Fit2Fat2Fit Blog: Breakfast of Champions

Today was the next-to-the-last day of the Summer PLS training program and Clark & Co. served up a tasty breakfast of pain. There were six courses on the PLS buffet plus Clark’s famous Core-Crunch for dessert.

Items on the menu included:

• Running through (and over) bags, hoops and ladders followed by ten yards of bear crawls to cleanse your palate. Repeat often.
• Clark’s Blue-Ball Breakfast: Using the blue ball, jump ropes and your own body weight  to carve and crush your core.
• The Boards/Chips & Salsa Crap-Yourself Combo. (26.5 yards pushing a board, 53 yards pulling yourself by your hands as your feet sit in the tray and 26.5 yards pushing the board again.)
• Morgan’s Big Tire Surprise: Team high knees around the monster tire, 10 push-ups while your feet are on the tire, 40-yard sprint, ten burpees, 40-yard jog, rinse and repeat two more times.
• The Indian Run! (my line ran a mile).
• W-Drill up a hill.
• Dssert: Clark’s famous Core-Crunch.

It may not have been the hardest workout we’ve done this year, but it was easily in the top-five. I came off the Boards/Chips & Salsa winded and it took me until the Indian run to catch my breath. But I commented to my line-mate Liz that there is no way I could have done this level of workout 12-weeks ago. While I felt tired, I also felt extremely satisfied.  I am very proud of everyone on the field today for making it to the next level.

So what’s next?  Tomorrow is what they call an endurance workout. You go through the stations as fast as you can and non-stop for the whole hour.  It’s really a lot of fun.  (I did the circuit twice the last time I did it; this time I’m shooting for three).  And then tomorrow night, we’ll have our end-of-the-session party. Top athletes will be named.  Good food will be served. We’ll see what everyone looks like showered and dressed.  A good time will be had by all.

The past 12-weeks have been amazing.  I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been in. Now I’m going to take some time and plan out what I’m going to do to stay that way during the off time.

I look forward to the fall and my next serving of the breakfast of champions.