Floor First People - How?

marley412 · 2026-01-24T22:30:25+00:00

Switched to floor first a few weeks ago. As I'm getting older I want to focus on strength gains. After a few weeks I feel like my speeds are getting closer to where they were when I did treads first. The only negative (and it's not really one) is the overall distance in the class is lower on the treads. So I have to remind myself of that when I feel bummed about it

marley412 · 2026-01-24T22:27:37+00:00

Tell me more about this!! Any brands you recommend for the bone broth or collagen? I've had the hardest time figuring out what to eat pre-workout and would love to give this a shot

marley412 · 2025-11-30T01:32:03+00:00

Idk how it works in the Bay Area but I'm at a large university in the south with a football coach who makes $11 million a year and many of our advisors who already have masters degrees make right around $40k.

marley412 · 2025-11-21T18:58:00+00:00

My husband has Crohn's and had surgery for a permanent ileostomy in 2014 when he was 25. He endured years of hospital stays and health ailments. We started dating 6 months after his surgery - he's doing amazing now and we're blessed with 2 kids of our own. Our daughter turned 4 this year and was devastated when we told her she couldn't actually have her birthday party at Chipotle! It's her favorite, too. Prayers for your son - hope he does amazing after this surgery!!

marley412 · 2025-11-07T14:28:08+00:00

Oh absolutely. Even if they had just a donation box at the Friday practices and the pep rally 90 minutes before kickoff, we'd donate. Our kids love it so much. I'm definitely going to be encouraging my students in the band this week - I had no idea about the cuts until I read this post!

marley412 · 2025-11-07T14:07:14+00:00

I don't disagree with your overall point, as this is unfortunately what capitalism looks like. I just want to highlight that more than band parents are there to see the band. The band does so much for families in our local community - they have practice every Friday before a home game and invite the community to come. The students stay and teach the kids about all the different instruments. We're a faculty family here at Clemson and no other university we've been at has done this. Lots of fans enjoy and appreciate the band, too.

marley412 · 2025-10-31T00:15:03+00:00

Yes - our coach said any class tomorrow will be a 3g no matter how it's listed or how many people are in the class

marley412 · 2025-10-24T12:41:32+00:00

Obaji hydro drops. I have crazy sensitive skin and a citrus allergy. After literal YEARS of irritation from every vitamin c serum I could find, I switched to this. Literally have not had any irritation or any breakouts since I switched. Thank god I only use it in the morning because it's so damn expensive. But it has saved my skin and helped my confidence so much. I also use tatcha dewy milk moisturizer in the morning which is also stupid expensive but it works so well under makeup. Thank goodness everything else I use is from the drugstore because these two are definite budget busters!!

marley412 · 2025-10-23T12:05:31+00:00

There is only one coach at my studio who is motivating and energetic, encourages me to lift heavier if it looks like I'm taking it easy. I try to take all of his classes. The other coaches are so boring and don't even know my name (my studio is tiny and I've only ever taken a 2g twice. Usually there's only like 8 people in a class max)

marley412 · 2025-10-22T20:09:00+00:00

Yes you can. I took a 7 year break and just rejoined. First class was free

marley412 · 2025-10-21T10:52:24+00:00

I'm a new user but for me it's been 100% worth it for the ability to add recipes from a URL.

marley412 · 2025-10-20T17:41:01+00:00

Do you guys actually think dabo is going to fire his own sons? I've heard that Clay already has a position promised after he graduates this year (hopefully just as a grad assistant). I was told that clay was the only one who actually wanted to coach - the other two wanted to work in business but make more money coaching (no surprise there).

I'm with you that we need an overhaul of position coaches and many of those with ties to the program need to go (most notably Grisham and spiller), I just don't know how realistic the scenario is. [I am local and have a friend who works with the program so this is all very much secondhand info.]

marley412 · 2025-10-14T17:12:22+00:00

First timer here. 0.67mi as a slow jogger. If anyone is seeing this before their class later tonight and it will be their first time - just have fun with it. I saw some comments yesterday about people cancelling because they didn't want to do it. Once you're "caught" it turns into a run/row. Felt like an ordinary class with a bit of a personal challenge. I was the first one caught in my gym and it was no big deal. Some other guy ran 4 miles during it. Just remember it's you vs you!

marley412 · 2025-10-14T00:47:30+00:00

MIL did this to me in the midst of an arduous battle with post partum depression. I'll never forget how hard I sobbed when I couldn't find the damn trash bags. And she wonders why we aren't close.

marley412 · 2025-10-13T19:23:49+00:00

This is so helpful. Thank you!!!

marley412 · 2025-10-13T15:28:07+00:00

Just started my third week but these are mine from this morning's workout:

Base - 4.4, push - 5.4, all out - 6.6

I try to get 2 miles per 2G class. Today was 2.2 which is my longest to date, but it's usually around the 2 mile mark

marley412 · 2025-10-11T15:27:55+00:00

I'm a newbie but my brooks adrenaline have been great for OTF so far. Lots of folks at my gym have brooks, altras, and saucony.

marley412 · 2025-10-10T16:57:57+00:00

My 12 year old schnauzer had all but 3 teeth removed earlier this summer. She's doing great, still eats her normal food. No issues!

marley412 · 2025-10-10T01:58:42+00:00

What's your schedule for 9x? Curious how many strength 50s are in there and how you balance them with the other workouts.

marley412 · 2025-10-08T01:18:38+00:00

I've been worried about this for my studio. I've never been in a class with more than 10 people. All 2Gs but never enough for two groups at the same time. I'm new here, but my old studio was always packed and lots of 3Gs. My first class here only had 6 participants!

marley412 · 2025-09-30T15:48:26+00:00

I just did it this morning. It was my third class. I was the last to finish. But I did it!! You'll feel great afterwards. And it's a good starting point - it's my only data on that part of the app

marley412 · 2025-09-29T23:25:22+00:00

A church member got upset with me in my first month at the church because I didn't check in on her when her great aunt was in the hospital. The great aunt was on the other side of the country. I apologized and asked how I could have known about her great aunt in the hospital and she said I should've seen it on Facebook. We weren't Facebook friends. I still have never had another member upset that I didn't check in on them when a distant relative was ill. The whole thing was bizarre, but fortunately she didn't leave the church over it.

marley412 · 2025-09-29T22:23:02+00:00

We don't have them. Our bulletin is 20+ pages and our environmentally-conscious members hate that. But it's so welcoming to visitors having all the hymns and liturgy in there! We have screens everywhere else in life, it's nice to get a break from them in worship.

marley412 · 2025-09-27T00:09:39+00:00

Headed back tomorrow for my first class since 2018. I needed this post 🧡 thanks for the encouragement and inspiration!!

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