Apologies for not delivering on the Newsletter the last few weeks (if you noticed). Work has been crazy (shocker) and I have had some friend and family obligations to attend to, thus detracting from my ability to sit down and do ________ (insert anything here) for more than 10 minutes.

Luckily, Liz and I were able to get some much needed R&R this weekend down at the Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod. It was kind of our de facto anniversary celebration, considering we were both quarantined in our apartment on our actual anniversary (New Year's Day).

Friday night started the weekend off with a bang (stop it). We had an amazing dinner at the Stars Lounge at the inn (for those of you who have never been, it's about $75 for a salad). So that was cool. Even cooler, though, was the fact that our server was from Needham! Her brother, Doug Salamone, was the landlord at the personal training facility (it was literally a garage) that I worked at for about 2 years back in 2010-2012. Such a small world!

And then, as we were talking, the woman sitting at the table next to us chimed in to let us know that she, too, was from Needham, and her good family friends were the McQuillan family. The McQuillan's are the landlords at our current location.

Aaaand then the table next to them, occupied by two inebriated young ladies, let us know that they lived in Natick and used to frequent Taylor's Stationery (the business that used to occupy our current facility) before it closed.

Aaaaaaaand then the two drunk ladies started hitting on Liz...and me...in an uncomfortably aggressive fashion. To the point that Liz and I (and actually everyone around us) tried to figure out how to eat while simultaneously dissolving into our surroundings.

The two young ladies got so drunk, while commenting on how rude it was that Liz and I were ignoring them, that they turned their plates over on the tablecloths and spilled their food everywhere. They were escorted off of the premises, and we received prompt apologies by the (traumatized) staff. It was faaaaantastic. The rest of the weekend was awesome. No crazy stories to report.

I am thinking of moving to an every-other-week cadence, considering I might be trying my luck at starting a podcast at some point in the future. We shall see. I talked to Liz about it, and she was very supportive of this new endeavor. She said, and I quote, "That's a great idea, babe. I think you would do really well with it! But if it takes any more of your time away from our family, I will kill you."

I imagine it would be pretty difficult to start a podcast if I was dead, so I have to deliberate on this for a little while before making a decision. Stay tuned! (Pun intended.)

1) Clients and their Triumphant Return to PEX Health and Fitness

Volume is really starting to pick up at the gym, which is great news. I imagine that we will be back to semi-normal numbers by late spring/early summer. As always, we appreciate your trust, and patience, as we continue to deftly navigate over this ever-changing landscape. You all are the best!

...has been a huge hit! People are really loving using them, and it has been a great tool for us, as coaches, to help gauge intensity and recovery. Plus, it's really useful to compare and quantify each repetitive workout to see and measure progress. We still have straps to sell at the gym if anyone is interested!

Speaking of things to sell, our PEX Gear Retail Page is officially live on our website! Check it out here: http://pex.keenepromostore.com/catalog/25100/

We are selling masks, hats, water bottles, NEW LONG SLEEVES (the soft suede ones from a few years ago that everyone loved), CBD Pain Cream, CBD Tinctures, and the MyZone heart rate monitors.

All of the inventory is accurate, and the ordering process is super easy -- you enter your Credit Card information, I steal your identity and take all of your money, and then I personally hand you your brand new PEX gear. I would call that a win-win!

I had a semi-aggressive conversation with a guy who runs a print media operation out of Dover. He was trying to get me to sign up for ad space in his magazine for a million dollars a month for the next 12-months. It seemed a bit pricey to me, so I balked on the offer. During the course of our conversation, though, he mentioned that almost all of the content in the magazine is submitted by the consumers of the magazine. I thought to myself, "that's a great idea!" and then said to him on the phone, "that's a great idea!" So I figured why not throw that great idea out to all of you, the PEX fam?

Going forwards, I would love to highlight any of you (our clients) and the things you hold near and dear to your hearts: your small business that you own, the charity or organization that you support, the accomplishment that you're proud of, your families, even your dogs (just kidding -- I hate dogs).

If any of you want to submit anything for the newsletter (we do have about 600 subscribers) please email me here!

For the month of February, PEX Health and Fitness will be donating $1 from every private training session that we do, and $5 for every semi-private training session that we do, to the Greater Boston Food Bank. I cannot take credit for this endeavor, as this was entirely orchestrated by Jake and Julie Louro.

"Recently, Julie and I have been talking about how we can make a positive impact and help those in need in our community. So we started looking into the Greater Boston Food Bank. We were astonished to discover that just $1 helps provide 3 meals. $1. Seriously. 

With that being said, we’ve decided that for every training session we complete in the month of February, we will donate $5 of that session to the greater Boston food bank. Don’t worry, your rates will not be going up! This is going to come out of what you already pay for training. If you would like to match our donation or exceed it of course you are welcome but there is absolutely zero pressure or expectation for you guys to do this. This is something that Julie and I want to do. 

In addition to the session donations, we are also going to offer six 30-minute virtual body weight conditioning classes. The suggested donation for the class is $20 but you are welcome to give as much or as little as you see fit. 100% of the money will be donated to the food bank. All classes will be done on Zoom. The classes will held on the following dates and times:

2/4- 10:30am

2/7- 10:00am

2/12- 9:30am

2/17- 9:30am

2/21- 10:00am

2/28- 10:00am

Please send us an email if you are planning on attending so we can get an idea of how many people will be taking the class.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please don’t hesitate to speak up! We would love to hear from you all!"

If you want to donate to our team page, you can do that here!

That's all I got for ya. Eat your veggies, drink some water, pump some iron, and kick some ass.

Yours truly,

MC Terminator