We are really training now.

Today was that last week day of Jessy's Easter break. We didn't do boxing, but we did a fun new partners exercise Rita use to call Rifle Drills. I don't have a photo, but will try to describe. You and a partner hold a broom stick (the kind that screws into a broom head) above your head lined up with the first set of cones. The bar has 4 disc type cones on it. Together with your partner you do leg only jumping jacks 5 times and then one of the partners takes a disc off the bar, squats and sets the disc on top of the cone on the ground. Then you run to the next set of cones and repeat. All the way through 4 sets of cones and back to the start picking up the discs, on the way back.

The winner of each group gets to sit out or do a lesser rep of the consequence for not being first. And last place has to do double. Once it was push ups, then inch worms, then burpees, then triceps push ups.

We kept moving the whole time. One partner would move down the line until you were matched up with 1/2 of the group. Quite the cardio work out. Cyndi, even with a bum ankle with her competitive spirit was 1st place at least 4 times. I really think those long legs have something to do with it.

So Rita is training us for real military work out. She shared with me the plans for the coming weeks so we will really be ready.


Hmmmm... I think we should definitely be ready for the mud run by the time we conquer these.