Lifting, Lifter, and Monopoly

It's been a pretty lazy weekend around here.

Well, I did go to Soldierfit yesterday as per usual. Only it wasn't the usual.

They are doing a "Monopoly" charity drive, and to kick it off the workout was Monopoly themed.

We had 5 squads, but they were divided in half. I was with 2 guys and we were given a pair of dice. We rolled the dice and whatever number came up was the station we started at. 12 stations total, each was labeled with a number and a description of the exercise in case anyone forgot. First station was alternating tire to floor planks. A group of women joined us at that station and all of us together would forever be known as a team. So the first exercise for a minute, then while doing jumping jacks we rolled again and whatever number came up was the amount of spaces we had to move. There were hurdles set up as a "Go" station. Basically we're moving around the room like a game board, and counted every time we passed Go. It was messy as everyone was scrambling around trying to roll dice and move to the next stations. Sometimes 2 groups would land on the same station and there wouldn't be enough equipment, so people used a nearby empty station and did that exercise instead. We didn't do every single thing, but I remember doing lunges with a sledgehammer overhead, sled pushes/jumping jacks, kettlebell swings, box jumps, squats/ropes, bosu ball burpees, and we did the overhead slam ball station like 5 times! It was crazy, different, and fun. We were all certain we were gonna win because we always rolled high and had alot of Go's. But evidently another team beat us by 2 and won free shirts. Nevertheless, it was pretty fun.

I also got to help move these big heavy shelving units at work. We basically deadlifted them. And I like how they asked me to help instead of the other 2 men that were working at the time :)

I also purchased a lifting shoe from work. Here it is!

I love the colors, they are much more blue than the website led me to believe. Right now I don't particularly need it unless I go in one day and want to hit a PR, but after I move I'll be doing Crossfit and will need it then.