“The minute you start talking about what you’re going to do if you lose, you have lost.”
– George Shultz
“The minute you start talking about what you’re going to do if you lose, you have lost.”
– George Shultz
Equipment: Basketball court
8 Rounds of:
1 Stand at one end of a basketball court behind the out-of-bounds line, under the basket.
2 Sprint as fast as you can to the free throw line on your side of the court.
3 Touch the free throw line with your hand. Switch directions and return to the out-of-bounds line where you started, bend down & touch the line.
4 Sprint toward the half court line. Touch this line, switch directions & return to the out of bounds line, again bending down to touch the line.
5 Run toward the free throw line on the opposite side of the court. Touch that line with your hand and return to and touch the out-of-bounds line.
6 Finish the suicide by running as fast as you can to the out-of-bounds line on the opposite side of the court. Touch the line and run back to your original starting point.
Recover to ZONE 3
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“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
Equipment: stationary bike
8 Rounds of:
20 sec work (as fast as you can…ALL OUT!!!)
10 sec rest (dead stop)
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“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”
– John Lennon
Equipment: You
2 mile run @ ZONE 2
“Knock the ‘t’ off the ‘can’t’.”Â
– Samuel Johnson
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