Good morning, everybody.  We have a TON in store for you guys over the upcoming the holiday season and we’re excited to get it rolling this week starting with Thanksgiving schedule, ‘Beat the Soft’ Holiday Challenges and more.

For starters, we had an amazing time on the bus with those of you that went and while we’ll stay away from the finer details we have some recognition for first spills of the day!

Great turtleneck, great mustache and great spill.

All in all a really fun time and we’re excited for December’s can’t miss Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl on December 10th.

‘Beat the Soft’ Holiday Challenge

Here’s the deal.  Anyone can train over the summer months when the motivation is to be in beach gear.  That’s not impressive to us as we’re trying to do much more than develop beach bodies (although it is a nice side effect).  REAL work is put in during the Fall and Winter where motivation is entirely self-driven.

We are very excited to kick off our 1st Annual ‘Beat the Soft’ Holiday Challenge on Monday, November 21 and ending December 31.  It’s completely voluntary and you need to make it known if you are participating.  We will have a few different categories to allow any individual to be able to win something.

We will have a male and female winner for the following categories.

• Most Total Pounds Lost – we are simply taking the highest total pounds of weight loss regardless of body weight.

• Highest Percentage Weight Loss – percentage of pounds loss against total body weight. For example, an 8# weight loss from someone who weighs 185# would be a 4% weight loss…highest percentage wins.

• Strength Gains – percentage of total strength gain for three main exercises: deadlift, push press, squat. We will the percentage increase for all three exercises for a total sum.  For example, if you start at 85# on deadlift and go up to 125# over the six week contest that would represent a 32% increase just for deadllift.

Nah uh, no holiday fat gain in this gym.

Just shoot us an email or post on the Facebook wall if you’re in and in which categories.

We will handle of the tracking so you don’t need to worry about any of the details.  Once you announce yourself in, just sh0w and go and let us worry about the scoreboard.  A scale will be added to the gym on weigh in days.

And, what’s a contest without some sweet Grand Prizes?

1. 1st Place for each – FREE month or $1oo U-Call-It Gift Card
2. Runner up for each – 50% off a month or $50 U-Call-It Gift Card

We hope to see as many of you in the contest as possible since it will keep you focused and keep you from turning into soft mush over the course of the holidays.

While the rest of the country is averaging a 5 – 12# fat gain, this gym will be leaning out and getting stronger.  Mark it down.

Member Shout Outs

We had a very impressive week in the gym collectively, with a lot of you blowing past old PRs in the Dirty30 and had three different ladies set records in the gym!  What you don’t see, is that Kristen Petersen set the push press record only to be bested by Laura Stomber a day later!

Thanksgiving Schedule

We will be going to the following hours over Thanksgiving break.

• Monday & Tuesday - regularly scheduled classes
• Wednesday – 6:30 am DC, 7:15 am DC, 7:30 am OC, 12 pm DC
• Thanksgiving - 9 am Thanksgiving Day Workout then closed
• Friday – closed gym, group hike below
• Saturday – normal hours

Rather than open the gym up for a couple of workouts on Friday we thought it might be fun to do a group hike of the longer Torrey Pines loop instead.

We’ll meet in the Torrey Pines State Park parking lot at 11 am and then hike it.  Feel free to do as much or as little as you like but either way you’ll be starring straight at the ocean on Thanksgiving weekend and that friends, is alright.

Holiday Referral Contest

As a reminder we are now in the thick of our November and December Holiday Referral contest and we have the following standings.

1. Chris Cisek – 13 points
2. Matt Gordon – 7 points
3. Rick Dengler – 5 points
4. Rachelle Rulenz – 1 point
5. Laura Stomber – 1 point

You get one point for referring a friend that simply tries the gym and then an additional five points if that member joins, so you can add up points pretty quickly.

GRAND PRIZE – $100 U-Call-It P360 Christmas Present

The way the U-Call-It will work is plain and simple.  We’ll buy you something up to the value of $100.  Had your eye on a new pair of kicks?  Want a crisp Benjamin Franklin?  Deduct $100 off of your membership?  Bar tab?

Whatever you want we’ll throw $100 behind it.

Yoga

As a reminder we have officially moved all Yoga classes to Thursday morning at 6:30 am out on the water.  Yoga has seen sporadic attendance over the life of the class at P360.  We want very much to keep it alive since those of you who have tried it have loved it, but the only way it can remain on the schedule is if people show.

Some of our heaviest lifters in the gym are the most consistent attenders and that is no coincidence.  Ask Sean if you’re a guy and you’re curious to the benefits.  He’s pulling 435#, pressing 205# and never had an ounce of back pain.

And for the ladies who might miss certain aspects of yoga from previous places, this is a great way to get your fix.

Here is a great website to illustrate just how important mobility is for the health of our bodies.  I could drone on and on about the importance of mobility for ensuring you remain injury-free but the only way to see its wonders is to try it for yourself.

We are open to all suggestions on preferred time if morning is too hard for some people.

Weekly Training Split

Here’s what the Daily Challenges for the week look like (Friday’s is a partner workout with split reps).

Trivia

This week’s trivia winner was Ms. Heather Dentz!  Her guess of 11 mixed up babies (just feels terrible to say) was almost spot on to the actual answer of 12.  Dave Laut was a close second with a guess of 3,500.

