The climbing workouts can sometimes be a grind due to the monotony of the programming but I try to keep each session interesting and catch the athletes off guard once in a while. This workout is designed to do just that. The warmup is a total body mover with limited time on the fingers to…
The warm up is designed to get the fast twitch muscles in the shoulders and hips firing, also to activate the deep core using both flexion and rotation. The first effort is designed to test/build strength in the shoulders, specifically the traps and deltoids, but is also designed to build explosive strength and speed as…
We are so proud of Wright Training athlete Hannah Horigan for completing the Boston Marathon last week! Hannah gave us a little look into her perspective on the race… “The 2015 Boston Marathon was a rainy, windy, and chilly run this year. The elements of the weather just added to the excitement of the race. This…
We are so excited to have Jess McMillan, of Studio J Pilates, joining Wright Training and want our clients to utilize her services to help balance our strength training. With a lot of confusion on what Pilates is all about we caught up with Jess to ask her a few questions that might help clear…
This season I was lucky enough to have a fun filled winter packed with travel and adventure on the Freeride World Tour. I started out the winter getting in top form at Wright Training working on my overall strength on and off the hill. With great early season snow I spent November and December shredding…
The Skillet Last weekend I successfully climbed and skied North America’s famous ski line on Mt. Moran, the skillet. It was truly the hardest thing I’ve done in my adult life. I say adult because burring my pet gerbil when I was seven was nearly impossible. Let me set the stage: Three male co-workers asked…
I have been injured too many times in my life to count, and the only thing that has ever helped me to recover quickly and keep me mentally sane was to strength train through the injury. Every time I tell people they can come in and start training as soon as they feel good enough…
It’s early morning in Eureka, outside of Silverton, when my partner and I drive up in search of a climb called Dukes of Hazard. The sun has just started creeping onto the mountain tops of the valley. Temperatures in the single digits promise a chilly approach and so do a few feet of sugary facets. …
By Jenny Wolfrom Tabula Rasa- a Latin phrase meaning “blank slate” and one of the only things I remember from four years of Latin in high school. This phrase pops in and out of my head around this time of year as January is the epitome of Tabula Rasa for many of us. The month…
W/U: 3 Rounds 10x Lunges 10x Bounds 10x Swings PVC Passthrough 10 Minutes: EMOM 4x Atomic Manmakers 6 Rounds For Time: 10x KB Floor Press 10x KB Swing 10x Russian Twist 10 Minutes: Interval :30 sec. Bounds :30 sec. Rest :30 sec. Wall-Sit :30 sec. Rest 3 Rounds: 10x Up/Down (from Jane Fonda) 10x Clams…