Battling The Battle Ropes

I know it's going to be a rough two weeks being at the theatre most every night till late because of The Sensuous Senator performances or King and I rehearsal but it really was tough to roll out of bed this morning especially after last nights knee bruising "dance" rehearsal. It started out with "Indian Runs". I always feel so politically incorrect saying that but there we were separated into 3 groups. Today however, there seemed to be little distinction between group 2 and 3. When it was time to sprint and take my place at the front of group the two ladies who were somewhere in between didn't know which group they were in (I asked) so I had no idea if I was supposed to go in front or behind them. Pick a group! When we were done the 6 minute Indian Run we then did a 1 minute partner isolated squat and 60 planking high fives and followed that with karaokes across and back of the two soccer fields.

Enough is never enough for Sgt Laura so we returned to the basketball court for two rounds of circuits at which we spent a minute with 10 second break and then 30 seconds at each station. The stations included, "recovery" planks, kettle ball squat swings, banded side steps, battle rope overhead swings, tire flips, isolated partner squats, and banded squats. This was the first time we'd done the overhead battle rope swings. Basically, we are taking about 4 feet of the end of a battle rope (big fat tug of war rope) and swinging it over our head like cowboys. If you don't get enough momentum you really just look like you're fighting to keep a big black anaconda out of your face. Needless to say some of us might have a few head injuries but at least it was comic relief while we sang Watch me whip, now watch me nae nae.