’1 for 1′ Member Challenge

 
April 23rd, 2012

We’ve got a lot to cover so let’s get right to it.

’1 for 1′ Referral Challenge

We’ve been slacking a little on promoting this challenge but it hits the ground running this week big time.

As a reminder, here are the details:

Our goal is to have every single member refer just one new member by August 1st.

 

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Now, if we hit this goal we will give it back in the form of an all expenses paid party/trip/destination of some kind.  We don’t know what or where but we are thinking something over the course of an entire weekend where you can come and go, over the top, everyone included complete awesome time.   We’re hopeful to get Snoop to come play live in his green hat.

Additionally, you’d really just be helping us out a lot to which we’d be highly appreciative.

Starting tomorrow you will see a board dedicated to this running tally.

We can do this, guys.  All it takes is you individually referring a single new person!!

P360 Turns 1 & Olympics

As a reminder we have our 1-Year Anniversary Party coming up on Saturday, May 19th!

  • When: Saturday, May 19th
  • Time: 12 pm – 4 pm
  • Where: Performance360 Gym & Sneak Joint after
  • Who: You and Your Friends

 

RSVP HERE

 

* Sneak Joint bartenders pouring drinks at the gym.
* Cornhole Tournament
* P360 Raffle – Grand Prize Train Free for Life
* Catered food and drinks
* 2nd Annual P360 Olympics – it’s not to late to register and compete!

 

We really hope you can make it for some or all of the day’s events!

Expansion, Gear & Boot Camp Times

  • If you have not been to the gym in the last few days then you haven’t seen the latest order of t-shirts and tanks we received from GGS Screen Printing.  They are real solid shirts, high quality American Apparel fancy pants stuff and selling for $20.  We can add it to your account, as well.

 

  • The expansion into the boat yard is moving along and promises to be done by May 1st.   It will be fenced off and floored and in the beginning will be open air training.  Very excited to have this as part of our facility and we think you guys are going to notice a big improvement.  Please also know that the intention of the expansion is not to overcrowd the facility and have you guys bumping into one another, but to allow us the space we need in order to thrive as a business for the long-term.  The outdoor space is going to really space things out and allow more breathing room for some of the more popular class times.

 

  • We certainly recognize that boot camp is gaining popularity as the weather continues to get nicer and the days longer.  The next step on our end will be bringing a boot camp to either the morning hours or possibly a third evening slot, as well.  If you are a boot camp regular then please provide your feedback on preferred times.

 

  • We will be increasing the size of our staff in May.  That’s all you get on that end for now :)

 

As always, let us know what we can do to make your membership here a better one.

-Dave & Pritz

Referral Edition: MUST READ

 
April 2nd, 2012

Hey, guys.  Hope you all had a nice weekend and had fun with whatever you did.  I can only speak for 50 of you but I know that little group enjoyed themselves on the bus on Saturday.  Don’t worry if you were unable to make it, we’ll surely do it again soon.

We have some really big news regarding referrals, contests and a huge party we’ll throw if we reach the group goal.

As you know we are a small business and the number one way we stay alive is through member referrals.  You guys have really helped us out over the first year and in year two, we are counting on an even bigger push to keep Performance360 clicking the way you’ve all come to know.

’1 for 1′ Referral Challenge

Here are the details:

  • Our goal is to have every single member refer just one new member by July 4th.
  • If this is done, P360 will throw a massive party, all expenses paid, over the top, best event we’ve ever done over the full course of a weekend. No expense spared, we will THROW DOWN on this one if we hit it.  Rent a house with a pool somewhere, get cotton candy machines, clowns, and throw an all day rager.

 

We will be keeping a huge tracker in the gym so that it’s visible and we can see where we are at in terms of  goal being reached.  If someone refers more than one person it can count towards someone who might have trouble referring a member.  But at the end of the day, it’s just one person and we all know someone who can/wants to join the group.

Hit us with any questions.