Into the November Gift Card raffle goes Heather.

As always, continue to let us know what we can do to become a better gym and we’re excited to see what you guys can do over the upcoming Holidays.

-DT

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Good morning, P360′ers.  We have a jam packed newsletter this fine November Monday morning so let’s get right to the meat of it.

Ff you missed last week’s blog post about my 15 years of eating habits then feel free to check it out for some insight into my own trials on what and how to eat and train.  Good lighthearted read to break up your Monday.

Holiday Referral Contest

We are putting together two GIGANTE contests to close out 2011 (that felt weird to say) and we’re really excited about both of ‘em.

The first is going to be a points-based referral contest where you will accrue points for various referrals.

Here’s how it’s going to work.

• Have a friend try the gym = 1 point
• Have a friend join the gym = 5 points

Clean and easy.  We want to encourage as much trial as possible from now until the end of the year and we know a lot of you have mentioned that you have friends who have been meaning to try us.  Let’s give them a good ole’ kick in the ass an get them in here.

We have two Grand Prizes.

• 1st Place: $100 You-Call-It Christmas Present (we’ll either hand you a $100 bill, take $100 off your dues for the month, get you shoes, pay a bar tab, whatever.  The $100 value can be put to anything you want).
• 2nd Place: $50 off membership for the month

We’ll have a running tally of the standings on the board throughout the course of the next two months so let’s do this!

‘Staches for Soldiers

We are off to a great start with our ‘Staches for Soldiers initiative for the Wounded Warrior Project.  If you need a refresher on how this works then check out the original blog post.

Here are the tallies so far with the number representing days in mustache and the parenthesis representing female sponsor.

1. Chris Cisek – 7 (Danielle M.)
2. Jason Weber – 7 (Ashley Blanton)
3. Yash Norhashemi – 6 (Alex Vekich)
4. Pritz – 6 (Kristen Petersen)
5. DT – 6 (Laura Stomber)
6. John Blackburn – 6 (Tori Faught)
7. Dan Punaro – 6 (Megan May)
8. Chris Hill – 4 (Kelly Tait)
9. Tim Valaski – 2 (Chrissy P.)
10. Brandon Flora – 2 (Maria Kelly
11. Jon Mesic – need update (Brenna Bulach)
12. Nic Cadiente – need update (Cat Malone)
13. Lee Alcorn – need update (Jandy Marie)

We are off to a great and creepy start so let’s keep team morale high and raise some money for a great cause.

Temecula Bus

We are excited about the bus this weekend and have a full roster going.  You’ll be getting a separate email from us if you signed up with all of the complete details.  If you slacked off and never registered then let me know if you want to get on the waiting list as seats are now full.  If people drop out we’ll be offering on a first come, first serve basis.

Member Shout Outs

Another outstanding week with a new record and two ties of existing records.

Good Eats

We have about 25 people at this point on the Lean & Mean Meal Plan and the results so far have been awesome.  Those on it are leaning out and gaining strength at a very noticeable rate and we’ve heard 11 pounds as the highest fat loss on it to date.

Each week we provide four meals with all of the ingredients and cooking instructions so that the guess work of daily nutrition is completely removed.

If you want access to it then let us know and we’ll tell you the options. It’s just nine bucks per month to add to any plan or you can bump up to Super Unlimited .

Here’s a sampling from it that I ate all last week and thoroughly enjoyed.

Chorizo Scramble

• 12 eggs
• 6 oz. egg whites
• 12 oz. pork chorizo
• 4 diced jalapenos
• 2 diced bell peppers
• 6 oz. feta cheese

Brown the chorizo and jalapenos for five minutes and then add the remaining ingredients and scramble together.  Add the cheese at the very end and store in a large tupperware container.

Holiday Gym Contest

The second holiday contest we mentioned is going to start in approximately a week and it is going to be awesome.  We are going to have a series of categories in which you can compete with some seriously awesome grand prizes for the winners.

Here are the tentative categories.

1. Biggest Loser (most weight lost total)
2. Biggest Loser Percentage (highest percentage total of weight lost)
3. Strong Man & Woman (highest strength increase)

Prizes are TBD and we’ll have the full details next week but we want to see as many of you participating as possible.  Given that the average person gains anywhere from 1 – 11 pounds of fat during the holidays we don’t want to see a single one of you be a statistic.

Training Split

Stand-Up Paddle Surf n’ Turf will be on again this week but will be moved up to 9:30 to accommodate those of you going on the bus.

Trivia

Mr. Nic Cadiente wraps up another trivia victory with his exact guess of 136 degrees as the “hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth.”  His guess of Gobi Desert (Libya was the answer) was not correct but the temperature was spot on.

While Brad Sweet was close with his guess of 3,000 degrees, the prize goes to Nic.

Stay tuned for Thanksgiving Hours and events, the details on the holiday fitness challenges and more stuff next week.

-DT

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Good morning and Happy Halloween, P360′ers.  Hope that you guys all had an outstanding weekend and got some fun in. We saw a couple of you guys out and let’s just say that it was apparent that everyone was having a good time.  Love it.

November 12th – Temecula Trip

The Limo Bus has officially been reserved so the date for the Bus Wine Tour is Saturday, November 12th!  Here’s how it’s going to work.

