Thursday, December 30, 2010

Sundae Fudgy Sundae

If you made a list of some of the most physical fit humans, you might come across someone that has great versatility, maybe some abnormal strength in certain muscles or our buddy David Goggin (and the cameramen that follow him.)  This year, there was an unprecedented match at Wimbledon between John Isner and Nicholas Mahut where the match lasted three full days.  Once Isner finally won the match on the third day, the two etched their names in the record books as being part of the longest tennis match in the history of the sport.

Endurance and capacity for aerobic excellence is crucial.  And while we might not be at the level of endurance or power that these fellows are in, I'm certain each would find the workouts that we are completing to be right in their wheelhouse.


Aaron, Chelsea and Citizen of the Year battle in Burpee Pushups
 Wednesday afternoon's recipe for success included 5500 meters of swimming followed by a physical challenge between teammates:
* Two teams
* Challenge I - Burpee push-ups - maximum in one minute
* Challenge II - Push-ups on bar (5 max)...sprint to buoy...return to push-up station...5 max...sprint...for one minute.  NOTE: We need your input...WHAT SHOULD WE CALL THIS EXERCISE?

Each swimmer got two scores - one for each challenge.  A quick nod of recognition to Kelvin Goodman, whose score of 48 was the highest on the team. 

Winning team: Omar / Steven / Aaron / Darell / Ashley / Lauren / Chelsea / Nandi

These fine-tuned specimen earned a Banana Split, catered to Room 103 complete with whipped cream, Snickers, caramel, and fudgie goodness.

Our Prime Popcorn Practice Performers of the Afternoon:

Cassy, Monique and Ashley duke it out on the push-ups.
#3 - Chelsea Andrews - fastest performances in the water, maintaining quickest tempo in Orange 100s (7.5.)
#2 - Summer Davis - outstanding job in the water during fin set and 300s - dryland effort was supreme (8!)
#1 - Nandi Ross - completes the trio of ladies on the podium with fantastic practice in water that included switching lanes three times in order to take-on faster interval - also a part of winning dryland team of dominance (8.5.)

Omar, Damjan and Kelvin (all of varying shirt preferences) race to glory during our second challenge.

Cassy can't believe her eyes as our men (tank top, shirtless, sleeves) begin the Burpee Pull Up Challenge

1 comment:

Amine said...

Hi Coach !
I'm amine , I see that the team is doing a great job there in Florida , Thumbs up for you coach and for the whole team .
Keep it up !
I think the Exercise should be called : " Do not try at home !"