April: P360 Mega Lotto

Okay, so maybe it’s not $641 million but it’s a couple hundred bucks to go to bills, fun or whatever you want to spend it on.  You’ll notice under the whiteboard that the current contest is a referral cash lottery and it’s very simple.

  • You refer a new member and it gets you an entry.  Every referral above that gets you two more entries.
  • We throw $25 into the pot every time a referral joins (and count each towards the 1 for 1 Challenge.

Right now we are already up to $75 and it’s only April 2nd so I’d expect this to get up to a couple hundred bucks when it’s all said and done.  Just one referral gets you into the mix!

P360 Turns 1

In case you have the massive self promotion on the gym wall or Facebook Event, our little operation is turning one on April 18th.  Craziness that a year has gone by that quickly and we are incredibly thankful you guys have allowed that milestone to be reached.

Our one year party will be Saturday, May 19th and you can read all about it here. Please stop by and feel free to bring any friends you want.  It’s going to be a really fun day and have something for everyone going on.

P360 Olympics

Also happening May 19th will be the 2nd Annual P360 Olympics and sign-ups have been going great!  Don’t miss out on your chance to win cash or even a prize simply for placing in the top-5 of each event.  We have people of all fitness levels competing and don’t be that guy or gal that sits on the sideline!  At the end of the day it will be a fun event to which you can seriously compete or just push yourself individually and accomplish something pretty cool.

Details and registration information, here.

Gym Expansion

We are really excited to announce that P360 will be expanding its space into the boat yard out back starting May 1!  We certainly realize that when at capacity we are pretty cramped and the last thing we want to do is force people into a space insufficient to hold it.

We will never compromise the workout.

So, the easy decision was to purchase some space from our neighbors and over the course of the next few weeks we’ll be undergoing minor construction to get it floored, fenced off and equipped for training.

To go along with this expansion we’re purchasing additional equipment that will be here in a few weeks that includes heavier kettlebells, med balls, some sandbags, jump ropes, barbells and other things we need.  Your feedback was appreciated.

 

Upcoming Events and New Classes

 
March 12th, 2012

Good morning, everyone.  We hope you guys had a great weekend and enjoyed whatever you did.

We have some very important information and exciting information to share in this newsletter so we’re going to get right into it.

P360 Turns 1! – 5/19

As you may have seen on the board at the gym or floating around Facebook, we are very excited to announce a final date for our ‘P360 Turns 1′ Party and on Saturday, May 19th.

Click here for full details as it’s going to be an awesome, awesome time.

It’s very important that we get an accurate head count so over the next few weeks please make sure you respond appropriately so we know just how much planning we need to do.  We would also love it if you guys brought friends, co-workers, whatever.

It’s going to be a really fun day highlighted by

  • catered food and drinks
  • local bartenders pouring
  • Cornhole Tournament
  • general Tom Foolery on the bay
  • 2nd Annual P360 Olympics
  • Sneak Joint post party
  • P360 Raffle with multiple prizes and Grand Prize Train for Life (last year’s winner was Andy Bayon still training with us!)

 

Come for a little or stay for all of it but either way a good time is guaranteed.

2nd Annual P360 Olympics – 5/19

We are really excited to announce that registration is open for the 2nd Annual P360 Olympics.

Click here for full details but I can tell you it includes a ton of prizes including cash, three events to choose from that include something for everyone and a very epic post party.

We expect to see some familiar faces in these events so sign-up, challenge yourself and compete for some cash money.

Full registration and event details can be found here so check it out and get involved.  With prizes to the Top 5 in each category it is completely anyone’s game to have fun and win something.

This even is also open to the public so if you have any friends you think would be interested then please send them the details.

March Madness Brew Bus – 3/31

In the more immediate future we have our brewery tour bus departing P360 grounds on Saturday, March 31…and it’s going to be awesome.

Right now we have 39 of the 45 spots spoken for so hurry and RSVP if you want to go!

