Monday, March 30

This begins the testing phase of our off-season.  Our goal will be to have a meeting Saturday, April 11th around 11:00am to discuss this off-seasons plan, goals and focuses of the team, how to approach extra work (and who to do it with / when to do it, etc.).  From now until the end of May will be pre-testing, will give us an idea of where to take training, and you individually where you need to set your sights and goals for this year. 

Extra work will be Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and will be meant to be done in addition to class (on the side, in the Olympic area, out of the way of class - or outside).  Saturday will be a 'double day' with the second portion being "on location" or at a spot outside of the gym, doing something fun and getting away in the afternoon. Sunday will also be a 'new' skulls day (aka championship Sundays)(8:30am-10:30am).  I would recommend this training schedule to everyone with Monday and Friday being recovery days -- If you are not on this plan now or this will not ever work for you we can discuss how to approach the extra work and class accordingly.

First and foremost you will be viewed as leaders and mood setters in class, attack every workout like it is 15.5 and you are on the cut line for regionals.  Every workout should hurt that bad, that should not have been anything special or different (minus a little bit of extra 'open push').  You will be asked to scale up frequently, try new things for class and do things that will not be and would never be asked of the general population of the gym.  Some days this will mean doing 100 pull-ups, and the next day being asked to do muscle-ups. Some days this might mean volume squatting followed by a ton of light weight OHS.  Most days you will be uncomfortable and hurt, your rest and recovery days will need to be taken seriously, not just sitting around / taking days off.  This is the beginning of the attitude shift of the Friendship Team for 2016 -- Start telling your friends/family/loved ones of your new schedule and when you will be expected to train.  Class on Saturdays is not an option anymore if you plan to be competitive (barring a major necessity) - Skulls at 11:15a is your option.  If you are unsure whether or not you want to be a part of this take the next 2-3 weeks to decide, we will be looking for committed people to train alongside this year and I want as many as we can get - There will be a lot of fun opportunities along the way, but the hard work and dedication needs to come first.