We started out doing some warm up exercises, and they were okay. Then we moved into a "field games" exercise. During this we had several stations set up, and for the first round we did each station for 2:30. The stations were as follows:
- 4-corners station: In this station was set up in a square, where we started at the first cone.
- run from first to second cone
- side step to the third cone
- back peddle to the last cone.
- Kettle Bell station: At this station we worked in pairs. The first person would run up to the kettle bell (about 15 yards away) and do hip thrusts, then run back and tag the second person.
- Medicine Ball Station: We did side extensions, swinging the medicine ball from bottom one side to top the other 4 times, switching, then tossing the ball to our partner.
- Ladder Drill: We ran through the ladder doing different drills along the way, the drills were
- Straight through
- Double step
- Straight through
- Side Step
- Straight through
- in and outs
- Punching Station: At this station we did punching drills, including hitting some punching targets from time to time. The last minute we did uppercuts the whole time.
After we completed all the stations, we repeated them but this time for only 1:30 at each station. A couple of the stations were modified for the second time around. The 4-corners station had high steps and then 5 jumping jacks when you reached the second cone, and sprinting from the third to fourth cone instead of back peddle. The medicine ball station was squat tosses the second time around.
At the end of the stations, we lined up in two teams, shoulder to shoulder. From there we handed a medicine ball down the line, and the person at the end of the line had to run the medicine ball to the other end and start the ball going again. Once the person that started the ball had run to the beginning of the line, the whole line had to move to the other end of the field (maybe 30 yards) and do the drill again. We had a friendly competition between the teams as we went (but my team won!)
The last event was a water race. We had buckets set up maybe 20 yards apart, one empty and one full. We were then given an 8oz plastic cup and lined up, again in the two teams. We had to go one at a time to the full bucket, fill the cup, and run back to fill the empty bucket. The first team to fill the bucket "won". It was a really close race until team 1 accidentally knocked their "fill" bucket over! Our team had planned to help them after we filled ours, but once we had filled the bucket Rob ran over with team 1's "full" bucket and helped them out. Notice that my team won again ;)
After we were done with the games we did a round of cool down and stretches, then gathered for prayer and had some fellowship time. Lisa had said we should all gang up on Rob, so he started to run away. I decided to give chase and eventually "tagged" him! If anyone should happen to have a photo of that, I'd love to get a copy. After the stressful week that I had with all sorts of personal hurdles that I managed to
I can say for absolute certainty that everyone that showed up today was 100% a winner. We had a fantastic time with a bunch of courageous folks that have started a fantastic journey together. I cannot imagine a better way to spend the first gorgeous spring weekend than outside, being active, with great friends. The 5k is just weeks away at this point, and I look forward to seeing everyone again, and it not being "the last time". I wonder if Rob has "reunion" workouts for all the RBL Alumni that everyone could get together and have fun?
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