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The “standard” substitute for Wall Ball is either dumbbell or barbell thrusters. Since you can’t (or shouldn’t, anyway) actually throw the dumbells in the air, use about twice the specified ball weight (40 lbs or so instead of 20) and do them as explosively as possible . . . but it’s still quite different.
Better to follow David Heyer’s directions for a homemade medicine ball:
take an old, or cheap, basketball
cut a slit in it
stuff with sand
sew or glue the slit closed (optional), and then tape up with heavy tape (Americans call it duct tape)
This gives you a perfectly functional 18-22 pound ball (9 or 10 kg) for under $4.
Deadlift and run
Porch Workload:
225# Deadlifts 15 reps
Run 800m
225# Deadlifts 9 reps
Run 800m
225# Deadlifts 6 reps
Run 800m
Time = 24’23”
Felt quite energetic this morning after taking Sunday as an extra restday and decided to give it a go. I usually do pack/puppies scaling so the porch was a first for me. After the WOD I had to sit down and let my heart rate return to normal, it srtuck so hard my body thumped with each beat. I thought I was going to feel it later in the day as I usually do on metabolic days, but actually I still feel pretty freaking good. This WOD rocks because it combnines two of my favourite exercises, running and deadlifts
Red Card = Pushups for the value of the card 2-10
Black Card = Air Squats for the value of the card 2-10
Jack = 30 jumping jacks
Queen = 10 Alternating Jumping Lunges
King = 15 Situps
Ace = 10 Burpees
Joker - Bear Crawl Length of the gym down and back
Was the first time I did this one in the gym. Our warm up was parking lot sprints. Our cool down was 500 jump ropes. I enjoyed this one today. Got stronger as the workout went on. My wife is on her way to the 9AM class now. Interested to see what her take will be.