It’s a 40-person bus so we are going to have room for hopefully everyone that wants to go.  Here’s how you get a spot on the bus.

• Referrals - If you have referred a new member since we started the contest in July you have a free spot on the bus.  You can also get a free spot if you have a friend that joins from now until the trip so long as seats continue to remain open.

• $20 Cash – Just twenty bucks gets you a seat.  We do require that you reserve them in advance so that we can keep track of booked seats.  So just let us know if you’re coming and the $20 will reserve you a seat.

We have had a lot of people ask about bringing friends and we’re going to open it up to non-members on November 7th so if you are coming then make sure you sign-up this week!

Here is the list of people who have earned a free seat via new member referrals.

• Chris Cisek
• Heather Dentz
• Cat Malone
• John Blackburn
• Nikki Hass
• Tori Faught
• Ashley Blanton
• Andrew Dallman
• Laura Stomber
• Rachelle Rulenz
• Ian Sells
• Maria McTighe

If you think we’ve missed you, just let us know as I am sure we overlooked a person or two.

Here’s how to officially sign-up.

1. RSVP on the Facebook event (all of the day’s details are included)
2. Drop $20 off at the gym next time you’re in.

Project360

We are REALLY excited to announce the launch of the the new Online P360 Membership platform called Project360 as a way for anyone in the country to be a member of the gym.

The site includes downloadable pre-designed plans, over 150 exercise tutorials, video walkthroughs of the gym workouts, articles, pictures, meal plans and everything we do in the gym brought to an online experience in a single one-stop shop!

If you guys have any friends who may have inquired about the gym then this would be a great site to send them.  We’d appreciate any help you guys can lend us in getting it out to the masses so any facebook posts, emails, etc are greatly appreciated in advance!

Here is the website: www.P360Anywhere.com and Facebook page.

We’ll throw in a kicker, too.  For every person that you get to join Project360 online we’ll deduct $29 off your next monthly dues.

Member Shout Outs

Some great accomplishments this week including a 16 pound fat loss, a 26th place triathlon finish and strength gains across the board.

Brain Food

Here are some really good articles I came across over the past week regarding training, nutrition and all things commitment-oriented.

7 Ways to Get Stronger Now – Eric Cressey

Everything Omega’s – Whole9Life.com

The Importance of Sleep Podcast - Robb Wolf

Training Split

Here is this week’s breakdown.

Facebook Contest & Trivia

We are pleased to announce that after hours of tallying up your guys’ contribution to our Facebook page that the winner of the contest is……

Jason Weber!

The king of check ins took the cake with his commitment to checking in daily for an entire month.  That’ll do it!

You will be getting an email from us if you reached a discount milestone and we thank everyone for participating.  We’ll be running another one soon so gear up!

The winner of last week’s trivia question was Nick Cadiente.  His guess of 4,000 was closest to the actual answer of 5,000 and change total mammals on the planet.

Let us know what questions you guys have and let’s fill that Limo Bus up!

-DT

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Happy Monday, fools.  Monday, while it being a depressing work day its a great day to get your entire week started off on the right foot nutrition and training wise.  Monday lays the foundation for how the rest of the days after it will go so it’s important that Monday be a productive day!

Football season is in full on depression mode for me right now since the Redskins are returning to their true form and my fantasy teams are getting stomped.  I have nothing to live for on Sundays right now and it’s no way for an American male to feel on the greatest day of the week.

Here’s what we have going on in the gym that you guys should be aware of.

Halloween Costume Contest

Halloween falls on a Monday this year but we’re going to pretend it’s a Friday for the sake of the gym.  So, this Friday let’s have some fun with it.  Wear your best costume to the gym on Friday and the winner (as deemed by His Honorables Pritz & Thomas) gets (15) $1 drink tickets to Sneak Joint.  Let’s see what everyone’s got!

GREAT pic from my friend's gym in North Carolina this week.

Member Shout Outs

Awesome week for you guys.  A deadlift and box jump record fell, and another box jump record was matched.

November Recess

To Temecula we go!  Thanks for everyone who provided feedback regarding winery vs. brewery as it was almost a dead heat.  In the end, we made the executive decision since the outdoor aspect of Temecula and the longer bus ride took the cake.

So, here is what we have for you guys over the course of the next 45 days in terms of gym events.

• Limo Bus to Temecula – Saturday, November 12th
• Thanksgiving Day Hike – Cowles Mountain, 8 am

For the Limo Bus on the 12th, we have had the referral contest for the past 60 days and we will continue it until the 12th. Referring a new member gets you a spot on the bus.  If you don’t earn a spot that way then you can still most certainly come.  Seats will be roughly $20.  Should be an awesome day so circle the calendar.

The Thanksgiving Day hike will be a lot of fun and a way for us to eat and drink guilt-free all day.   Cowles is a short hike with great views so we can be in and out of there in two hours.

Training Split

Here is what we have going on this week in the gym.

Specialty Classes

As a reminder, we now have a full lineup of Specialty Classes that run every single week.  Here is what we have going on this week and for the foreseeable future.  Remember, spots are very limited so sign up early!

