Functional

WHAT'S YOUR WHY? - Carrey

Carrey Bull has been a mainstay at TCS since day one. Her positivity and ridiculous work ethic influence everyone that has the privilege of training with her. To put it simply, Carrey makes TCS a far better place. 

What I really love about Carrey's story is that she truly finds value in the work that we do in the gym because it serves her outside of the gym. The last thing I want is for our athletes to be great worker-outters and then flop when it comes to real life shit. We do this stuff so that you can do the things you do better!

Here's Carrey's WHY:



DROP THE HAMMER

At TCS, one thing we consistently preach is that the work we do here makes you better at the stuff your life demands of you. We work very hard to provide training that will serve you outside of the gym. But, as we all know, life outside of the gym (real life) is random and inconsistent, which does not lend itself well to testing and retesting specific fitness attributes.

Our goal with Drop The Hammer is to provide consistent testing opportunities in a way that best resembles the random nature of real-life. To us, being able to execute at the drop of a hat (or,in this case - a hammer) is invaluable. Will your effort in the gym pay off when you need it outside of the gym? Now we have a way to find a clear answer to that question. DTH is our way of preparing our athletes for obstacles and challenges they'll encounter while also providing specific data points that clearly indicate improvement, plateau or decline. And, as always, the DTH workouts will be kept fresh and FUN! Not all tests have to suck.

"Being fit isn't about being better than someone else. It's about being better than you used to be." - Gym Jones


DETAILS:

  • Implementation Date: August 1st 
  • 1st DTH Workout: Unknown
  • DTH Workout Retest Date: Approx. 3 months
  • Some form of logging/tracking is encouraged.

STANDARDS - SET, HOLD, RAISE

I'm not going to lie....

I have very high expectations for the men and women in my program. I know that each and every coach here at TCS also expects a lot out of their athletes. We don't make unrealistic requests of you. We ask for just a little bit more than what you think you can muster....just so you can prove yourself wrong (in the best way possible). And in doing so, we expect you hold your standards - whatever your capabilities and fitness level may be. 

Standards are there for a very specific purpose: they indicate when you have developed a certain skill past a previously set standard and now need to raise that standard to a new level.....ultimately leading to mastery of that skill.

Wavering in your determination to maintain what is your standard at the time, means you have decided and allowed yourself to slide. You have given yourself a pass to perform at a lower level than you know your capable of. And that just will not do. Not here.

We ask a lot of you. We get that. But, again, we only ask these things of you so that you can push past limitations and find new standards. Scaling and subbing movements may not be fun, sexy or cool, but it is appropriate at times in order for you to build the capability to reach that next level. You can't get there unless you've met your current standards and are unwavering in your commitment to them.

Standards, holding your standards and raising your standards are all things that are not often seen in this time. Complacency is far more common, unfortunately. Apply this idea of standards consciously, and you will find tremendous value in it......In the gym and out.