Experience the Ride: TR2 Cycling

March 2, 2013 – 8:45 pm

Our indoor cycling theater uses surround sound and video to enhance your cycling experience.  Each bike is equipped with a power meter to monitor your wattage and cadence.  You can also sync your own heart rate monitor or ANT device to your bike!  Choose your class style from our cycling menu:

Interactive Road:

Uses video footage of the road to simulate an outdoor ride in various locations.

Visual Element Ride:

Combines a wide range of continuous background video footage with a killer instructor playlist. Videos range from extreme skiing to surfing to sporting events to classic films.

Music Video:

Shows the corresponding music video for each song on the instructor playlist.

Sound Theme Ride:

This class is centered around the music of one particular decade, artist, or genre. Close your eyes, ride, and listen!

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TR2 Progress

January 26, 2013 – 7:23 pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New heating and cooling systems installed above.

Boarding up the walls and ceiling… which means plumbing and electric is DONE!

Plastering…

A look at the staging for the spin studio!

DON’T FORGET!  THE FIRST CLASS OFFERED AT 373 WASHINGTON STREET WILL BE CYCLING WITH MAREN AT 6AM ON MARCH 1ST!  SIGN UP BEFORE 2.15.13 AND GET 20% OFF!!

 

 

 

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Register Now for May TRAC Sessions!

January 16, 2013 – 7:00 pm

 

 

 

TRAC (Training Resistance And Conditioning) is a twice weekly, structured and progressive group training program.  Each 60-minute training session is tailored to your individual needs.  TRAC sessions meet on a M/W or Tu/Th schedule at 6AM or 6:30PM.  Advance sign up for one time slot is required at the beginning of the month.  Because the program is progressive, mid-month sign ups are not permitted.

What to expect when you sign up for TRAC:

- participant assessments and functional movement screening at the beginning of each month

- functionally sound movement training integrated with strength training and conditioning twice per week

- individual workout charts provided for participants to track their progress each month

- 16 participant maximum, divided into 4-person sub groups

- accountability, motivation, and structure with two certified personal trainers leading every workout

 

PRICING:

1 month TRAC – $200

3 months TRAC – $560

SIGN UP NOW

 

 

 

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TR2: Installing the New Roof

December 2, 2012 – 5:51 pm

The old roof ———>

 

The new roof ———->

 

Looking good…  We are on track to have a completed roof over our heads by tomorrow afternoon!

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New TR Roof

November 21, 2012 – 8:16 pm

Take one last look at the old roof (and the blue sky that has recently replaced it) before the new one is built next week!  We can’t wait to show you what’s in store for TR2.  Lot’s of construction action in the weeks to come… stay tuned!

 

-The Training Room

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TR2 Update: Demolition & Rare Finds

November 5, 2012 – 1:43 pm

The old bathrooms are going away…

The walls are gone, but we are considering leaving this urinal open to the training area.

All of the old ceiling plaster has been torn down so we can install new lighting and electrical wiring.

You’re looking at the the future cycling studio and 50/50 area!

The downstairs level has been cleared out.

And now it looks like this!

We also found a 65-year old Ruppert beer can in the wall… looks like new!

Stay tuned for more updates next week.  The training area is getting a brand new roof!!

 

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TR2: The Beginning…

October 31, 2012 – 8:16 pm

Wowzer.  Say hello to your future lounge, TR shop, and locker areas!

 

This is the same front room, different angle.  Old shelving is cleared out- that’s a start…

 

Main workout area.  Needs a little work… no biggie.

 

To Be Continued…

 

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“What the Fluff” Festival in Union Square: Fluff Responsibly

September 9, 2011 – 3:06 pm

At The Training Room, we support healthy eating habits and consistent exercise routines- and most of all, we support BALANCE and moderation in all things.  That’s why we are excited to give a shout out to the upcoming Fluff Festival in Union Square.  Swing by and enjoy a reasonably portioned taste!  Afterwards, head over to The Training Room and burn off those extra calories… 40 calories in a 2Tbs serving, to be exact! Although we do not support a steady diet of Fluff or other marshmallow-related products, we do support the local community.  Eat Smart!

Enter to celebrate the Sixth Annual “What the Fluff” Festival in Union Square, Somerville

Images Courtesy of Union Square Main Streets

As Wikipedia defines it, Fluff is:

“Marshmallow creme is a very sweet, spreadable, marshmallow-like confection. Marshmallow creme and peanut butter are used to create a Fluffernutter sandwich…One popular brand of marshmallow creme, sold principally in the Northeastern United States, is Marshmallow Fluff.”

This year, on Saturday, September 24th, Union Square Main Streets will present the Sixth Annual “What the Fluff?” Festival in Union Square, Somerville to honor Archibald Query, who invented this delicious “fluffy” spread right here in Union Square in 1917. There will be food, games, entertainment, even a celebrity appearance by Susan Olsen, or ‘Cindy’ as many know her, from the Brady Bunch. And there’s still time to enter the Fluff cooking contest, which boasts some top prizes, including a tour of the factory (a rare treat)!