• Core Blast – Tuesday, 5:30 pm
• Black Ops – Wednesday, 7:45 pm
• Yoga for Athletes – Thursday, 6:30 am
• Power Hour – Thursday, 7 pm

Ladies, don’t be afraid of Power Hour.  We know there are at least a couple of you who want to get stronger and this is a great class to focus up on it.  This goes for fellas that might be a little intimidated, as well.  This class is completely broken down by strength level and really personalized.  The camaraderie is high and I’ve really liked the vibe the first three classes.

What’s the Deal With: Dairy

Check out the board when you come in this week for a very short summary on how all dairies are not created equal.  All in all, dairy is something that is going to vary person to person in terms of lactose tolerance and effect on body composition.  There are many reasons we place it in Yellow Light territory and this 3-part series from Brian St. Pierre does a phenomenal job of explaining it.

Facebook Contest

Thanks for your patience while we meticulously count all the points.  We will have the final results for you guys this week and will be applying discounts accordingly.

This week’s trivia winner is Pat Conner!  His guess of 2,100 miles was closest to the answer of 2,437 for “what is the distance from San Diego to New York City traveling in a straight line”.  Into the lottery goes Pat.

As always, continue to let us know what we can do to make this a better gym for you guys.

-DT

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Hola, mis amigos.  Coming off an insanely fun weekend, we’re looking forward to seeing everyone’s efforts in the gym today.

As we mentioned in the last newsletter, just because it’s fall does not mean we are slowing down. In fact, as you’ll see in the contents of this Insider we have a lot going on from new specialty classes, November fun and a host of new rollouts.

Mud Run

For those of you who were not able to make the Mud Run, we had 24 individuals decked out in full American Gladiator attire and we represented the crap out of this gym in Del Mar.

As most of you know, we don’t really run a whole lot at Performance360.  We use it as a compliment and much as I joke about it, I do believe there is an important place for running as part of a training plan (which is why we include it).

That said, I was blown away at how we did as a gym considering we never venture past 600m. We took 4th overall and were the first gym across in our heat time, but most importantly we had a blast as a group further proving that we have the most well-rounded and fun gym members in San Diego.

Here were the Top 10 times for our team.

1. Bryan Pritz, 25:50 (18th overall)
2. Dave Thomas, 27:02 (37th overall)
3. Chris Sieberkrob, 27:50
4. John Blackburn, 27:50
5. Andy Bayon, 27:59
6. Nate Kuchta, 31:56
7. Lee Alcorn, 32:23
8. Dan Punaro, 32:34
9. Tim Kuzmuk, 33:13
10. Ashley Phelps,. 34:36

And to think, if we actually cared about how finished we probably would have taken gold since we have some awesome runners at the gym!

Overall, it was a blast and we can’t wait to put together a team for the next race.

Member Shout Outs

Specialty Classes

We are now two full weeks into specialty classes and the feedback has been great for those of you who have tried Black Ops and Power Hour. With yoga running two days a week and Core Blast starting tomorrow we now feel like we have a complete lineup of classes to keep your results going and your variety full.

Here is the schedule of all specialty classes.

• Yoga for Athletes – 6:30 pm Tuesday, 6:30 am Thursday
• Core Blast - 5:30 pm Tuesday (starts tomorrow!)
• Black Ops – 7:45 pm Wednesday
• Power Hour – 7 pm Wednesday (we are moving this an hour late to get more time)

They are all live on the schedule so go ahead and register.

Project360

We are incredibly excited about a new branch of our gym called Project360.  It’s an online membership for friends and family of everyone at the gym who want to follow our training anywhere in the country.

Our website is still being built but here is a sneak preview.

‘Lean and Mean’ Meal Plan

As a reminder, we have our Lean & Mean Weekly Meal Plans live on the website and they are going really for people.  We’ve spoken to a couple of members on it and they are leaning out quite substantially in just the few weeks we have had it live.

You can add it to any plan for just $9 for the rest of October, or if you want to jump up to Super Unlimited to have access to all meal plans and classes you can do so by emailing us.

This week’s meals are:

• Breakfast “Pizza”
• Godfather Turkey Meatballs
• Italian Chicken & Veggies
• Post Workout: Blackened Chicken & Sweet Potatoes

Brain Food

Here are some awesome and relevant articles to check out today as you gradually ease into your work Monday.

Why Pointing the Finger at Carbs is Missing the Point, by Brian St. Pierre
Post Workout Nutrition, by Casandra Forsythe
5 Health Myths, by Adam Bornstein

November Recess: Wine/Brewery Bus

Go ahead and book your calendars for Saturday, November 12th for the next P360 Recess event.  We’ll be taking a 40-person bus either to Temecula for wine tours or to the different San Diego breweries.  We’ll be sending out the details of how you get a spot on the bus now that the two month referral incentive is over.

Trivia

This week’s trivia winner is Renee Earhart! With her guess of 700 pounds, she was closest to the answer of 500 pounds for “amount of prey a T-Rex can eat in one bite”.  Since Renee is in her trial period, she’ll be entered to the lottery upon joining and if not, then the next closest was Robbie Davis at 177 pounds.

Please let us know what we can continue to do to make this a better gym.

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.  How was everyone’s weekend?  Hopefully it was filled with a little fun, a little outdoor activity and a little football.  Pritz and I were in Denver for a wedding and let’s just say that we enjoyed a little one too many red light activities (nothing like dancing to friggin’ Poker Face with a 10:4 guy:girl ratio…really?)