We have the full group list on the board and are now requiring payment to keep your spot so make sure you bring $20 cash to the gym this week to ensure your spot gets saved.

We have a HUGE waiting list of people that are friends of the gym that want in so make sure your spot gets reserved by paying for it.

In the chance we have left over spots we’ll be opening it up to first come, first serve friends of P360 members.

Member Shout Outs

Another fantastic job all around by you guys across multiple areas!  We had some first timers on the Dirty30, some records fall and an all around huge collective step forward by everyone.

5:30 Outdoor Challenge

With daylight savings now in full force you guys will notice a new addition of a 5:30 boot camp on the schedule to along with the 6:30 time.

So pick your poison between 5:30 indoor and outdoor!

That’s a wrap!

Make sure you RSVP for the events we have and let’s see some faces for friendly competition in the P360 Olympics!

 

P360 Newsletter: Photo Contest, Brewery Bus, Specialty Classes

 
February 27th, 2012

Hello, guys and gals!  Hope you guys had a great weekend.

On a personal note, I could not be more excited to crush myself in a workout after one absurd weekend in New York City with my friends.  So, if you had a rough weekend then we’re in this together and we’ll get through it today.

We have some exciting things going on in the gym that we’d like to share with you all, so here goes.

Facebook Photo Contest

You may have seen the mention of it in the Current Events section of the gym, but in case you’re not the type who pays attention to that stuff (you should), then here is how it’s going to work.

  • What: Photo Contest on Facebook
  • When: March 1 – March 15
  • Why: Help us grow, earn discount on membership
  • Prize: Pick either a limo night with you and your friends or 3 months free membership! (depending on how many people sign-up)
  • What You Need To Do To Enter: email us with a P360 photo of yourself, or have us pick one for you, or come to the gym this Saturday and we’ll take one for you.  Either way, it starts with an email that you’re in.

 

Here are how the details are going to work.

  1. Step 1: You enter the contest with an email to us.
  2. Step 2: We put the photo in our Facebook Album, “P360 Photo Contest”.
  3. Step 3: You encourage your friends to like, comment or share the picture.  You get a point for each and at the end of the 2-week contest the picture with the most accumulated points is the winner!  Every friend that interacts with the picture will be entered into a raffle where we will be giving away FIVE of the following.

 

* 2-Weeks Free Indoor Classes
* 2-Weeks Free Boot Camp
* Free Month Online Training

It’s that easy.

Regardless of whether or not you win, you will earn a discount off your next month for the amount of points you accumulate.  So, it’s a way for us to promote the gym and you guys to earn an EASY discount on your training.  You can add up 25 points with no effort and it’s a quick 25 bucks off your membership.

So let’s see those emails come in with participants!

(Note: we are finishing up processing the January Facebook Contest and will be in touch this week if you are to receive a discount.)

Member Shout Outs

Another great week of accomplishments too big to fit on a single board!  We love seeing the first timers up there as it typically indicates getting past comfort level for the first time.  Way to go, guys!

Dave Thomas Performance

You guys may have noticed some mentions online of a website I have started not too long ago.  It’s something that I both do for fun and to help people, as I enjoy writing and coaching alike and would appreciate any help in spreading the word.  My goal is three to five entries a week covering a wide range of topics that are driven by members and readers so please suggest any topics you are interested in learning more about.

It’s free and meant for both education and entertainment so please check it out if you haven’t already, and send to as many friends as you can!

Here is the website.

March 31th Brewery Bus

Our next social event will be the very last Saturday in March as we’ll be taking a bus around San Diego’s finest breweries.  It’s going to be midday so we can make it back for the NCAA Tournament and will undoubtedly be a not lame time.

We don’t have anything finalized, but here is what you can most likely expect.

  • When: Saturday, March 31, 11 am – 5 pm
  • Where: Ballast Point, Karl Strauss, Green Flash and Stone all on our planning list.
  • What: 50 person bus
  • Cost: ~$15 – $20

 

Tentatively RSVP, here.

