Built for This Season - In the Club Vol. 1
In the Club
Vol. 1 · July 2026 · Santa Cruz Athletic Club
Every July, Santa Cruz goes all in. The trails fill up. Wharf to Wharf is here. Kids are out of school, trips are booked, and the calendar somehow gets fuller, not lighter.
We get it. This is the season life takes over a little, as it should.
So we're not here to tell you to do more. We're here for when you're ready to step back in.
Whether that is between trips, around the kids' schedule, training for Wharf to Wharf, or just getting back into a rhythm, here's what's waiting for you at the club this month.
Club Notes
New This Month at SCAC
Physical Therapy — Now On-Site
We've officially partnered with DeWitt Physical Therapy to bring you Stoked Physio, right here in the building. Rehab is now part of training, not a separate errand.
The ARC Lab — Launching in the App This Month
Small group training, up to 5 people. Private-session coaching, group-session energy. Mon–Fri, 8am. All membership tiers.
Drop-In $26 · 10-Pack $240 ($24/session)
RedRoom, Renamed
Hyb-RED HIIT (strength + cardio) · RedRoom HIIT Boxing (exactly what it sounds like)
Youth Athletic Program — Enrolling Now
Mon/Wed 6pm · Tue/Thu 10am. Combine returns early August.
The Lift
Every month our training team puts together a program you can actually use, something built for real life, not just one great session. Here's July's strength standard.
The July Strength Standard
Programmed by the SCAC training team
Conventional Deadlift
4 × 6 rep
75–80% working max
Goblet Squat
3 × 10 reps
Moderate (3-sec descent)
Farmer Carry
3 × 40m
Heavy, controlled
Single Leg RDL
3 × 8/reps per leg
Light–moderate
The logic: four movements, full body, built to survive being run twice a week all month.
Form check on the deadlift or RDL? Grab Cody or any trainer on the floor. That's literally their favorite part of the job.
The Lounge
Recovery is where adaptation actually happens — it's not the break from training, it's the point of it. Every month we spotlight one tool or experience in AURA that's backed by science and built to help you get more out of every session you put in.
The Ultimate Bio Stack
Four recovery tools. One 30-minute session. Your nervous system doesn't stand a chance.
Vibroacoustic Bed — sound and vibration that calms you at a level training can't touch
BrainTap — talks your brain down from stress mode
PEMF Mat — cellular-level recovery you'll feel in your next workout
Red Light — tissue repair, sped up
Here's what's actually happening while you're lying there:
The vibroacoustic bed delivers sound frequencies and gentle vibration directly through the body — calming the nervous system at a level that active training can't reach. The BrainTap uses light and sound to guide the brain out of stress response and into genuine restoration. The PEMF mat works at a cellular level — stimulating energy production, reducing inflammation, and supporting recovery that shows up in your next session, not just how you feel walking out. The red light canopy accelerates tissue repair and mitochondrial function. In summer, when training load is high and sleep is often disrupted by heat, that last piece matters more than most people realize.
Together they don't just help you feel better. They give your body the raw materials to actually rebuild.
Book through the app or ask at the front desk.
The Class pass
We have an incredible class schedule and instructors who genuinely love what they do. Every month we highlight two worth putting on your radar. Here's what we're loving in July.
Hyb-RED HIIT · RedRoom · All Levels
Strength and cardio, same session, no waiting your turn. The name finally matches the workout — members asked, we delivered.
Slow Flow · Heated Studio · Int/Adv
The counterweight. Breath, long holds, a nervous system that finally gets to exhale. Pair it with a RedRoom session the same week and notice the difference.
The Team
Behind every great workout is a person who showed up ready to coach it. We have an incredible team of trainers, instructors, and staff working hard every single day inside this building.
Here are this month's featured team members.
Cody Carter
Athletic Director & Personal Trainer
Cody has been part of the SCAC community since 2019. He holds a B.S. in Kinesiology and is NSCA-certified, but his approach is less about credentials and more about the long game. His work centers on helping people move better, feel stronger, and reduce the chronic pain that accumulates when a body isn't trained with intention.
He works with a wide range of people. Youth athletes building their foundation. Former athletes carrying old injuries. People brand new to strength training. Busy professionals who need a program that actually fits their life. His specialty is foundational barbell movement: squat, bench, deadlift. Not because they're trendy, but because they work, and because doing them well translates directly to how you feel outside this building.
