American Gladiator Training

How has it taken me this long to discover Brown Street Park? I drove by this place a couple of Saturdays ago but couldn’t get there until this past Saturday.

After surveying the scene and a quick warm-up,

I created my own obstacle course and hit 3 rounds of the following:

• Ring swings

• Feet-elevated flyes x 5

• Traveling dips on low parallel bars x 6-8 (dip, “walk”, dip, “walk”, etc.)

• Up and over cargo net

• Rope climb

• Tire flip x 5-6

This was the most fun I’ve had working out in a while. The video from this session shows the swings and me starting the flyes, but then getting slowed down by small talk. Action starts around the:20 mark. I cut filming after my little conversation and continued with the round. I’ll probably go back this Saturday and will film a full round…

This was a fantastic way to start a Summer Saturday that was followed by a trip to the farmers market and a rhody omelette.

A couple of things to take away from this WOD:

• Climbing the rope barefoot is not advisable if you value the skin on the top of your feet.

• Grip strength is holding me back in certain areas and definitely needs to be addressed.