Medicine in the Wild and Leg Day

I can finally sit down and type up a blog entry that isn't just listing a workout! I have been a bit busy wrapping up a semester group and preparing another course to go to the field. The normal 5:30pm workouts have been recently punted to start at 7:30pm and by the time I am done with them I am wiped out! Today I have a bit of time while the hard working Operations staff here at NOLS Southwest issue the students gear and pack their rations for the field.

The courses that are here right now are the Medicine in the Wild students. Third and fourth year medical students who come and get a Wilderness Upgrade for Medical Professionals and then go on a multi-week backpacking expedition in the Gila Wilderness. During that trip they go through various medical exercises as well as first-aid scenarios. Part of the instructor team is an emergency room resident chosen by the Harvard Medical School to help prepare the students for residency and share with them how the NOLS core curriculum is valuable as future residents.

Today's quote is from Hippocrates:

"Walking is man's best medicine."

Workout: Legs
Warm-Up: Perform each exercise in order for one minute each.
Jump Rope
Step-Up
Lateral Lunge
Barbell Good Morning
Bicycle Abdominal Crunch
Weight Training:
Back Squat, 3 sets of 8-10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, medialis, and lateralis, gluteus maximus)
50m Sled Drag, 3 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Rectus femoris)
25m Sled Push, 3 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Rectus femoris)
Super Set: Perform each exercise in order to complete a set. Three sets total.
Glute/Hamstring Developer, 15 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps femoris, gluteus maximus)
Calf Raise, 50 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Gastrocnemius, soleus)
25m Side Step with Resistance Band
(Primary muscles worked: Gluteus maximus, sartorius, tensor fascia latae)

Have a Great Day!!