Crazy 8s

Crazy 8s have been our tougher day lately. We X off the field with orange cones, then run in a pack until the guy/girl at the front turns. Then, everyone turns regardless of where they are on the field and runs SLOWLY across the field to the next set of cones. Then, turns again and runs diagonally across the field at a quick pace until the front guy/girl turns again. Then again with the slow cross before the hard diagonal. This workout is THE BEST group training has to offer. It is nearly all on grass. Everyone has the opportunity to hang with the fastest runners, if only for a second. It has a central stopping point where we can exercise together. No one gets left behind. We get to walk if we need to. We never get lost. We can leave early if we have to. No workout is faster. And, we can listen to tunes while we work.

We stop every 3rd diagonal and exercise. Today we worked core only. If you broke it down it would look like this:

1 warm
(3 X 140 meters w/ 60 active recovery) X 10 / W 75 core reps rest

Each diagonal is about 140 meters and each cross of the field to the other diagonal is about 60 meters. "Active recovery" means jog (or walk). We did that 3 times then stopped in the middle, laid on our backs or in plank or push up position, and exercised an average of 75 repetitions of various core exercise. We did 3 diagonals and stopped for exercise 10 times.

5 miles, 755 reps of core.

755 being the non asterisked record for home runs in a major league career. Jason Heward #22 has 4.

By the way, if your goal is to increase fitness through hard work, you were in the right place today.