The Driveway: Strength & Power Development

Date: 2026-07-22
AO: The Driveway
Q: Play-Doh , Prestige
PAX: Flux, Play-Doh, Peaches, Prestige, 2 percent
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:

Prestige’s choice + MP, WMH, coupon deadlifts

THE THANG:

4 rounds of swings, 3 rounds of everything else:
– 25 Power Swings: 5×5, Every :45 on the clock. Maximum intent.
– 6 Hand-Release Merkins + T-Spine Twist: (1 rep = push-up + right twist + left twist). – 5 Goblet/Bulgarian Split Squats (per side)
– 10 Gorilla Rows
– Gait Training: Loaded Carry (Bear Hug, Zercher, Suitcase, or Farmer’s Carry).

MARY:
– Shoulder-shoulder lateral coupon passes with golfer’s heal raise (rotate through hips not L-spine) – Deadbug (lower back flat on floor)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– sept11stairclimb sept11stairclimb sept11planning
– Ruck Float (8/1 ?)
– Loaded carry challenge @ thedriveway Monday, 7/27
– backpacking

COT:

YHC thanks Prestige for getting things started and pledges to make punctuality a priority!

We admire elite athletes, yet pushing the outer limits of human capacity exacts a price even they must pay—let alone we mere mortals who attempt to emulate them. Notice, however, how they protect themselves: golfers lift a heel on a drive, freeing the hips to safeguard the lower spine. Pay attention to those subtle details. Unless—and perhaps especially if—your livelihood is on the line, focus on mastering the small technical adjustments that yield performance without sacrificing longevity. [edited for publication]