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66 | AT HOME | Summer 2010 STAYING FIT W hether training for a specific race, sports, or life’s everyday activities, dozens of Routt County residents have found Manic Train- ing is helping them achieve their goals. “They come in and know they have an hour, and they’re going to work hard and get out,” said Graham “Bushy” Muir, a longtime rugby player and coach who opened Manic in Steamboat Springs in July 2009. He called the first year of Manic in Steamboat a positive start. In June, Muir expanded into a 2,300-square-foot space. The facility still lacks the traditional exercise machines you find in most gyms. Instead, the walls are lined with Manic’s tools, including a variety of bars, free weights, sand bags, kettle- bells, medicine balls, rowing machines, ropes and boxes. Similar setups are becoming increasingly popular with training facilities across the United States, Muir said. Going Come in. Work hard. Get out. Lauren Zajic and Scott Kempers bring their knees to their elbows for a core exercise. AtHome_Summer2010.indd 66 6/22/10 10:51 AM
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66 | AT HOME | Summer 2010

STAYING FIT

Whether training for a specific race, sports, or life’s everyday activities, dozens of Routt

County residents have found Manic Train-ing is helping them achieve their goals.

“They come in and know they have an hour, and they’re going to work hard and get out,” said Graham “Bushy” Muir, a longtime rugby player and coach who opened Manic in Steamboat Springs in July 2009.

He called the first year of Manic in Steamboat a positive start. In June, Muir expanded into a 2,300-square-foot space.

The facility still lacks the traditional exercise machines you find in most gyms. Instead, the walls are lined with Manic’s tools, including a variety of bars, free weights, sand bags, kettle-bells, medicine balls, rowing machines, ropes and boxes. Similar setups are becoming increasingly popular with training facilities across the United States, Muir said.

GoingCome in.Work hard.Get out.

Lauren Zajic and Scott Kempers bring their knees to their elbows for a core exercise.

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10 by 10Graham Muir broke in the new Manic Training facility with this lung burner that he learned from renowned trainer Ross Enamait.

■ 100 jump ropes■ 10 push-ups■ 10 squats■ 10 burpees (Kick your feet out and go into

push-up position. Do push-up, stand and jump)

Repeat these four exercises ten times as quickly as possible. Aim to finish in under 25 minutes. Use poker chips or something similar to help keep track of sets completed.

Andrew Rumph uses poker chips

to keep track of how many sets of push-

ups he has done.

Scott Kempers performs a Turkish

get-up using a

kettlebell.

Alexis Rauso does a box jump.

Andrew Rumph uses

the ropes during a core

workout.

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STAYING FIT

presents

A teaching facility dedicated to facilitating fine arts programs for adults and teens

www.steamboatartsandcraftsgym.com

970-870-0384 • 1280 13th street

Bring Your Imagination to Life!

TABATADo each exercise for 20 seconds, rest 10 seconds and move to next exercise. Complete circuit a total of eight times with 90 seconds of rest between circuits. Start second circuit with exercise No. 2 and end on No. 1. Start third circuit with exercise No. 3 and end on No. 2, etc.

■ Push-ups■ Squats■ Knee hugs■ Up downs (from standing posi-

tion, kick feet in back of you and stand back up)

■ Lunge jumps■ Mountain climbers (Keep your

butt down and alternate knees, kicking them toward you elbows)

■ Locomotive (knee to opposite elbow)

■ Burpee 180 (Kick your feet out and go into push-up position. Do push-up, stand and jump while rotating 180 degrees. Rotate to starting position) Locomotive

Up Down

Lunge Jumps

Mountain Climber

Knee Hug

Burpee

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Names of exercises are foreign to new-comers, but after doing a renegade man maker, burpee or Turkish get-up just once, you will remember the exersice forever.

Training consists of two or three intense one-hour strength and conditioning classes each week. Muir offers multiple classes a day, five days a week.

The goal of Manic is to increase strength,

power, endurance and durability, Muir said.The program has attracted some of

Steamboat’s most elite athletes, those re-covering from injury as well as people who have not run a mile since high school. Ev-eryone attends the same classes because no matter what shape you are in, the workouts are designed so they cannot be beaten, Muir said. For example, if the workout calls

for a set of 10 pull-ups, resistance bands can be used to get people through the set. Stronger athletes can strap on weights if they want to push themselves.

“The beauty of the workouts is being able to put the weight on,” Muir said. “You can’t really top out. Basically, anyone can do it.”

Classes are limited to 12 people.“With other people working hard next

to you, you obviously pick up your own game,” Muir said.

Women often outnumber the men at classes, which Muir attributes to a group setting where both sexes feel comfortable pushing themselves.

Carol Davidson, who works as the vice president of marketing at SmartWool, is one of the women who has taken up Manic. The active 50-year-old has been attending classes during her lunch breaks for the past three months and said she wanted to get back in shape “in a big way” since having a child seven years ago.

“I’ve never seen the results like I’ve seen from doing this,” she said. “It fits into the lifestyle you want to live here.”

Anyone who wants to try Manic can do it at no cost for a week. After the initial week, it costs $100 per month. Muir offers free training to active members of the military.

Manic Training is located at Yampa Valley Business Park, Unit B, on Downhill Drive in Steamboat. Call 773-729-0428 or visit www.manictraining.com.

STAYING FIT

Rollingstone Ranch Golf Clubinvites you to become a member of our course. New membership options are available for the fi rst time. don’t miss this opportunity.

For a limited time, purchase either of our memberships and receive a Family Season Pass for the 2010 season, a $4100 value. Please call Brian � orne, Director of Golf at 879-1391 for details.

Rollingstone Ranch Golf Clubinvites you to become a member invites you to become a member of our course. New membership invites you to become a member of our course. New membership invites you to become a member

options are available for the fi rst of our course. New membership options are available for the fi rst of our course. New membership

time. don’t miss this opportunity.options are available for the fi rst time. don’t miss this opportunity.options are available for the fi rst

For a limited time, purchase either of our For a limited time, purchase either of our memberships and receive a Family Season memberships and receive a Family Season Pass for the 2010 season, a $4100 value.Pass for the 2010 season, a $4100 value.Please call Brian � orne, Please call Brian � orne, Director of Golf at 879-1391 Director of Golf at 879-1391 for details.for details.

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