Last night I went to the neighboring downtown with my family as everyone got some ice cream. In case you’re wondering, I skipped the ice cream part

Don’t worry, I’m still human, I eat ice cream, but I’m on a mission, and that will require doing what others don’t do.

On the way home, about half way there, my wife dropped me off on the side of the road so I could run the rest of the way. This wasn’t your typical jog all the way and do nothing else.

No my friend, this was a brutal workout mixed with many different methods and movements.

First of all, I had to run the first few minutes up a steady incline. I ran instead of jogged, but didn’t sprint all out. I then walked the distance of 2 or 3 houses, dropped and cranked out 10 push ups. The running began again, this time, through the woods behind my old elementary school, jumping over bushes, downed trees, on the side of a hill and finally sprinting through the parking lot.

I jumped up and grabbed the basketball rim and cranked out 5 perfect pull ups.

I then sprinted across the lot to the playground I used to train my clients at. There were picnic tables ready for use and a set of monkey bars for my pull ups.

I hit 2 rounds of the following:

1A) military press on picnic table x 10

1B) chin ups x 10

1C) body extensions on ladder x 10

1D) sprint x 300 ft.

I walked down the parking lot to the bottom of my development. Now the uphill race was about to begin.

I sprinted the distance of a few houses, dropped for 10 push ups, walked a few houses and kept repeating. This totaled 70 or 80 push ups by now.

If I saw a fire hydrant I hurdled it.

If I saw a wall on the side of a driveway I jumped over it.

When I got to my house it was only 20 minutes from the start of my run. I cooled down by wlaking to the top of the street (4 house lengths) and hitting 50 consecutive push ups.

I walked back down and took a shower mixing hot and cold water (contrast showers) to aid in recovery.

It’s been a while since hitting the road and that felt great.

This was unfortunately NOT the type of runs I did when wrestling, but I wish I did train like this. Instead, I ran 4 – 5 miles every other night. Yes, my pace was brutal back then, but, intervals mixed with calisthenics is a great method for burning fat and improving conditioning.

This workout was different. It was the complete opposite of what I am used to.

Sometimes you need to do something completely different. Instead of a loud atmosphere,  go somewhere quiet, instead of a long workout, make it super short, instead of intense, go light and easy, instead of free weights, use bodyweight only.

Catch my drift?

Now go make it happen!

In Strength,

–Zach–

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