We started the morning with our disclaimer and warmup. 5 head rolls right and left, shoulder rolls forward/back, inchworm with world greatest stretch with arm circles backward three times go back to down dog. Then, inchworm down to the world’s greatest stretch on the opposite side with arm circles backward and then inchworm back up, potato diggers, and then ended with jumping jacks in cadence.

The Thang: Pax placed mats on one end of the parking lot and weights at the other.

10 reps of weighted exercise – then run/walk/skip/shuffle to the other end of the parking lot and do 10 reps of the other exercise. Rinse and repeat for the entire length of the song. We used one set of heavy weights and a lighter set for the weighted exercises.

Song:                                                                   Weighted Exercise                                         Other exercise (mostly cardio-ish)

  • Going to Make you Sweat                      Shoulder Press                                                        froggers
  • Aint No Mtn. High Enough                    Deadlift to an upright row                                   high knees
  • Burn                                                             squats with calf-raise                                            flutter kicks
  • Shake ya Tell Feather                               lateral raise                                                             monkey humpers
  • Jump Around                                             weighted alt. lunge                                                jumping jacks
  • Opposites Attract                                       bicep curls                                                              tri-cep dips or Hallelujah
  • Push It                                                         frontal raise                                                            push-up
  • Cotton Eye Joe                                           curb taps (fast feet with the curb)                     hilbillies
  • Kickstart my Heart                                   curtsey lunges                                                       forward kicks

A few of us brought everyone’s mat down to our weights because we were exhausted and close to being finished. We wrapped up with one final set:

  • Fighter                                                           weighted glute bridge                                         punches

We ran out of time for stretching – encouraged the pax to please find time to stretch at home. Shared the following COT and ended with Namorama.

“I’m thankful for my struggle because without it, I wouldn’t have stumbled upon my strength.” Alex Elle