Needless to say, it was a great time and a nice getaway.  First time we’ve left the gym since it opened six months ago and it was good to recharge the mental batteries.  Ready to get back to an excellent week starting today.

Training Split

I am going to start putting the workouts for the whole week on the white board starting this week so you can see exactly what we are doing each day.  Can’t promise this is going to stick but I am going to experiment with it in light of a couple of new classes added to the schedule.  I want to give people the opportunity to plan in advance if that’s what they prefer.

Here’s what we have this week and you can find the detailed version in the gym.

Member Shout Outs

An awesome week last week that included a new gym record for box jumps, a 4:15 Chicago Marathon time and a 175# deadlift for a P360 chica.

Lean & Mean Meal Plan

As a reminder, the Lean & Mean Meal Plan has been live on the site for three weeks and we are adding more and more members to it each week.  It includes the breakdown of what meals you should eat, how to make them, what ingredients you need and where to get them.  If you are interested in completely eliminating the guess work from your nutrition goals then I highly, highly recommend it.

This week’s meals are:

• Turkey Bacon Wrapped Egg Bites
• Thai Basil Chicken Soup
• Grass-Fed BBQ Pot Roast
• Buffalo Bleu Chicken & Green Beans

It’s just $9 right now and will be going up to $20 in November so jump on it!  Just shoot us an email and we can add you to it immediately.

Mud Run & Happy Hour

Okaaaaaay, folks!  This weekend should be an awesome time as we have the Mud Run and post-race Happy Hour at Sneak Joint.  Looks like we will have 23 brave souls going through the muddy elements this Saturday and hopefully many more meeting up at Happy Hour after.

This also means that we will not be having Outdoor Challenges this Saturday but we’ll be providing you with an easy home-based workout for those of you who include Saturday as part of your routine.

If you are not Mud Runnin’, then plan on meeting us at Sneak Joint around 4 for happy hour.

For those of you who are running then check out the full schedule of the day here.

Black Ops & Power Hour

First week of new classes went really well and we are looking forward to some new faces for them this week.  As a reminder, we have Black Ops Wednesday night at 7:45 pm and Power Hour Thursday evening at 6:15.

Black Ops: lights low, energy high

Black ops mean black ops, baby!

The schedule we are currently running is what we will most likely have for the foreseeable future.  We’ll continue to monitor the outdoor challenge time as the days get a little shorter, but if you are an outdoor regular then expect to have at least a little bit of your workout at dusk!

Trivia Winner

This week’s trivia winner was Andrea O’Donnell!  With her guess of 15,000 for “spiders in one acre of green area’ she was closest to the actual answer of 50,000…I am never going into green area ever again, this much I know.

Membership Reminder

A reminder about our new membership plans for you guys.

• Super Unlimited, $159 – includes unlimited access to every class we run including Yoga for Athletes & Surf n’ Turf SUP, as well as access to Lean & Mean Meal Plan
• Unlimited – $139 – unlimited Daily Challenge & Outdoor Challenge classes
• U-Call-It, $99 – Pick three per week of any class combination you want. (some restrictions apply).
• Morning & Afternoon Discount – 10% off all packages
• Military, Fire & PD - 15% of all packages
• Service Industry – 10% of all packages

Good Eats: BBQ Grass-Fed Pot Roast

• 2 lb. grass fed beef pot roast
• 1 pack baby carrots
• 2 sliced red onions
• 1 pack sliced mushrooms
• 2 diced bell peppers
• 1 bottle low-sugar (>10g) BBQ sauce

Add all ingredients into a crockpot or slow roaster and cook on low heat for 8 hours.  This works best if you can set it overnight or before you head into work.

Let us know what questions, comments and feedback you guys to continue to make us a better gym.

-Dave

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Good morning, gang.  I hope that you all had an excellent weekend, whether it was watching football, going to the beach, Pacific BeachFest or whatever you did.  The weather was unreal so hopefully you enjoyed it in some form.  Also, great seeing so many faces stop by the booth at PB Fest on Saturday.  It was a fun time all around and it’s always fun to see hammered San Diegans try and pick up a kettlebell after five hours of festival intake.

Power Hour & Black Ops

As we mentioned last week, both Power Hour and Black Ops are starting this week and we’re very excited to bring these to you guys.  Here are the current times for both classes.

Black Ops – Wednesday, 7:45 pm
Power Hour – Thursday, 6:15 pm

We are going to play around with the time to see what works best and as always, if they become popular then we will add times to the week.  Once we get these off the ground then the core-based class will be right behind it.

For Black Ops, we have decided to open it up for everyone despite the very advanced nature of the class.  Essentially this class is similar to the circuits that we do for Daily Challenges, just revved up a notch.  A bit longer, a bit tougher, a bit more complex movements.  I am willing to put anyone through a grueling workout so long as the following requirements are met:

• You are healthy (this will not be modified for members with nicks and pains)
• You are willing to work hard

If you feel you meet the criteria then register and let’s get after it.

For Power Hour, it will be Olympic based and we will be targeting individual strength goals for everyone in the class.  For example, say you have a goal to deadlift 400# (which is my goal).  We’ll be examining your weaknesses when pulling, targeting fail points (off the ground, lock out, etc) and then prescribing deadlift variations that will help with your personal goal.

