Less is More

Lessons learned from ten years of burning the candle at both ends

Jaelyn Wolf

One month ago, I got my period for the first time in two years. Yep, I started off an article talking about a woman’s menstrual cycle. Now that that’s out of the way…It’s been a long two years. A long decade really, but when it comes to my evolution throughout this time, the last two years

Training for the 2,000m Row

Michael Hulcher

We use the 2000m row at Gym Jones quite a bit. The event has become a cornerstone of our certification program and I suspect it will continue to be in the future. We use it because it’s such a pure and objective look at someone’s fitness. You can’t cheat, you can’t ‘half rep’ anything and

Training vs. Exercise

Michael Hulcher

Training is data driven, but probably not in the way that you think. 

We believe that training should be defined as having a few specific parameters. Training should be progressive. Training should be periodized. Training should be outcome based. And most obviously,

Work Capacity Part III

Part 3 in a 3 Part Series

Michael Hulcher

In part I of this series, we defined what 'work capacity' is and how it's built. In part II, we talked about some recovery modalities and the importance of rest in bulding a big work capacity. In this final part of the series, I'll talk about why we value work capacity at Gym Jones so much and