Ballantyne land of the lakes

Ballantyne land of the lakes

A small team of tough men for this morning’s Brave.  A good thing too – it was physically and mentally unsavory from start to finish.

The thang:

Run hard to the first lake.  Do 30 6-count burpees.  Run hard to the next lake.  Do elbow plank for 70 seconds (10 second count per man).  Repeat until we have visited every lake.  Total 4 miles or so.

Bonus pull up session: The pax elbow plank while each of us in turn performs three real pull ups.  Here’s what a real pull up looks / sounds like: Hang on the bar, fully extended.  Pull your body up until your chest touches the bar.  Hold for 1 second.  Let yourself down gently, and hang fully extended for 1 second.  It’s difficult to do three of these.  We did three sets each.

Moleskin:

The workout was set up to keep a group of different paces together with faster guys doing a full 30 burpees and others joining in at each lake whenever they arrived.  In the event, it was a fast group all around, and everyone got a full share of burpees.

Easy to forget how unpleasant it is to run hard, do 30 burpees, then run hard again.  Need to practice the Spartan spear throw – you don’t want the penalty.

With the announcement of the Brolympics, the pull up session was timely.  Pre blast mentions full lockout.  Will they hold us to it?  Pull ups are hard to do right, and pretty pointless if you cheat.  Kinda like life, brothers.

A strong group today, and an honor to lead.  Thanks to the men of F3 and the SOBs for all that you do.