One year ago today, I was a stay-at-home mom who started going to Central Bucks Family YMCA a couple of times a week to walk on the treadmill and watch an hour of television because I desperately needed some “me” time. A month later, I saw a video of Tough Mudder in the Y’s fitness center [...]
A Blog by Mike Sobczak Fitness Center Trainer and Instructor How can I spend my Sunday? Oh, I know what sounds good: I’ll get covered, head-to-toe, in mud, freeze to ice cube temperatures and complete 27 physically imposing obstacles. The good news is that the first two listed here were only during the first two [...]
I can now say I am an official Tough Mudder finisher! I’ve been wearing the Tough Mudder shirts while training, but didn’t feel like I’d really earned the right to wear them. Sometimes, people would ask me if I did the Tough Mudder when I was wearing one of the shirts, and I’d have to [...]
On Sunday, April 29, a team from our Y will compete in the Tough Mudder competition in Mount Pocono, PA. They’ve been training for the race with the Tough Mudder Training class with specialized trainers including Mike Sobczak, Kit Klein, Shana Trichon, Ted Benke and Lindsay Peters. One member blogged about his experiences while on a business [...]
By Tony Saxby Personal Trainer & Instructor The first time I did a Tough Mudder event, I was in awe just seeing how many people were there. Five-thousand people doing the course in just 24 hours was inspiring and amazing. At that first event, I was really worried that I would be holding people up [...]