July 26th Training Session

This was a tough, tough session that will now stand as one of our benchmark workouts. A real test of fitness and grit. We had four guys in fantastic condition out for this, and every one of us left it all on the field.
The workout was comprised of four circuits (though more were added on at the end for good measure). A lower body circuit, an upper body circuit, a core circuit, and a Battling Ropes circuit. Each circuit had four stations.
We used the Tabatas and thus spent two 20 second rounds at each station in the circuit. After two rounds we'd move onto the next station until we had completed them all. Then the entire circuit was performed again before we could move onto the next one. Here's what the circuits looked like, as written in my clipboard:

And, yes, we performed the bonus circuit! In addition to all of this, we spent lots of time with the tornado ball. In addition to the traditional slams to either side of our body (of which we did several sets), we also did several where the ball traveled from our lower left side to our upper right (and vice-versa) in a wood-chopping fashion.
While this was going on several of us also worked wall ball shots.

The next day everyone reported in that they were definitely feeling it - but that's a good thing! It means it works! Too often traditional gym exercises haven't challenged us enough, but that was definitely not the case with this workout, which we have dubbed The Castle.