Congratulations to our Kaizen Warriors that participated in the Gladiator Rock ‘n Run on Saturday. Ya’ll did a fantastic job! Here’s a quick run down of what went down at Joseph D. Grant Park. We had some amazing weather on Saturday and the course delivered as advertised with challenging obstacles and plenty of mud.

Right out of the starting gates we faced an uphill battle that would continue until we were ¾ of the way through. These hills racked up 2 votes for most challenging part. At the top of the first of climb we faced a mystery obstacle identical to one included in our last preparation session, the tire lunge walk. As a team, we looked like we knew what we were doing. Great job ladies and gents!

From there the trail seemed to go straight up until we got the Arctic Plunge which brought some sweet relief until we had to put our heads under water, brain freeze! Back on the trail we made our way to another mystery station, cinder block burpees. This didn't slow anybody down just gave us a chance to warm back up. After some more ups and downs along the trail we made it to the rope climb. The obstacle that seemed generate the most anxiety leading up the race and after notched 2 votes for the most challenging station. Everybody rang the bell, some with got help from our leader Rick, who climbed up half way to provide a shoulder or head to step on.

After the rope we made our way over some walls, carried rice for Buddha, made our way up and down some more hills. We crawled through some mud that would leave us covered for the rest of the course. We made it in and out of a dumpster and onto the last ¼ of the race.  There were 4 obstacles packed in the last little bit. We traversed the monkey bars, which got my vote for most difficult because it took off one of calluses on my right hand. Then the team challenge of carrying a telephone pole around some cones. Climbed a twenty foot cargo net rolled over the top and made our way back down. We attacked the Beast (a near vertical wall with ropes to assist) full force with muddy shoes. Once we got over the wall it was a hop, skip, and jump over some fire where we finished as a team. 

Congrats to the Kaizen Warriors that Committed, Crushed and Conquered Gladiator Rock ‘n Run this weekend. Special thanks to those who helped us prepare and encouraged us during our training. We hope next time you’ll join us! You can start your obstacle course prep this Saturday at our FREE weekend workout at River Glen Park in San Jose. Sign up on the upcoming events page and we’ll see you out there this weekend!

Thank you for coming out to our last Gladiator Rock ‘N Run training session. Once again the weekend workout was designed to prepare the Kaizen Warriors for the event coming up this Saturday. The challenge course on Saturday looked more like an obstacle race itself than preparation for one. We included some of most difficult exercises yet, the rope climb and the cliff hanger pull-up.

The rope climb wasn't very long but the strength required covering that short distance was great. Without knots in the rope and the way we had to attach the rope to the bars made it difficult to use your legs leaving most of the work to be done with the arms and back. Everybody did a great job at this station utilizing different techniques to get to the top.

The cliff hanger pull-up proved to be a challenging exercise for most. It could have been because it was another hard upper body exercise stuck in the middle of a big workout. It also seems like there were some issues getting set-up properly. Getting a foot in the band and still being able to pull-up and around it caused some issues. With some assistance and instruction everyone preformed very well at this station. 

Again, thank you for coming out to this awesome group workout and hope you enjoyed yourself.  No group workout this weekend because we’ll be out participating in the Gladiator Rock ‘N Run! The following weekend we’ll be back at River Glen Park for two consecutive weekend workouts. Check out the Upcoming Events Page to sign up.

A high-five goes out to all of you who joined us on Sunday. Our second weekend workout designed around the Gladiator Rock n’ Run, and everybody did a fantastic job!

It looks like there are at least 3 events where we’ll be crawling through or under something. Unfortunately, we couldn't recreate the mud that we’ll undoubtedly encounter, but our low crawl station got us down low. Everybody did a great job getting under the ropes, so we will be flying through/under those obstacles.

Here’s the link to the event page if you want to check out what’s in store:
http://www.gladiatorrocknrun.com/event_june_15-16.html

The speed ladder transitions will help us get our knees up for the Terrible Tires and out of the mud if its as muddy as advertised. We carried bags around cones like Buddha’s Burden. One of the bags was probably close to 40lbs, but getting used to running or walking with an object that will be helpful when it comes to that obstacle.

Of course there are some obstacles that we are unable to recreate in a workout but you can at home. For example, the Polar Bear Plunge, a quick dip in a pool of ice and water. Fill up your bath tub with some ice and water and jump on in! Not a bad idea for after next week’s group workout, which will be on Saturday June 8th @ 8:00am at River Glen Park in San Jose. For those of you training for the Gladiator Rock n’ Run come get one more group workout in before the event, and if you're not doing the event, join us for an awesome weekend workout! See you on Saturday!