Once we have it finalized we’ll start a sign-up list and it is going to be first come first serve for the 50 but just wanted to give you guys the preemptive heads up.

What is P360?

We’ve recently updated our ‘What is Performance360?’ video and in case you’ve missed it you can check it out below!

Specialty Classes

We have been paying close attention to attendance in all of the specialty classes and it’s been great to see the interest level there in all of the options we currently have for you guys.

  • Core Blast – Tue/Thur, 5 pm
  • Yoga for Athletes – Thur, 6:15 pm
  • Power Hour - 7 pm

 

Pritz and I have talked about adding a 5 pm option available every day, whether it’s always a core blast class, possibly a boot camp or maybe something else.  We  have kicked around the idea of having a constantly changing theme of each 5 pm day so that it could look something like this.

  • Monday – sport-performance (plyometrics, etc)
  • Tuesday – core blast
  • Wednesday – boot camp style
  • Thursday – core blast
  • Friday – race training workout

Those are just examples but you get the idea.  Something that provides constant variety and challenge that rotates on a daily basis.

What do you guys think?

So that’s it for this week.  Get involved in that photo contest and let us know what we can do for you guys!

-DT

P360 Newsletter: Big Bear Official

 
February 6th, 2012

Good morning, ladies and gents.  Hope that you all had a nice weekend and we are guessing those from the greater Manhattan area are on cloud nine right now.  To that, I say congratulations…and that my Redskins beat you twice this year.

Sincerely,

Bitter Betty

Big Bear, 2/17

We don’t have much new news in this Newsletter but wanted to use it as a way to let you guys know we have officially booked a cabin in Big Bear the weekend of February 17th.

Here are the complete details of the cabin we have booked.

In summary,

  • SIZE: It is a 33-person cabin with a 40 foot deck, 8 bedrooms and located next to a bar and a rental shop.  If we hit 33 and we have requests for more, we will call the cabin and see what else we can do but right now it is FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
  • COST: It will be between $66 and $100 depending on how many people we get.  Right now, we have 16 people who have signed up.
  • LOGISTICS: Check in will be roughly 4 pm on Friday and check out will be 11 am Sunday.  You are more than welcome to head up early on Friday to hit the mountain and then just meet at the cabin later for check-in.  For those interested, we will caravan from the P360 parking lot at 12 pm Friday, the 17th.  Again, feel free to head up whenever you want.
  • LIFT TICKETS & RENTALS: We will get discounts on rentals and lift tickets if you need either.

 

Go ahead and let us know if you would like to invite someone else and we will put that person on the waiting list.  If we do not fill the 33 people via P360 members then we will open it up to your friends.

Here are some pics of the cabin we’ve booked.

Let’s fill this thing up and have an absurd weekend.

Member Shout Outs

Another week of pretty incredible personal accomplishments by P360 members highlighted by two female records being padded, two 400# deadlifts, two women going three feet in the air, a near 3x body weight deadlift and other other awesome stuff.

Jump Start Your Heart

As a reminder, our charity 5k is this weekend and if you are still interested in signing up then head on over to the official information page. Registration is just $30 and it all goes to the Children’s Heart Foundation.  The race finishes in the P360 parking lot and post-race festivities will be held all day long at Sneak Joint.  It promises to be a great time so let’s all head out and raise some money for what we feel is a truly great cause.

Let us know if you have registered and we can will form a P360 group to run together.

 

P360 Newsletter: Huge Week, Feb. Big Bear & More

 
January 30th, 2012

Good morning, guys.  Hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed the nice weather.  77 and sunny on January 28th.

NBD and in your face, East Coast.

February Big Bear Trip

After a January hiatus from a P360 Social Event we’ll be coming back strong in February and currently trying to gauge interest on a potential trip to Big Bear.

