Right now I’m busier than ever, so fitting in any sort of training is a challenge. But, I’m committed to getting in at least a half hour a day. So, depending upon the weather and how I feel both mentally and physically, I change things up. Right now I have a handful of things I’m rotating between:
- Walking the dog – ~45 minutes. It’s my active recovery on those rare Seattle winter days when it’s not raining.
- Z-Health S-Phase. Stances, arm swing, and transition steps. Tough to do indoors, but can be done — outside is MUCH better, because then I can cover some distance. Nearby tennis courts make the perfect venue
- Jumprope. This is for the days when I have to be indoors and really don’t feel like thinking. 1 minute on, 1 minute off for 20 minutes. During the rest periods I work on visual drills.
- Tennis/basketball/soccer. Definitely requires the great outdoors, and we can go to the nearby elementary school and use their courts for practice.
- Z-Health mobility and weighted mobility
- Kettlebell “Roll the Dice” workout. Assign a drill to a number (1-6), assign reps to a number or a multiplier thereof. Roll twice (one to assign the drill, the second to figure out how many reps). Do drill. Repeat for 30 minutes.
What I like about this right now is that I have a set repertoire that covers a wide variety of activities and levels of effort. This means that I can tailor each day to how I feel. I’ll likely keep this activity set through the end of the year.
Tonight was Roll the Dice. The program, as I have it designed is:
- Snatch. # rolled +10.
- Press. # rolled.
- Swing/Catch/Squat. # rolled +10.
- Halo. # rolled.
- Overhead Lunge. # rolled +10.
- 1/2/1 swing combo. # rolled x10.
Tonight, that resulted in: 55/55 snatches, 13/13 presses, 71 swing/catch/squat, 22 halo, 19/19 overhead lunge, 50 1/2/1 swing combo. About halfway through we stopped to rest for 2 minutes and do some visual drills. We each pick our favorite drills to reduce the threat and get in some bonus visual work.
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