Motivation comes in many forms

The Lady Knights have kicked their offseason lifting and conditioning program into high gear and with it I've had to pick up my game a bit. Finding the motivation to work hard, keep the girls on track and teach them to lift properly and injury free has been easier than expected due in large part to the large number who come out every workout. I can't let them out work me, now, can I?

One of the reasons many people give up on exercise and fitness projects is that things get stale or boring. For that very reason we made some additions and adjustments to our workout. Tuesday, rather than lift weights, we shifted our focus to plyometrics and tire work.

We use plyometrics to turn the strength we've been building in the weight room to power. We use a series of bounding and box jumps to work on lower body explosion. It's amazing how quickly the legs can wear out when they're taxed so intensely. To work on our total body power we flipped a tractor tire, a first for our girls and they did a fantastic job. We also "threw" car tires! Yep, that's right! We had our girls slinging car tires! What an intense workout! They also worked the sledgehammer, did ballistic pushups and planks. To wrap up our Tuesday workout we pulled the tractor tire over a forty yard course - talk about burning the muscles!

On Thursday, we stepped back into the weight room, but to wrap things up we got back to the sledgehammer, pulling the tire and throwing the smaller tires. I'm thrilled with the turnout and the effort of our girls but I'm also thrilled that due to their hard work I have to keep pushing myself to keep ahead of them.

Find a partner and get started on building a better you! Good luck!