1 week out from SPARTAN Race + How to bake a sweet potato in 5-minutes!

What's going on guys? Welcome back to another Spartan Trainer. As of today, we're officially 1 week out, so this is I think one of the last 3 or last 4 training sessions that I'm doing. It's a grip and stability workout. You probably noticed I'm sitting on the ground right now. I don't know, I'm in a warm-up position. I'll show you how I do it. It's one of my favorite warm-up exercises. So what you want to do is get your butt next to the wall. I start sideways and put my legs, I rotate them up against the wall, and then I kind of move my butt closer to the wall and put my legs into like a squat position. And now the idea is get your butt right up pressed against the wall as close as you can. It's gonna be really tight on your hips and your glutes and your ankles and your knees, but it's a really great stretch to get your lower body primed for the exercises you're about to do in the gym. And it can be, it can be for any workout, 'cause I mean, your hips come into play with everything. And you can also, instead of bending your knees, put your legs straight up against the wall and spread them out like kind of in a, in a split position. And so I alternate between both of these. I'll try to hold them for about a minute. But what do we have on today's workout agenda? Well, it is a strength and stability workout, or grip and stability workout. So first exercise, we're going to start off, I'm going to start off with a circuit, and we're also, we're going to do 2 circuits today actually. It's 10 burpees, 5 pull-ups, 1 minute plank, 1 minute plate carry, 1 minute rest. We'll do 5 rounds of that, and then we get into 10 deadlifts, some Beast Activations, which is like a more exercise and then some hanging leg raises, and we'll do a few more rounds of that. I think that's a 10-minute AMRAP. Let's jump in. All right, so we ran into a little bit of a roadblock. This is dead. But not to worry, I got my trusty pal Benny. What's going on, brother? How are you, mate? We got the— we got the iPhone cam, so— iPhone 8. So yeah, that's it, no excuses. We're gonna get this workout filmed. Start off first things first, burpees. Nothing will get your heart rate up like burpees. We got 5 pull-ups. First stability exercise, 1-minute plank. That's that 1-minute plank done. We got 1-minute plate carry. I picked the thicker— I picked the thicker plate because it's a bit harder to grip. Let's rock! Kill a few seconds there. Okay, so that's one round. We're gonna do that 5 times, usually with the plate carry. That must have been a fast walk, it's about a minute all the way to the end of the gym and back. So 4 rounds to go. 5 sets done. That's only like 15 minutes of work, but it's, it's ridiculous. We're going to go into a 10-minute AMRAP. We've got deadlifts, Beast Activations, which are a core exercise, and then some hanging leg raise, more core exercise. 5 reps of Beast Activation both sides. This is not the exact Beast Activation in the catalog, but it works for me. Our bodies meet, I can feel the tension move us into the next dimension. Now the deadlift isn't as heavy as what I've usually been going, but that's because we're in the later stages of training and I want to keep my legs fresh for a bunch of running. So about 15 seconds rest and we'll just keep going, repeating it over and over. 10-minute cycle. So the goal of that workout was to get the grip strength going so when you're on the obstacles you can hold on and move around. Same with the core strength over those long distances. Your legs could probably take it, but your core is what will end up letting you down. So that was the main focus of this workout. And of course, the short rest times to mimic in between the running and the obstacles. Let's go eat. How to bake a sweet potato in 5 minutes. Okay, while this hotter than the sun type object is cooling We've got another one in the microwave going, but while that's running, we're going to prep the other stuff. So by the time this is out, everything's ready to go. A wise man once told me to never eat alone. Dad! All right, yeah, so I'm gonna— what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna go, how is it, mate? And then I'm gonna sign off the video that I did. All right, so you say When I ask you how is it, mate, just say whatever you think, and then I'll put the finishing touches on with a bit of lemon. Then I'll sign out the video. Alright? So how's it look, mate? Mate, I can't believe what I've got in front of me. It is a whiz-bang new beaut. What the— Well, we've got one more thing, the finishing touch. We're gonna squeeze a lemon on there to finish off. Yum. I'll do the same on mine. So this is going on YouTube, Dad. You know what that is? Yes. Not. I'm one week out from Spartan Race. How do you reckon I'll go? Spartans were pretty good. You're not Greek, that's your only problem. Alright, I won't hold you too long on this. So we got some greens at the bottom, sweet potato, avocado, some hokey fish, some spices, little bit of capsicum, and of course topped it off with a drizzle of olive oil. And lemon to finish off. You keen to eat? I'm very keen to eat. I'm holding back here, I have to say. Don't, don't, don't, don't. I need to get the video. One week out from Spartan Race. I'm getting keen. I'm a little bit scared, but we'll get it done. Nutrition's on point, training's going well. We'll see you next week. You want to sign off with me? Yeah. Ready? Aroo! You beaut!