I’ve been looking forward to trying my hand (hands?) at “wall-balls” ever since I heard of the exercise. It just looked fun.
Tonight in class we learned how to do them (correction: were taught how to do them) and did it as part of the workout. While I still think it is fun, I struggled to actually learn how to do them right and get any sort of rhythm going. The ball kept landing on my face and on my way back down in my squat, I fell backward on my butt not one, but two or three times. And not just during the lesson part – in the middle of the actual workout where we are supposed to be going fast!
If it weren’t for my terrible wall ball coordination, I would’ve had a decent time. I came in third, even though I sped through the dead lifts and kettle bell swings. The two in front of me definitely got the edge on the wall ball portion of the workout! It was a killer workout too. FULL BODY ALL THE WAY. Here it is, what I completed in around 5:40.
15-12-9 reps decreasing over three rounds of:
Deadlifts (first time doing these, so kept it a reasonable 49 lbs)
American kettlebell swings (I think it was a 16 pounder)
Wall balls with a 10 lb medicine ball
Thought about puking a couple times but kept focused and worked through it! It was a good one. Just need to get the hang of those wall balls so I can be more efficient. Falling down and dropping the ball repeatedly aren’t really efficient at all!
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