Right now there is nothing concrete as we will need about 25-30 people to commit  but it seems like we have quite a few interested!

Here’s what we are currently looking at.

  • Weekend: Feb. 17 – Feb. 19th (the event will def. be this weekend regardless if we go to Bear)
  • Cost: $75 – $100 for lodging + whatever you want to spend on the mountain
  • Lodging: ~30 person cabin that can be expanded if we need it.

Completely open to all members right now so let us know what you think.  This trip will be entirely driven by the amount of people we get to commit so shoot us an email or let us know what you are thinking in person.

I am sure we will get the question of “can I bring my ______” and right now, we are keeping it as just members. That’s not to say we won’t open it up after a while but as I am sure you understand, we need to see which P360 folks are in first.

Member Shout Outs

Man, we had a HUGE week last week highlighted by two records, thirteen PRs across multiple exercises and an All-American announcement.  Check it out, pretty cool stuff below.

Specialty Classes

The specialty classes have been great and we’re pumped to see you guys really embracing the Thursday night yoga class.  It will be remaining on the schedule indefinitely and if attendance remains this popular we will most likely add another slot during the week.

Black Ops has trailed off a little bit so right now we are going to test out an every other week schedule.  As always, best way to get something on the menu is to regularly attend it.

One option we are considering is to have Tuesday and Thursday night be “Choose Your Own Adventure” night as a way to combine both a Daily Challenge, Power and Black Ops class.  We would have three workouts to choose from and you could go any route you wanted, essentially allowing us to keep all three, please everyone and remain efficient with our scheduling.

Class Times

The 6:15 morning classes have been very popular and will remain on the schedule as long as we continue to see attendance like this.  We will also keep the 6:30 for a while as we decide what works best for the collective group in the morning but just wanted to let you guys know that you can expect the mornings to remain as is for a while.

We will also be keeping the 12 noon class, as well.

Jump Start Your Heart

In case you missed our invitation last week then make sure to check out the Jump Start Your Heart Facebook page.  It’s a charitable 5k going from Pacific Beach to the front doors of Performance360 with the proceeds going to the Children’s Heart Foundation.  It’s just $30 to register and you get a jump rope and a t-shirt out of it.  We all know how much you guys like double unders.

That’s it, guys.  Let us know if there is anything we can do for you guys.

-Dave & Pritz

New Year, New Fun, New Training

 
January 3rd, 2012

Oh what up 2012?! I can’t believe you are already here, you rascal. You are freaking EARLY to this party!

2011 was arguably the fastest year of my life. I can’t believe it came and went as quickly as it did and considering this is the last year of civilization, we need to make it a good one. So I say, get as strong and lean as you can so when the disaster happens that’s going to end us all, you can make sure the weaklings bite it first.

On that light note! Here are some of the exciting things we have going on in the gym. We have a lot of new contests and roll outs coming your way so make sure to read up on it all.

Facebook Referral Contest

The Facebook contest we ran in October is coming back in full force, this time with more opportunity to earn yourself a membership discount.  For those of you who were not a member back then or if you need a refresher on how it works, you can accumulate points as follows.

  • Refer a new gym member = 20 points (as always, if you refer a new member you get a free month of training on us…ask us details).

 

This will always be king for getting points since this gym only grows if you guys help us.  You will also earn a ton of points for help spreading the word on social media.

  • “Share” a P360 Facebook post or blog = 3 points
  • Tag “@P360″ in one of your posts = 3 points
  • Comment/Like one of our posts = 1 point
  • “Check in” to P360 = 1 point
  • Try P360 in 2012 Invites = 1 point (info below)

 

(Per last time, this structure may change after the first few days as really have no idea how much we are extending ourselves off the bat.)

We are also rolling out a new addition to the contest.  We’ll be creating a Facebook Event called “Try P360 in 2012″.  You will get 1 point for every friend you get to “attend”.  You would invite your friends just like any event we have, and from there we get as pool of interested potential members.

