Sun, Nov 23 - Metairie

Hey folks,
Sorry for the delay in posting this one. But a solid workout on Sunday, despite the unusual circumstances (namely, the overwhelming amount of people and cars crowding that playground for the football tournament that was taking place there). So instead of taking to the track as usual, we stayed on grass lot across the parking lot. Gorgeous weather yet again on that afternoon. The air still warm from the daytime sun, yet it was cooling off as the sun was setting. Perfect conditions. The workout consisted of combination sets again, but this time instead of a timed active recovery we did dynamic drills between static strength drills. For instance, one combo consisted of a set of overhead presses on the Powerbase and a set of crunches, with side hops for about 30 meters after each of those. Each combo was repeated three times, with a minute recovery after each repeat. All in all, it was a very diversified workout: we worked out arms, legs, abs, shoulders, and cardio of course. Very much in spirit of Coach Brad's recent advice (see his earlier blog if you haven't yet) about short-duration high-intensity training, except we had the luxury of 45 minutes. Yet the idea was the same. Short high-intensity sets with just enough rest to catch the breath and go again! Xcellent :)
~Phil