A Brief Meet at Sidney Lanier

Returning to Sidney Lanier is always fun because it's just an incredible place to goof off and play. I arrived earlier than anyone else, so I spent the time with a long warm-up and conditioning period. Being by myself, I got to play with some exercises that I haven't done before, which allows me the opportunity to properly assess its effectiveness in our group sessions. In any case, my warm-up and conditioning looked liek this:

Joint rotation
25m QM x2
25m reverse QM x2
10m walking lunges
10m reverse walking lunges (new)
5 plyometric press-ups to one-handed hold on ledge (new), each arm
15 overhead press-up holds (new) x2 (failure after 3 on the second set)

I'm not quite sure what to call the overhead press-up holds.. You get into them by laying on the ground prone, placing your hands above your head close together ALMOST as far as they can go out (about an inch in from that), then press your body up. This is mostly done with the abs and was a RIDICULOUSLY difficult exercise. So a "press-up" is really not the appropriate term since it's an ab exercise, not an arm. In any case, it brought me to the point of being sore on the drive home from having to keep my torso upright. Lol.

Also, the reverse lunges were a lot more difficult than expected, and I really feel it in my hamstrings right now. I quite like that, even though it was difficult to complete the full 10 metres. Definitely going into our group sessions.

In any case, when Corey and Will arrived, we started goofing around and doing some fun training, and I showed them some more exercises. All good fun.