That is just one example but every class with be entirely strength based, and centered around Olympic movements.  In these classes we’ll also be learning to snatch.

If you missed any of the other newsletters explaining what’s going to be happening in those classes you can go back and read them or just shoot us an email.

Mud Run & Happy Hour

As a reminder, we have the Del Mar Mud Run and Happy Hour Saturday, October 15th!  We have about 25 members on our American Gladiator-themed team and will be rolling up their with victory in mind. For those of you running, you’ll be getting an email about the timeline of the day and those of you not running, if you have not received the facebook event thing, you are all invited and encouraged to come to happy hour in PB afterwards around 4 pm.

Here’s what we have on tap for the remainder of the year, with dates and events subject to change.

• October 15 – Mud Run & Happy Hour
• November 12 – Party Bus to Temecula Wine Tasting
• November 26 – Thanksgiving Hike: Iron Mountain (TBD)
• December – TBD

Taking any and all suggestions for December’s event.

‘Lean & Mean’ Meal Plan

We have about 20 folks who have taken advantage of the Lean & Mean Meal Plan for just $9.  This week’s recipes are live:

5-Layer Breakfast Lasagna
Enchilada Simmered Shredded Chicken
Pesto Steak Strips w/ Mushrooms
Oven Roasted Cajun Chicken & Carrots

As a reminder, that price will be going up at the end of this month so now is your time to hop on board for basically no cost.  The reviews have been very solid so far so shoot us an email if you want to add it to your plan.

Upgrades
Additionally, you can still upgrade to super unlimited and get unlimited access to all indoor classes, outdoor challenges, yoga for athletes, power hour, black ops, Surf n’ Turf SUP, Lean & Mean meal plan and everything else we do.

Brain Food

I read a lot.  Probably two hours a day on average of different training sites, authors, nutrition blogs, therapy, whatever.  It dawned on me that in addition to relaying the stuff we sort through in person and in the gym, we should just go ahead and post the best of the best for you guys to read on your own.

Here are some things I think you should all be reading this week.

“Is Dairy Healthy?” – 3 part series by Brian St. Pierre

“Training Speed to Get Strong” – by Eric Cressey

“How to Overcome the Lazy Cheat” – by Rachel Cosgrove

Training Split

Here is the breakdown for this week’s Daily Challenges.

September Gift Card Winner

September’s winner for $30 to Trader Joe’s is Rachelle Rulenz!  We’ll have it in stock for you by the end of this week at the latest so pick it up in class and spend wisely.

Brad Sweet (10:22) and Andrea O’Donnell (shade under 13) were the big winners of the day!  Both of them go into October’s Gift Card Drawing as the first names in.  New trivia question will be up today so come get it!

October Contest Winner

We will be tallying up points as soon as we can and announcing the winner, as well who earned a discount for the month.  We really appreciate those of you who participated and hope to keep the interaction going despite the contest ending.  It really helped getting us out there and is a really valuable tool to have our members so engaged, so thank you!

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

-DT

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Gooooood morning, P360′ers.   Hope you all had a fun or relaxing weekend, whichever route you decided to take.  I know I say this every week, but we have a lot of exciting things in the work that I want to make sure you’re all aware of, so let’s jump right into it.

Lean & Mean Meal Plan

We received some great feedback from you guys on how to make the meal plans better on the website and the changes have been implemented.  We are going to do our best to now have this page ready to go for you by Sunday for the upcoming week so that you can do all of your shopping and cooking on Sunday night.

If you wish to add the meal plan to your training package just let us know and we can take care of it.  It’s just $9 to add to any membership.  The site is password protected so you’ll need access to view it.

Lean & Mean Weekly Meal Plan can be viewed here.

For those of you who have added it to your plan, you’ll be emailed the password.

Recess Schedule

We are going to try and tentatively plan out our social events a few months in advance, and now that we have a few months under our belt we are going to be including a wider variety of events that you guys can attend.

Here’s what we are thinking for the remainder of 2011, dates TBD.

• October 15th – Mud Run & Happy Hour (more on this below)
• November – Party Bus Wine Tour & Group Hike (two separate events)
• December – Paintball

By all means, any ideas will be considered.

Mud Run: 10/15

The Mud Run is coming up and if you have registered for the P360 team then you’ve been updated on the Mud Run Chain.  However, I want to make sure that everyone knows that regardless of whether or not you’re running it with us we’re all invited to happy hour in PB afterwards.  We’ll be meeting somewhere (TBD) around 4 pm once the team is back and showered up, so plan on having some drinks with everyone Saturday the 15th should you feel so inclined.

Here’s the schedule for that day.

• 8 – 9 am: Mud Runners meet at gym, get dressed and enjoy breakfast on P360
• 11 – 1 pm: Mud Run & Festivities
• 2 pm: Arrive back in PB, go home, shower up, etc.
• 4 pm: Everyone meet at TBD bar in PB/Mission

And not that we need to remind you, but remember, we have judgment-free ownership at Performance360 because well…don’t throw stones if you live in a glass house.

Also, it is not too late to sign-up for the Mud Run team!!

All of the day’s information and details can be found here.

