Wednesday, Nov 19th - Metairie

6:00 pm -- Pontiff Playground -- Metairie FitFunCamp

Cardio workout today for the most part. Though it was not as cold as it was earlier this week (and certainly not as cold as it's going to get later), it was cold enough for cardio drills to be the best idea for the day - to get warm quick and stay that way. We had a good group of 5 this evening. Started off with a continuous 3 minutes of active drills in place, followed by some stretching. Then we did combination sets, where we paired two exercises and performed them back to back, with 10 second ACTIVE recovery between the exercises and 30 seconds ACTIVE recovery between sets. I emphasize the "active" aspect of the recovery since it was the key to the workout - it was precisely what made this a cardio workout. The drills themselves were also intended to workout the cardiovascular system more than anything - the emphasis was on producing quick movements, rather than slow and controlled motion. A few of the exercises that were included in the combinations were squats, standing high-jumps, one-leg jumps, elevated knee-raises, and 180-jumps. Toward the end, we switched gears a little bit and exercised the arms and shoulders with the Powerbases. Once again, the drill we did was a combination drill, since I'm thoroughly convinced that for our purposes, drills that combine various movements are more useful than isolated movements. So we put together side raises and front raises, working the shoulders, traps, and the upper arms. Finally, we finished the session off with a set of crunches and static stretches. All in all, a very productive session, I think. Hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did. Take care!

~ Coach Phillip Glotser