DOJO Stuff
Body heat
Classes started strong this year, so we added a second Mat Pilates class to Saturday at 10am.
Class attendance leapt forward over the winter. In a blink we went from two classes on Saturday, to adding, and filling a third. The energy that came with it caused the furnace to switch off and blotted out the windows with steam.
Body heat froze to the windows from floor to ceiling and diffused the New Year’s morning light into a pearlescent glow.
At the same time, on the first of the year, we started stamping names and X’s into brass tags and nailing them to the wall, our take on a rewards program. Buying something is easy, showing up over and over again is hard. You’re body keeps score but now so do we, and we want to give you something tangible to show for it.
Thanks for your energy, effort, and dedication.
Here are a few photos from the start of the year.
Walls of fire in winter
Keep your fire bright and your body strong all the winter long with WALLS in 2024.
Keep your fire bright and your body strong all the winter long, with just five minutes and a floor, a few times a day.
Long, dark, and cold, winters can take a toll on your mental and physical health.
Walk Through Walls for Winter is a 3 month program beginning January 1st, that we made so you can walk out of winter and step into spring stronger in mind and body than you were at the start.
The program uses a simple, systematic progression of short bodyweight exercise bouts we call Walls.
Walls are like swigs of fire that deliver a potent dose of movement to build strength and endurance.
We wanted to make sure the program could work for you even if you’ve never worked out, but also work if you’re athletic and looking for additional motivation through the winter.
We’ve ended up with a program that’s scaleable and approachable.
So, as long you have a body, the ground, and gravity you can do Walls in the time it takes to make a few cups of coffee each day.
When you sign up, you’ll be sent an email with a link to join Heather and the group in Everfit, our training app.
Once you click the link and join us in the app, you’ll have direct contact with Heather.
The program won’t begin until the 1st, but when it’s time to start we’ll add you to the Walls program, leaderboard, and message board.
$60 gets you in for 3 months, enrollment closes December 31st.
The Dojo of Do Well
We retired the Mothership name and are going by our studio name, The Dojo of Do Well. Long story, a good one, but not too interesting. Nothing else is changing, personal training, Mat Pilates, and our classes are still on the menu.
This is just to say we are no longer operating as Mothership Fitness.
We’re now The Dojo of Do Well. The Dojo was always going to be the name of the studio, but when we started out we didn’t think we’d get into a physical location so soon and launched training as Mothership Fitness.
Now all online and in-person training, and classes are under the Dojo name.
The Dojo of Do Well
The Dojo of Do Well
The Dojo of Do Well
MORNING MOBILITY: HIP FLEXORS
Fight the hip shortening tyranny of our four legged frenemy, the chair in this weeks morning mobility video.
This weeks Morning Mobility focuses on hip strength and fighting the hip shortening tyranny of our four legged frenemy, the chair.
MORNING MOBILITY: BACK OPENER
Throwing out your back shuts everything down, but trying to touch your toes or doing that side to side twist thing isn’t going to help. This weeks Morning Mobility vid will help you out.
A locked up back shuts down everything, but the answer isn’t stretching it, it’s gently activating and strengthening it.
This weeks mobility sequence will keep your spine pliable and your back healthy.
MORNING MOBILITY: NECK, BACK, AND SHOULDERS
Fight cell phone induced nerd neck and fix your posture with this week's Morning Mobility video.
This sequence is neck focused. Don’t let a stiff neck ruin your whole day.
These moves can help.