Meredith and Michael—Hyde Park Athlete—Spring 2020
Mitch is a Coach- Mitch is a Cat In a wide ranging conversation with Meredith and Michael, I wasn’t even able to gracefully weave all the interesting subjects we covered into the transcript! Some...
View ArticleKatie & Johnny—Manor Road Athlete—Spring 2020
“A Farmer and A Banjo-Picker Walk Into a Body Shop” I sat down with Katie and Johnny for a relaxed and breezy socially distanced conversation on the turf at Manor Road after classes had all ended for...
View Article7.20 Fusion
Monday 7/20 Active stretchingWU: 8min5x PVC/BB Leg Shaves5x PVC/BB Front Squat Squats10x total Lunges5x Push Up to DD (w/2 breath pause in DD)20m Tall, Relaxed Side Shuffle L/R 3-4min (warm up...
View Article8.10 & 8.17
Monday 8.10 WU: 9min5 breath Calf (L/R)5 breath Quad (L/R)20x total Mtn Climbers8x Scorpions8x Air Squats100m jog Strength: BB Split Squats [15 min CAP] from rack or floor5rds6x Light to Moderate BB...
View Article3rep HAP – Week 1 – Power Clean + Back Squat – Week 2 – Deadlift + Push Press
Monday 10.19 POWER CLEAN 3x HAP WU: 9min5x Tall Pigeon Sweeps L/R5 breath DB trap Stretch L/R (light)4x PVC Leg Shave, 4x Triple Ext.8x DB S.A. Hang M.Clean (light)8x Shoulder Touch Push Ups (Foam...
View ArticleErika Bsumek—Hyde Park Athlete—Fall 2020
Radical Hope No one knows how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop and no one knows why it took so long for Erika Bsumek to receive a Shop Athlete Spotlight. This is to the great...
View ArticleRobert Carroll—Manor Road Athlete—Summer 2020
I Haven’t Done Leather, but I’m Into It As a coach at Dane’s Body Shop, I often receive the honor of coaching an exceptional human during a workout. Sometimes I get the honor of not only coaching an...
View ArticleCharli New—Manor Road Athlete—Summer 2020
Just Show Up It was a beautiful early October Saturday afternoon when I sat down with Charli new on the turf outside of our Hyde Park Shop. There was a pleasant breeze in the air and a six pack of...
View ArticleShop Athlete Spotlight Manor Road: Derek McConnery
Scrambling to Read the Scouting Report Interviews these days are socially distanced, but that did not prevent me from feeling imminently closer to Derek after this interview. The ability to engage...
View ArticleShop Athlete Spotlight Manor Road: Cole Hubbard
He Did His Homework! Every Athlete Spotlight interview that I have the pleasure of conducting shares one common trait- I am always surprised by something that is said or transpires. Mr. Cole Hubbard...
View ArticleShop Athlete Spotlight Hyde Park: Juan Sequeda and Fabiola Londoño
Acting Stupid With Mark Since the beginning of the pandemic, all of our athlete spotlight interviews have been conducted outside and socially distanced. In most cases, this has meant joyful use of...
View ArticleShoeless Jack Brown: Winter Shop Athlete Spotlight
What Jack Brown lacks in shoes and a shirt, he makes up for in homespun charisma and a comfy pickup truck bed. We sat down in that generously-sized pickup truck bed parked just outside of the Hyde...
View ArticleTy Lapinski: A Smaller Teddy Bear than Keith
Friday Hybrid at Hyde Park always carries with it an air of festivity, but this was a particularly special end to the week. Ty and I hung around after class to enjoy a couple cool beers and some hot...
View ArticleLauren Lichterman: Passed Out in a Kiddy Pool on Cinco de Mayo
Lauren and I met in Mueller Lake Park on a breezy afternoon for a conversation that was top notch with respect to content and honestly, the audio was amazing as well! Given that Lauren is a podcast...
View ArticleSteven Hernandez & Marie Prendergast: Them Dallas Cowboys and Those Decadent...
As if I weren’t already looking forward to my Athlete Spotlight interview with Steven Hernandez and Marie Prendergast enough, my enchanting wife and I received an invitation to join them for homemade...
View ArticleNatalie Cincotta: No Beef With South Africans
I felt like some sort of fancy pants drug dealer character as I hosted Spotlight Athlete, Natalie Cincotta at my luxurious pool earlier this month. By “luxurious pool” of course I mean the communal...
View ArticleFall Shop Athlete Spotlight—Mel Pearce: Culturally Cajun
Melanie Pearce is an incandescent regular attendee of the early morning classes at Manor Road and the F’n Go Run Group. We grabbed a table on the patio of Honeymoon Spirit Lounge on a perfect...
View ArticleM.J. Hawes: Getting Ready to Launch
M.J. and I connected for a couple St. Patrick’s Day libations at a surprisingly quiet Drinkwell near our Hyde Park location. The final athlete to be interviewed for the winter season Shop Athlete...
View ArticleGrant Dziuda: Victory at Waterloo
Grant and I settled on a scenic hill overlooking the Moody Amphitheater in Waterloo Park downtown and enjoyed a couple hazy IPA’s and a warm conversation on a beautiful Sunday in February. It wasn’t...
View ArticleAnna Grimes: Sexy Fairy Stories
I met Anna Grimes (née Reynal) at Hank’s in Windsor Park for a happy hour libation and a truly sparkling Shop Athlete Spotlight interview. The frozen Paloma was refreshing, but the real tonic was...
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