We are hoping for a repeat of October when we handed out a TON of discounts for the social media help you guys lent us so let’s get the pimpin’ of P360 going and all help each other out.

You will earn the following discount based on accumulated points.

75 points = 10% off
100 points = 20% off
125 points = 30% off

New Class Schedule

We are excited to announce that the 12 noon class will now be run every day of the week starting next week.  As always, we keep classes on the schedule based on a single criterion: attendance.   So, if we want to keep it as a permanent fixture then we’ll need to make sure that attendance stays consistent for those who have been coming.

In addition, we are considering tweaking the morning class schedule to the following.

  • 6:15 am
  • 7:00 am

 

Please email us your feedback, especially if you are a consistent morning class attender.  Get your voice heard.

Member Shout Outs

‘Beat the Soft’

In case you missed the analysis from the Beat the Soft Holiday Challenge you can read about it here.  Pretty remarkable.  Chrissy Perrenoud came away with the $300 cash lottery which you can watch here.

P360 Expansion

Some of you have asked us what we plan on doing when classes start to become more popular over time.  If we plan on expanding the class size, adding more space, etc.

While nothing has happened yet we are extremely pumped to let you guys know that we’ll be taking on more space in the facility probably around February.  There are a few options that may occur on premise but however it nets out will result in substantially more space for you guys.  We never want to turn this gym into assembly line (in fact we refuse to), so this will allow us to grow more in tune with P360 philosophy.

Suggestion Box

We are taking any and all suggestions to make 2012 even better than 2011.  As always, we can’t promise we’ll implement them but we love taking feedback.  That’s how just about every major implementation has occurred at P360 so if you have something in mind than run it by us.  Our door is always open, or in this case our email inbox (Dave@Perform-360.com).

Happy New Year.

-DT

Final 2011 Newsletter

 
December 27th, 2011

I cannot believe it has been eight months since we first opened doors at Performance360.  It has been a combination of extremely fun, nerve wracking, exciting, stressful but most off all we feel genuinely privileged to have the group of members we currently have at the gym.

I think you know Pritz and I well enough at this point.  We are not exactly shmoozers or bullshitters and I can say with no ulterior motive that we’ve come to get to know each and every one of you and are honestly lucky to have you guys training with us.  If you guys reciprocate that towards us in just a small amount then our project has been worth it.

There is no way I am going to get everything in this newsletter but here are some accomplishments I am most proud if in 2011, in no particular order.

Increasing your strength while losing weight is not hard to do.  It happens to everyone the first time they get off their ass. HOWEVER…substantially increasing your strength to elite levels while losing massive amounts of weight for folks not categorized as ‘obese’ is not easy to do.  At all.

Jason Weber dropping 22 pounds while simultaneously seeing his deadlift three inches away from 500#.

Dee Nipper loosing 40 pounds while maintaining a deadlift of 205#…at age 52.

Carol Parma loosing 30 pounds and being one of the strongest women in the entire gym…at age 50+.

Alex Vekich going from nervous Nancy first time weight trainer to full on embracing the culture and establishing herself as one of the most physically capable members we have.

Jen Gordon losing close to 30 pounds and counting and showing absolutely no fear as a complete first timer.  She is a genuine inspiration to the gym and to Pritz and I personally.

Yash Norhashemi increasing his strength 75-200% across all major lifts.

Ashley Blanton lose roughly 15 pounds and increase her strength 75% and counting, while completely embracing what we’re doing…at least INSIDE the gym :)

Andrew Dallman improving just about everything you can improve from strength to body composition and doing it as one of the most consistent members of 2011.

I’ve certainly left off many of you who have made some huge gains, and don’t think we haven’t noticed.  Keep up the outstanding work all around and we are pumped to see what happens with everyone’s results in 2012.

“Beat the Soft”

There are only four more days left to the “Beat the Soft” Holiday Challenge and we’ll soon be crowning the champion and winner of the $300 cash jackpot.