Cody was a college basketball player. He thinks in terms of team, not transactions. His favorite part of the job is connecting with people and helping them become the strongest version of themselves. If you catch him between sessions, he'll probably ask if you have any good movie recommendations. He's also known for his sock collection. Both things are true.
If you've been thinking about personal training, starting with Cody is a great option.
Christy Cabezut
RedRoom HIIT Studio Director
Christy has been coaching in Santa Cruz for over a decade, across CrossFit, swimming, high-performance training, and a stint launching an F45 gym in Southern California. Before that, she worked as a firefighter and beach lifeguard. She has seen what a body is capable of under pressure and brings that understanding to every session she runs.
Her credentials are extensive. Elite Personal Trainer through ISSA, Tactical Training, Sports Therapy, CrossFit Level 2, and EMT certified. But what matters most in the RedRoom is her ability to push a room without losing anyone in it.
Christy's goal isn't intensity for its own sake. It's helping members move better, feel stronger, and build confidence that exists outside this building. That's what the RedRoom is built around. That's what she's built around.
You'll find her leading Hyb-RED HIIT on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday mornings.
Come say Hi and Introduce yourself!
Ask a SCAC Coach
Our coaches are here for more than just the session. Every month we take a real question from our community and give it a real answer. This month's question hit close to home for a lot of people.
QUESTION: "I used to look forward to training. Lately I just want to skip it. Is something wrong?"
ANSWER: Your body is telling you something worth listening to. That loss of motivation is usually the first sign that recovery hasn't kept up with output.
The answer is active recovery. That looks different for everyone:
A walk outside
A light jog with no agenda
A solid stretch session
Contrast therapy
An HBOT session
An honest day off
Any of those count. The goal is to give your body something without demanding everything.
If you try all of that and the gym still sounds like a chore, it might just be time to shake something up:
Switch up your routine
Try The ARC Lab — small group training with a coach in your corner
Take a class you've never tried before
Grab a friend and make it a workout date
Sometimes a reset isn't physical but mental. You just need a reminder that training can actually be fun. Come back to that feeling and the consistency will follow.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Increase your recovery input at the same rate you increase your training output. Active recovery tools — contrast therapy, red light, vibroacoustic modalities — prevent accumulated fatigue from building in the first place. When recovery scales with training, burnout becomes physiologically unlikely.
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This is one of the most common signs of accumulated fatigue. When training load exceeds recovery capacity over multiple weeks — which summer heat accelerates — the body begins operating at a deficit. The solution is active recovery infrastructure, not more rest days.
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Accumulated fatigue is chronic under-recovery caused by sustained imbalance between training stress and recovery input. Signs include declining performance despite consistent effort, persistent low energy, disrupted sleep, elevated resting heart rate, and loss of motivation. It typically builds over three to six weeks and is most common in summer.
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Rest is the absence of activity. Recovery is an active biological process in which the body repairs tissue, restores nervous system function, and rebuilds cellular energy systems. Active recovery tools — contrast therapy, PEMF, vibroacoustic therapy, red light — accelerate the process in ways passive rest cannot replicate.
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The Ultimate Bio Stack is a 30-minute recovery session in the SCAC AURA lounge combining vibroacoustic therapy, BrainTap neuro-entrainment, a PEMF mat, and red light therapy simultaneously. It addresses nervous system recovery, cellular energy restoration, inflammation reduction, and tissue repair in a single session. Book through the app or at the front desk.
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Hyb-RED HIIT is a RedRoom class at Santa Cruz Athletic Club that fuses strength circuits and cardio intervals in a single session. It is designed to build muscle and conditioning simultaneously in a high-energy, intentionally programmed format. Available Monday, Tuesday, and Friday throughout the day.
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Slow Flow is a gently paced yoga class that links breath and movement through longer holds and smooth transitions. It supports nervous system recovery and connective tissue mobility — making it an ideal complement to high-output training sessions. At SCAC it runs Monday evenings at 6:30pm and Tuesday evenings at 6:45pm.
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Santa Cruz Athletic Club in midtown Santa Cruz offers a full recovery lounge called AURA alongside its training facilities. AURA includes vibroacoustic therapy, BrainTap, PEMF mats, red light therapy, contrast therapy, and massage. Recovery is integrated into the membership rather than sold separately.
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Yes. SCAC now offers small group training for one to four people, Monday through Thursday at 8am. It combines personalized programming with the energy of training alongside others. Available as a $28 drop-in across all membership tiers. Book through the app or ask at the front desk.
