There are some major changes to camp this Monday the 4th of JULY!
The 5:30AM class will be held at the same location, Los Cerros Middle School, an hour later for the holiday, 6:30-7:30!
As well, the 6:30AM Rudgear Class is cancelled, and the 9AM class will be held on the IRON HORSE TRAIL TO THE DANVILLE PARADE!
We will meet and park at my fathers home in Alamo. From there we will RUN/WALK to the parade, stopping on the way for plenty of sweaty fun drills! Anyone who joins us will get a free GUMSABA tee and if you like, you can hand out magnets to prospective clients (and brag about how awesome our boot camp is!) 
Please be at my Dads house no later than 7:50AM, we will take off at 8 and be at the parade by 8:45. This is a 1.5 mile journey, 3 miles round trip on the Iron Horse trail. We will be walking home, all said and done we should be back at the house by noon.
I emailed you a map & directions to Dad’s house. Please RSVP to me asap so I know who is coming! email michelle@gumsaba.com to RSVP.
Hello Campers
Just a not so subtle reminder to wear sunblock this week!!!
After spending only 1 1/2 hours in the garden tending to the weeds, I got this fabulous X burn.
Of course reaping the benefits of the hard work, like this yummy lettuce head, are worth it.
Found these photos digging thru all of my parents stuff. I had a little Gumsaba in me from an early age…Gumsaba means BIGTIME in Washoe Native American.
I remember this day well - Rancho Romero circa 1980 at Thanksgiving time.
We made rock soup and I had 3 grandparents come with me to class, which was a really big deal to me!
Deb F, Deb G wake up the sun!
“GUMSABA – BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS”
Thank you all for the amazing effort you put out on the ADD and SUBTRACT drill today. You took the road less traveled and did it with the GUMSABA spirit. You inspire me to be better every day – I am absolutely positive I have the best “job” on earth. FEEL THE LOVE!!!
The Sunshine camp with Coach M, feeling the post workout bliss and LOVING THE SUN!
For this DIY, you will need a jump rope or stable chair an interval timer, stability ball and a mat.
Set your timer for 50 seconds work, 10 seconds rest. You will run through this sequence of exercises 3 times.
Set your interval timer for 24 rounds of 10 seconds work, 50 seconds rest.
Make sure you are warmed up before you start.
Hi Knee Jumprope or step up with knee
Hi Knee Jumprope or step up with knee
Lift Off RT arm down (left side shown)
Hi Knee Jumprope or step up with knee
Hi Knee Jumprope or step up with knee
If you have the luxury of a hanging heavy bag like i do, then definitely do rounds on the bag instead of the jumprope or step up. Bagwork is wonderful therapy, just have to be quick taking off/putting on your bag gloves!
A little heavy bag therapy goes a long way in my workouts!
I want to put a special thank you out to the Gumsaba Sunrise women who planned and performed a sacred native american prayer ritual for my mom on Friday.
All of the Gumsaba campers have been incredibly supportive and wonderful. Thank you for everything you are, and all you do.
The prayer ties made at the Sunrise class on Friday now hang in my office.
Warning, deep thoughts ahead!
There are times when all of us feel overwhelmed by LIFE; you all know what I have been going through this past week hasn’t been easy. Some of you know too well how hard losing someone you love is.
Life has a way of throwing hard balls that you can’t practice for; you just have to step up to the plate and give it your best shot or walk away with your tail between your legs. I’ve come to believe that you really learn the most about yourself when the chips are down, and that you can use these opportunities to become a stronger and better person. If you don’t, then you will continue suffer the consequences of your actions, or lack there of. You must either choose to step up and make an honest effort or swirl into the abyss of confusion and chaos that many people have come to know as life.
Big events, like the death of a loved one, put a high contrast on what really matters. They give you a perspective that you can’t have without going through something that is painful and extremely challenging. Temptation is out there screaming at us from every direction; that’s why so many people struggle with addictions, like food, alcohol, laziness, sex, drugs – pick the poison. We can easily turn in any direction to avoid the truth and find a bundle of crap to distract us from our reality and destroy us. It’s also easy to blame the source or other people for our problems, but really we always have a choice. Making the right choice or the wrong choice will ultimately decide who we become; each choice we make is a thread in the fabric of our life. Everything we do has a cause and an effect and in this world there are plenty of false causes to mislead us, to make us think we will feel better if we give in.
If all the odds are stacked against us, how do some of us find the strength to see past our fears and into the greener pastures that lie beyond them? What is this magic?
Its easy to get angry when we are sad, its much harder to open our heart and recognize truth, whether we like it or not. Its much more difficult, at first, to admit we are wrong, or we had a role in our problem. In the end, I have learned that its better to face it, because the problem holds the solution. In other words, to fix something you need to see what is broken. This is how we become stronger – we make the choice to look objectively at reality and take action to make it better.
All of this is easy to say and very hard to do. I’d love to know what gets you over the speed bumps in your life, what thoughts and processes you use to get through the rough times. You all are some of the strongest women I know, there is no question that these perspectives will help our community become even more amazing.
For me, my strength comes from a thought. Since I can remember, I have wanted to leave things better on this planet than I found them. Growing up, I remember realizing both my significance and insignificance by the overwhelming beauty of an old tree, of a leaf, of a flower. I have built my life on this theme and found freedom in these simple pieces of nature. They spoke truth; removing my emotional attachment for a moment and to uncover their basic reality. They took me out of the way so i could see the raw beauty without my opinion making it something it isn’t.
You all have been a part in the character that I have become, you have challenged me and I am better for it. Thank you all for your love and friendship. It’s what life is all about; its what live for. Thank you.
I dedicate this post to my late Mom Carol who gave me life and helped me find the lover, and the fighter within.
The Sunrise Crew making a coach proud! I live for this. 
GO GUMSABA!
