoon. Winter is hard. But this week you guys showed that we really are #weatherproof. Not only did you all show up on the slick grounds Wednesday morning, but seeing you running in the snowstorms of this weekend really made me so proud! Embracing any weather is really what we are all about, and once you get out you now know that you can make fun of any situation! #justshowingup is easy !! Next time the weather looks it might not be going exactly how you want, invite a friend to join because we all know that “misery” loves company, especially burpees, they LOVE company.
WISCONSIN NOTES:
The Workout:
One of my personal fav workouts. Each bag has a task with a letter on it, once you complete the task – could be burpees, hoistees, stairs etc, you move on to the next letter. In the end you plank and unscramble the letters! We did this one back in November and it was a bit of a struggle to finish. This time around you guys had me scrambling to add extra little tasks to the paper !!! AND we added a sally up. Just goes to show you how strong you all are becoming! PR day is next week so hopefully you’ll all see the difference there too !!! ALSO all done in a ONESIE !! Did you guys feel the extra range in motion? We had quite the variety ! Thank you for gloriously taking on the extra factor/fun for morning ! You guys all looked fabulously cosy !!!!!