Member Shout Outs

Once again we had an awesome week of accomplishments and that board is starting to fill up on the regular!

New Classes

We have had a lot of questions about the new classes, how they are going to be run, times of day, etc and while we by no means have this plan written in stone, here is what you can most likely expect starting the beginning of October for the new stuff.

• Power Hour - this is going to be a strength-focused class where we are going to concentrate on Olympic-style lifts like cleans, deadlifts, squats and presses.  If you have a strength goal of any kind, I would recommend this.  We’ll be getting much more technical with the finer points on mechanics and specific goals.  Tentative frequency and time: 2x/week, 6:15 or 7 pm

• Black Ops – this will be a very advanced class that runs a little longer and has challenging circuits.  It will be dark outside, dim inside the gym and will be a cool vibe.  Expect to be tired after you leave this class.  Tentative frequency and time: 1x/week, 7 pm

• Core Blast – the focus of this will be entirely on core development.  Before you go thinking that the class is going to be all sit-ups and planks, we remind you that core work is more than just abdominals.  So while it’s going to be core-focused, expect to still use weights, kettlebells and everything else.

Like we said with the classes, these are in addition to the current schedule we already offer so the programming of boot camps and Daily Challenge classes will not change.  This is to provide those of you who want specific focus with a little bit more dynamic offering.

Class Registration

You shall be tarred, feathered and made to do mile long kettlebell carries for registering and not showing up for class.

Thank you,
Management

Training Split

Here is this week’s schedule for Daily Challenge classes.

And last but not least, this week’s Trivia Question of “how many bushels of corn were produced in Iowa in 2007″ is…...Laura Stomber! She guessed 19 billion and was closest to the answer of 2.5 billion bushels.  DAS a lotta corn.

Let us know what questions, comments and ideas you guys have.

-DT

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Today is the first day where it really feels like Fall is upon us and frankly, I couldn’t be happier about it.  While the darker mornings and evenings are always a tough adjustment, it means a bit cooler weather (and cooler gym), tons of parking and no one to bother us at P360 all Fall and Winter.  No kids camp, junior lifeguards or softball nonsense.  Just training.  And lots of it.

The Fall and Winter are the best months to get results for yourself because you don’t have any distractions which Summer and Spring tempt us.  Historically, those are the months when I have seen clients and members make the biggest leap forward and I am excited to see what happens for the rest of this month and October.

**NEW** Membership Options

We are really excited for this announcement as we think the new options are going to bring a solution to something a lot of our members have asked us about.  Here’s what the new tier of memberships is going to look like.

Super Unlimited, $159* - This will be an upgrade on the unlimited membership and it will get you access to absolutely all of the classes we do on an unlimited basis . This means you would get yoga, stand up paddle and anything else we might introduce.  It also includes the meal plan page (http://www.perform-360.com/mealplan).

• Unlimited Daily Challenge Classes
• Unlimited Boot Camps
• Unlimited Yoga for Athletes
• Unlimited Stand-Up Paddle
• Unlimited Meal Plan Access

Unlimited, $139 – The main membership will stay the same.  This gives you access to the following.

• Unlimited Daily Challenge Classes
• Unlimited Boot Camps

If you are currently on free trial or have considered joining P360 then I would step on it.  This price will be going up for all new members October 1.

U-Call-It, $99 – Since we are starting to offer more training options (yoga, SUP) we wanted to try and figure out a way to include it in one cost for folks that want to routinely attend them.  This option allows you to pick any three classes that you want.

• Daily Challenge
• Boot Camp
• Yoga for Athletes
• SUP

You pick up to three and you get one of each per week. The only rules are that you are not allowed to pick three Daily Challenges and once you decide which combo of classes you want, your membership is set.

This is perfect for folks who want to do two Daily Challenges and a Boot Camp, or perhaps one Yoga and two Boot Camps all on a budget.

So, there you have it.  Those are our new options.  Considering the competition charges approximately $150-$199 for unlimited of one type of class and offers none of the other training options, we feel confident in presenting you guys with the best value in greater San Diego.

You are free to upgrade or alter your membership to any of these three any time over the next two weeks.

*If you are on pre-launch membership, we have upgrade options for you as well.  Just shoot us an email and we’ll send you that info.

Surf n’ Turf SUP

In light of the daylight becoming an issue and no longer wanting to move Friday night classes, we are making the executive decision to switch Surf n’ Turf SUP Boot Camps to Saturday late-morning.

You’ll notice it on the schedule for 11 am this week.

‘Lean & Mean’ Meal Plan

As a reminder, we have the P360 ‘Lean & Mean’ Meal Plan live on the website and FREE for another week!  If you have not yet checked it out then head on over and see for yourself.

The goal was to provide you guys an easy to follow, affordable meal plan that actually tastes good and removes the daily guesswork from your decision making.

This week’s meal plan will be live by this afternoon.  After this week, it costs just $9 to add it to your plan or you can upgrade to the Super Unlimited and have everything.

I know of a couple folks who have been following it and the feedback has been great so far.

John Blackburn's version of the P360 BBQ Bleu Chicken.

Megan May

We are very pleased to announce the start date of our newest trainer, Megan May!  She will be starting Friday, September 30th and will be helping us part-time every Friday and Saturday.  We needed someone to balance out the constant testosterone leading all of our classes and Megan is a perfect fit.  She is incredibly knowledgeable and is the definition of practice what you preach.

