Summer School 2023
With the end of school, summer has officially started which means, for most of us, a major change in regular schedules. While a small break from the daily routine is a welcome change (at least in our household) it means that normal healthy routines are a bit harder to stick to. This is why we came up with the idea of summer school. To use a break in routine to try to establish some new habits!
This year, for summer school, we’re going to Kelly Starrett’s Built to Move protocol as a template for learning to incorporate regular wellness practices that even the busiest person can manage.
Kelly Starrett is a physical therapist who developed the mobility wod when he noticed that his crossfit athletes were woefully incompetent at self care and addressing muscular issues. From there he created one of the biggest mobility libraries available today. We use a lot of his techniques in our training protocols at the gym, some of which you have done yourself. If you do not want to participate but want to know about the Built to Move challenge, I highly recommend purchasing his book.
This protocol will start with 10 assessments to measure your overall current state:
Sit and rise test
Breath hold test
Couch test
Steps per day inventory
Airport scanner and Shoulder rotation test
The 800 gram assessment
Body weight Squat assessment
SOLEC and Old Man Balance Test
Sitting Inventory
ZZZs inventory
Don’t fret, these tests seem like a lot but we’ll knock them out over the course of a week without too much trouble.
Once we’ve established baselines for these tests, we’ll begin the course on how to incorporate small things into your day in order to improve these tests. From there we’ll enact a plan and retest as we go to see how our scores improve over the course of the six weeks.
If you are interested in participating , sign up below. Summer School kicks off June 12th.