While we expect these figures to change this week drastically based off how naughty or nice people were over the holidays, here are the current leaders.

Strength

  1. (M) Chris Sieberkrob – 48%
  2. (F) Chrissy Perrenoud – 76%

 

Fat Loss

  1. (M) Jon Mesic/Robbie Davis – 3#
  2. (F) Jess Eystad – 10#

 

Percentage Fat Loss

  1. (M) Jon Mesic – 2%
  2. (F) Jess Eystad – 6%

 

There is still time left this week to get your name into that $300 lottery!

$100 Referral Contest

Here are the current standings with five days left to increase your tallies!  You get 1 point if you bring a friend with you and an additional 5 points if they join.

Member Shout Outs

Here are some long overdue member shout outs from the past two weeks.  These are very impressive across the board.

January Facebook Contest

As a heads up, we will be running back the Facebook contest that we ran a few months ago in which 17 of you received discounts for helping us.  We’ll be tweaking it slightly and adding a few different categories but just wanted to give you guys a bit of notice.  Let’s make it a big win and all help each other out.  You help the gym grow and we hook up a discount for doing so.

Thank you all for a great first eight months.

Yoga Now Included!

We’ve polled feedback and decided to include yoga in ALL P360 memberships at no additional cost.  If you are on a plan that is billing you extra for it, please let us know and we will adjust you accordingly.  We want people to do yoga not as a profit machine but because we genuinely think it will benefit you and this was the best way for us to do it.

Thank you all for a great first eight months.

-DT

$100 Cash, Holiday Hours & More

 
December 19th, 2011

Good morning, guys!  Hope you all had a good weekend and for those of you who have already taken on off to head back to see family, hope you have had safe travels.  This newsletter is actually coming live from Northern Virginia so my vaca has already started (sort of).

We have a few updates and announcements,

$100 Referral Contest

Right now we have a pretty tight race for the referrals and we have a few weeks to go.  Chris Cisek, Matt Gordon and a few others are right in the thick of things and all you need to do is bring your friends along with you to get points.  One point for a new visit, another five if they join.

Winner gets $100 cash which right there helps pay for presents!  (Or bar tabs)

$300 Beat the Soft Challenge

We have been thrilled with the results of the BTS Holiday Challenge thus far as every single voluntary participant has either lost weight or increased their strength significantly, and most have done both.  We have not updated the current standings but we have many men and women in the heat of the race competing for that $300.

Some stats in case you have missed it.

  • Average strength in women has increased ~41%
  • Average strength in men has increased ~19%
  • Average fat loss for women is 4 pounds.

 

Chrissy Perrenoud was in the lead for women’s strength last we calculated (71%) with Jess Eystad winning fat loss (10 pounds).

Chris Sieberkrob (36% strength increase) for the the men and Jon Mesic/Robbie Davis (3 pounds) for fat fat loss.

Strength up.  Fat down.  Now that is beating the holiday soft.

Maximus #1

In case you missed the announcement last week, Elyse Paulson becomes the first overall member to be inducted into the Maximus Club after she demolished a 9:47 “Ring of Fire” time.

“Hauntings of the Turkish Get-Up”, starring Elyse Paulson.  This was taken seconds after a 9:47 “Ring of Fire”.

Holiday Hours

In case you have missed our postings about holiday hours, here’s the final reminder!

We will be closed Thursday – Monday but will post some quick body weight workouts if anyone feels like getting a sweat going while they are home for the holidays.

We’ll be re-opening in full Tuesday, December 27th.

New Blog Format

As you have probably noticed we have changed the current format for the website in regards to workout postings.  They are still updated each day but will now be found in the right hand column of the home page under “In the Gym”.

The blog section will continue to be used for quick updates and entries and check it out if you’ve missed some of our first postings.

We want to make sure we keep P360 as a place where you not only learn, but can interact and have fun and we like this switch to maximize that experience.