Expect to be motivated and pushed during her classes!  She is a former college athlete and has experience working with advanced professional athletes all the way down to first timers brand new to exercise.

We think you guys are going to like her and are excited all around at the knowledge and experience she brings to Performance360.

Member Shout Outs!

We have a record 15 members on the shout out board this week!

Good Eats!: Mediterranean Kabobs

This week’s recipe is a simple one.

• 6 oz. lamb or steak cubes
• 6 oz. baby tomatoes
• 1 cubed green pepper
• 1 cubed onion

Dice ‘em up, skewer ‘em and then toss them on the grill or sautee pan.  Brush with olive oil, salt and pepper while they are cooking and enjoy.  Simple, easy and on track for your goals.

What’s the Deal With: Insulin

Insulin, in my humble opinion, is the single most important hormone in our body and has the single biggest effect on body composition.  If you learn to properly control it then you will be in complete control of your body and your long-term health.

Training Split

This week’s training split for Daily Challenges.

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

-DT

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Hey, everyone!  Hope you guys all had a great weekend and enjoyed the ridiculous weather we had yesterday.  Personally, I was voluntarily pinned down watching football all day long yesterday so aside from seeing the sun through a window I couldn’t tell you how nice it was.

On to the goods…

**NEW** Tracking System

When you come into class today you will notice the new tracking system in place.  You will each have an individualized folder hanging above the couches in which you will now be able to track your progress.  We’ll be asking you to use and update the spreadsheets every time we do the major exercises listed.  It’s not meant to log every single workout, but more so a guide on what weight to use on exercises like squats, deadlifts, etc.

It will also encourage you to continually increase your reps and weight so that you never plateau and always make improvements.  We’ll be going through how to track them at class tonight and we’re very excited to roll this out for you guys.

We’ll also be logging this information into a software program that will churn out progress charts for those of you that want it on a monthly bases.

**NEW** P360 Meal Plan

The P360 Weekly Meal Plan is live and I am pumped for it.  You guys asked for more nutritional info and options so we’re stepping up and providing it.  This is going to be by far the most cost-effective and comprehensive nutritional info you’ll get without paying the hundreds for a nutritionist-prescribed plan.

Here is the link: http://www.perform-360/mealplan

As we mentioned, it is going to be private access that we’re granting everyone access to for the first two weeks.

• password: perform360

There is a printer friendly version which you can print off and take to the store to easily buy all of the ingredients.  If you don’t wish to spend the $9 on this once the free access is over, we still have plenty of information on our chalkboards and websites for you guys to construct your own plans.  The resources are plenty.

Facebook/Referral Contest

We have two simultaneous contests right now as we strive towards our gym goal of 100 members by the end of this month (current count: 84).  If we hit that number by 9/30 then Pritz and I will be treating everyone to a huge party on our dime so keep those referrals coming!

Here are the referral leaders since the contest started.

1. John Blackburn, 3
2. Heather Dentz, 2
3. Chris Hill, 2
4. And a handful of others with one.

The leaders for the Facebook contest are still Hillary Green, John Blackburn, Ashley Blanton, Jason Weber and a handful of others in the mix, as well.  Keep ‘em coming!

Member Shout Outs!

Another amazing week of member improvements and accomplishments and it’s been great to see many of you guys voluntarily increasing your weight without any instruction.

HUGE shout out to all of our racers across all sports.  All three of these people absolutely crushed it finishing at the absolute very top of all their respective races?!…coincidence?

Good Eats: Rancho Scramble (PW)

This is a great post-workout breakfast or anytime pw meal if you happen to be a breakfast food lover.

• 2-4 eggs
• 3 turkey sausage links or turkey bacon strips
• 3 TBSP diced green chiles
• 1/4c Mexican cheese
• 1/2c hash browns

Toss everything in a pan together and cook as a scramble.  Top with optional hot sauce or salsa if you want an extra kick.

New Yoga/SUP Schedule

Yoga for Athletes
As we continue to monitor member feedback and balance the upcoming shorter days we will be going to the following new yoga schedule.

• Tuesday – 6:30 pm
• Thursday – 6:30 am

We flip flopped the days.  Once the days get darker we’ll be bumping up the Tuesday evening time a bit earlier.  As a reminder, the classes are a bit shorter and really geared to efficiently loosen up our hips, joints and larger muscles.  You’ll relieve back stiffness and all around increase your mobility in a quick 30-40 minute yoga workout.

Surf n’ Turf SUP
Surf n’ Turf SUP classes are now being moved to Saturday mornings!  Very excited for this move as it will allow for more daylight, warmer weather and not conflict with your Friday nights.  It also will allow us to not have to cancel any Friday night classes anymore, something that we never liked doing.

There is no Surf n’ Turf this week but when it comes back next week you’ll see it updated to Saturdays on the scheduling website.

Weekly Training Split

Trivia Question

Amy Turner was this week’s winner of the deer hunting trivia question.  Into the monthly gift card lottery she goes!  Her guess of four deer was right on the money.

Ashley Blanton was August’s big winner for the lottery and she takes home $30 to Sneak Joint.

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

-DT

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