Today I lunged uphill for about 1/3 of a mile with a client.
How did this craziness get started? A couple of years ago, just out of the blue, another client and I did walking lunges up her driveway......at least that's what they call it....I call it a paved mountain goat trail and named it the Beast. It's also about 1/3 of a mile long and steeeeep with many switchbacks. The next day, I did walking lunges with Debra around my block which is about 1/2 mile and fairly level (she's a bit competative and when she heard about the day before, she just had to do something similar herself).
The hill I did yesterday isn't as steep as the Beast, has been named Elmo and has been lunged up many times over the past year or so.
~Patrick
General Notes and Common Terms
The Beast -- a 1/3 mile long paved mountain goat trail that my clients like to call their driveway -- difficult enough to walk up and a real killer to run.
Elmo -- a residential street that a couple of clients live on that's about as long as the Beast and, although it is a hill, it's not nearly steep enough to have the word "beast" associated with it -- thus the name "Elmo".
The Punisher -- a narrow forest trail that gains about 1500 ft elevation in a little over a mile. The full circuit includes a run/hike of about 1 mile to get to the trailhead and about a 3 mile run/hike to get back down. This makes the Beast and the Table Rocks seem like a walk in the park.
Tabatas -- high intensity interval protocol where an exercise is done at full 100% intensity for 20 seconds followed by 10 seconds of rest -- the default number of these intervals is 8 -- done properly, these will knock you on your butt!!
Various Random Activities (VRAs) -- these may include such things as gardening, housework, ADL, XST, ASA, short walks, etc........use your imagination.
Abbreviations -- DB=dumbbell -- BB=barbell -- SB=stability ball -- KB=kettlebell -- MB=medicine ball -- SLDL=straight (or stiff) leg deadlifts
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