If we don’t see you guys, then have a GREAT holiday and enjoy the time spent with your family.

Contest Updates, Ugly Sweater, Clubs & Yoga

 
December 5th, 2011

Good morning, P360 fam.  Hope that you guys all had a nice weekend as we near the madness of the holiday season. We decided to move the newsletter to once every two weeks, or at least give it a whirl and make them a bit more consolidated so that you don’t have to read communication from us each week.

Here are the important things going on in the gym right now:

$100 Referral Contest

We are starting to pick up steam in the Holiday $100 U-Call-It Referral Contest and there is more than a handful of people out there with a shot.  All you need to do is essentially get one friend to join and it puts you right in the race for the $100 cash prize.  Here are the current standings. (+1 point for a friend that tries us, +5 if they end up joining)

The contest goes through the end of the year so it’s not too late to start bringing your friends!

Yoga for Athletes

We are excited to move Yoga for Athletes to a time where it sounds like more people will be able to make.  It will now be Thursday night at 6:15 pm so if you have been wanting to give it a try but can’t make the morning session, you now have no excuse!

Start working that mobility, flexibility and problem areas and you’ll notice a huge difference inside and outside of the gym.

$300 ‘Beat the Soft’ Standings

We will be updating the first edition of the standings this Friday after everyone goes through strength testing and weigh in over the course of the week!  We are already seeing some excellent jumps in strength through the first ten days and are really excited to see just how strong and lean this gym gets by the end of 2011.

Member Shout Outs

This gym continues to blow us away week in and week out!

Christmas Hours

We want to give you the guys the Holiday hours with as much notice as possible just in case anyone plans on doing some advanced planning, but for now we are running regular hours the entire month of December except for the following days. We’ll be closed the 23rd – 26th and will have abridged hours one or two days leading up to it.

Ugly Sweater/Onesie Bar Crawl

As a reminder our 1st Annual Ugly Sweater/Onesie Bar Crawl is this Saturday evening so get ready!  All of the details can be viewed on the Facebook page, here.  We’ll be announcing official start times and locations later this week once we get the final head count.

Right now, we’re looking at Sneak Joint (duh), Beachwood, Miller’s Field and a third location is TBD so if you have a strong opinion then post it on the event page.  Shore Club has a big event that day so it was removed from the list.

Achievement Clubs

You may or may not have noticed that we’ve modified the P360 Achievement Clubs and added a new one.  As the gym continues to grow, so too do the results you guys produce so we need to always be sure that we set appropriate targets for you guys.  Avoiding stagnant mediocrity is not just a punch line on the website, it’s what we firmly believe.

Here are the new guidelines.

Lean & Mean Club – 15 pound fat loss or more
Men’s Barbell Club – 350# deadlift & 175# push press
Women’s Barbell Club – 200# deadlift & 95# push press
Mayweather Club - men’s requirements / women’s requirements

  • 13:00 / 15:00 “600″
  • 25 rounds / 20 rounds “Dirty30″
  • 20 strict pull-ups / 5 strict pull-ups

 

Maximus Club (NEW) – We’re rolling a new club that’s going to be top of the top-tier (men’s/women’s)

  • 200% of body weight deadlift
  • 110% / 90% press
  • 110% / 90% hang clean
  • 58″ box jump / 36″ box jump
  • 13:00 / 15:00 “600″
  • 25 rounds / 20 rounds “Dirty30″

 

We are also going to be modifying the requirements for Dirty30 and 600 as we’ll introduce today.  We are really starting to notice the competitive juices flowing on the signature workouts and love it!  We just need to ensure we don’t sacrifice range of motion and the point of the workout just to beat a time or amount of rounds.

We’ll be asking chest to hit the floor on each and every push-up from now on to ensure we get the work out of the actual workout.  This will be reviewed each day we do push-ups as a reminder :) .

Inflammation 101

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Let us know what questions, comments, suggestions and feedback you guys have for us.