I’ve decided to get into the fun this year and I hope you will join me! To celebrate, Wicked Good Travel & Activities is having its first-ever giveaway contest…

The rules are simple:

  • Leave a comment below telling everyone why you love Fluff – and be creative! 1 comment per person. If you have a twitter account tweet about it to @WickedGoodTravl and use the  hashtag #FluffFest. Leave me a comment letting me know if you did!
  • I’m looking for unique recipes, short prose (5 sentences or less), or poems, or those fun little things called haikus, and even vlogs (short videos, 5 min or less, that you’ve uploaded on YouTube- such as making a recipe or a video montage) all proclaiming your love for Fluff.

And the prizes are awesome:

  • One lucky winner will get a free Fluff tote bag (pictured above).
  • Another lucky winner will receive a gift certificate for 2 free studio class at The Training Room in Somerville, MA. What better way to work off all that fluff you’ll eat testing recipes and at the festival?
  • All winners will be celebrated and featured on Wicked Good Travel & Activities, Somerville Patch, and Union Square Main Streets!
Fluff 2010 by Julie Polvinen

Image Courtesy of Union Square Main Streets

That’s all you have to do.

You have until September 12th to submit your comment below and I’ll email the winners that week and they will be announced to everyone on Friday, September 16th.

We look forward to your comments as well as seeing you on September 24th to join in all the fluffy fun!

Images Courtesy of Union Square Main Streets
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Come celebrate The Training Room’s 2nd anniversary

July 15, 2011 – 5:51 pm

 



Fitness on the Avenue

“FITNESS ON THE AVENUE”

JOIN THE TRAINING ROOM IN CELEBRATING ITS SECOND-YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND HELP TO KEEP SOMERVILLE
“THE FITTEST CITY IN MASSACHUSETTS”

The Training Room plans to celebrate its second-year anniversary with a “block party” event on Saturday, July 23rd from 12 PM to 4 PM.  The event will be held along the Somerville Ave./Elm St. parking corridor, located in front of the facility at 691A Somerville Avenue.

Attendees will be encouraged to take advantage of the free fitness classes, demonstrations and screenings that will be offered by The Training Room staff and Physical Therapists, Lorna Brown and Keith Foley from the Cambridge Spaulding Center for Rehabilitation.

Live music provided by Felix Brown will keep an upbeat tempo for the two 45-minute outdoor bootcamps, intended to take place outside the facility weather pending.  In addition to bootcamps, The Training Room will have free: yoga and cycling classes, foam rolling demos, functional movement screening and running gait analysis.***

Training Room co-owners Heidi Brown and Maren Kravitz hope to continue their efforts in helping the City of Somerville to stay among the fittest cities in America.

If you would like more information about this event, call 617-284-6088 or e-mail The Training Room at info@thetrainingroomboston.com

***Advance signup is recommended for bootcamps, yoga, cycling and foam rolling demos, as space is limited.

Follow the link and RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW

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BAREFOOT RUNNING w/ Irene Davis

March 31, 2011 – 1:15 pm

Humans have engaged in endurance running for millions of years1, but the modern running shoe was not invented until the 1970s. For most of human evolutionary history, runners were either barefoot or wore minimal footwear such as sandals or moccasins with smaller heels and little cushioning relative to modern running shoes. We wondered how runners coped with the impact caused by the foot colliding with the ground before the invention of the modern shoe.

Here we show that habitually barefoot endurance runners often land on the fore-foot (fore-foot strike) before bringing down the heel, but they sometimes land with a flat foot (mid-foot strike) or, less often, on the heel (rear-foot strike). In contrast, habitually shod runners mostly rear-foot strike, facilitated by the elevated and cushioned heel of the modern running shoe. Kinematic and kinetic analyses show that even on hard surfaces, barefoot runners who fore-foot strike generate smaller collision forces than shod rear-foot strikers. This difference results primarily from a more plantarflexed foot at landing and more ankle compliance during impact, decreasing the effective mass of the body that collides with the ground. Fore-foot- and mid-foot-strike gaits were probably more common when humans ran barefoot or in minimal shoes, and may protect the feet and lower limbs from some of the impact-related injuries now experienced by a high percentage of runners.  (Abstract from:  Nature http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7280/abs/nature08723.html)

Irene Davis’ work on barefoot running has recently brought her to Cambridge, and we are excited to hear her present at The Training Room on April 20, 2011 at 6:00pm. This  event is free and open to the public, and we encourage Training Room clients and runners of any kind to come hear her talk.  The presentation will consist of lecture, followed by a Q&A and a practical running demonstration.  Space is limited, so you must sign up for this free event here.

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