July ‘26 + Anne & Chris

Summer is in full swing, bringing plenty of opportunities to get outside, spend time with family and friends, and make lasting memories. While routines may look a little different this time of year, your health doesn't have to take a vacation. Small, intentional choices can help you continue feeling your best all season long. Let’s dive in!

😴  Monthly Wellness Tip: Protect Your Sleep: 

Longer daylight hours and late summer evenings can throw off your sleep routine. Aim to keep a consistent bedtime and reduce screen time before bed, so you wake up feeling refreshed and ready to take on the day.

📝 Monthly Challenge: Summer Bingo  

Summer Bingo is officially underway, and there's still plenty of time to fill your card! If you haven't grabbed a bingo card yet, pick one up at the gym (or snap a picture of one to print at home) and start checking off those squares. Remember, every bingo earns you another raffle entry for our end-of-summer prize drawing, and a blackout bingo automatically wins a prize. The challenge runs through August 31st, so keep crossing off those squares and see how many bingos you can collect before summer ends! 

💪 Shoutout Time! Congratulate your fellow members in person when you see them. 

Amanda Yu - Hit the 500 training session milestone last month! 

Matt Mckenna and Devan Hribal - Both hit the 100 training session milestone last month!

Will Smith, Colin Andrews, Chris Speron, Scott Magat, and Eddie Quarantillo  - All earned another gold star in the month!

✨Member Features with Anne Quinn and Chris Speron 

What does your daily training mean to you?  

Anne- My daily training is a non-negotiable. I feel like it keeps me mentally strong more than just physically strong. I sit all day long at a desk so it's important for me to do some sort of movement daily. Plus, I've a very routined person so it doesn't take much effort for me to get in the gym since it's built into my day :)   

Chris- I love training every day at Ambitions Athletics. I prefer starting the day with a workout because it sets me up well for all that follows. By kicking things off with a hard workout at 6am, everything else that I face the rest of the day seems achievable. Not only do I feel good physically, but it's a great way to get my head around the day ahead.

How do you balance training, nutrition, and recovery? 

Anne- I think being routined helps with my balance. My nutrition is pretty locked in when I am able to stay on my schedule. And when that gets thrown off, I've learned that it's temporary and I just get back on schedule as soon as possible. This helps with recovery too. If I know that I'm waking up early to train, it helps me wind down in the evening at a reasonable time. 

Chris- I do my best to balance training, nutrition and recovery. My work and travel patterns build in recovery days almost automatically.... My philosophy is to try and train every day that I can train, and use the days where my schedule doesn't allow for training to count as days off.  

Tell us about an adventure you were on where you thought, “man, I’m happy my body performs like this.” 

Anne- I went hiking in Sedona a few months ago and I had to scale up and then down this very steep canal. It was scary but I knew that I had the stability and agility to do it.  

Chris- I do a lot of work in my garden over the weekends, and when I'm digging in the dirt, pushing wheelbarrows full of soil, carrying bags of mulch, cutting tree limbs, I feel strong and I am grateful that I can move and lift big heavy objects. Neighbors can often see modeling "real life farmers carry" exercises with planters, shrubs, etc. Swimming laps on the weekend or cycling on hilly country roads also feels great and I always reflect on how the work I put in at Ambitious Athletics helps make all of these things possible.   

What’s the one metric you keep an eye on that tells you if you’re slacking or not? (Think a particular lift, exercise, run, medical data, vo2, body fat). 

Anne- I have started wearing an Oura Ring which has helped me track my sleep and recovery. More than any number on the scale I'm more focused on how my body feels on a daily basis.  

Chris- As a "whoop person" now, I really pay attention to the recovery metric.  By trying to be "in the green" every day, I definitely adjust my schedule to get the right amounts of sleep and rest.  It is such a useful tool and I love having a goal every day. 

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