When we started planning for our workout program, we made a list of 8 or 9 gyms around Missoula and planned to bike around to all of them and figure out which would be best. We started with the closest gym to the house, Stafford Fitness. After checking out the facilities and meeting with Matt Stafford and the other trainers, we didn't bother going to any of the other gyms on our list. We had each spent time a good amount of time in gyms in the past, but a lot of the equipment used at Stafford - like slosh-tubes, power plates, slacklines, and TRX straps - was brand new to us. We decided to give it a shot.
Over the last 3 months, the folks at Stafford have been designing most of our workouts and providing guidance and general advice on all aspects of our program, including weight lifting, cardio, diet, and injury recovery/prevention. Between our time at Stafford and our workouts outside the gym, we have been making some progress.
Now that we have more to write about, we hope to start posting more often with some specifics of the workout and diet (we can only get bye on embarrassing photos and a sweet Mario-Bros-inspired header for so long). In the meantime you can check out the Stafford Website or the Stafford Blog, which showcases some of their programs and workouts (and is much better than our blog, by the way).
