Conditions: 36 and Raining
Intro, disclaimer and prayer
COP
TTT x 15
LBAC’s x 20 (10 each direction)
SSH x 15
Moist and YHC found ourselves standing around the flag by ourselves this morning. Given the conditions, I suspected the turn out to be low. We decided to push on with the workout and get better.
I have a history of avoiding leg workouts since it has never been my favorite exercise group. However, in this New Year, I plan on changing that and figured this was as good a morning as any to start.
The Thang:
We slowsied over to the block pile and grabbed a couple suitable blocks. As you can imagine, being soaked, there were no “good” blocks to choose from! With block in hand we made our way to the covered area under the stadium stairs. No one said you have to work out in the rain if there are better options.
We started with a series of 11’s that consisted of 4-count calf raises on the first step for a count of 1. At the top of the stairs we completed 1 squat and back down the stairs. We did two 4-count calf raises and back up the stairs for 2 squats and so on. We completed 55 squats and 220 calf raises.
Once we wrapped that series we moved on to one of my favorites. A series of 11’s with our blocks alternating between Curls for the Girls and Overhead Presses. We started with 10 curls and overhead carried our blocks 30 yards, stopped completed 1 Overhead Press and returned to our starting position, again carrying the blocks overhead. We laddered up to 10 OH Presses and down to 1 Curl.
After that, things got really fun. Again, with the theory that I needed to commit to additional leg work we did the following. We completed a side lung to each side, followed by single burpee, and then ran the 30yds out and back. Once back, we completed 2 side lunges per side, a single burpee and a 30yd run out and back. We kept this up for a series of 10 reps and the legs were feeling it.
With that, we moseyed back to the Shovel Flag.
Prayer Requests:
Moist’s cousin shattered his ankle and has had reconstructive surgery. Please prayer for a full and speedy recovery.
Announcements:
Moist is serving as Thumbs UP LLS campaign manager.