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The Calgary Stampede is the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. It is a magical time when dressing like a hick in the work place and acting like a raging alcoholic is not just acceptable, but actually encouraged.

But if you are going to enjoy the Stampede, you better be mentally and physically prepared for it.

For mental preparation, just think back to your college days, when you drank heavily on consecutive nights and thrived on very little sleep.

For physical preparation, you have to be ready for a number of scenarios.

1. Picking yourself up off the ground.
2. Picking up women, if you are single, or your drunken wife, if you are married.
3. Running, from the cops, from a "grenade", or to nearest bathroom.

With that in mind I put myself through a rigourous pre-Stampede training regime. Here is the final workout before the festivities began:

• Mobility Work
• Dynamic Warm-Up
• body weight drills
• A1 Push-Ups (to simulate picking yourself off the ground after tripping on your own drunken feet)
• 5 x 20-30
• A2 2 Kettlebell Deep Rack Squats (to simulate cradling a cowgirl and lifting her up)
• 5 x 10
• Hill Sprints
• 10 x 40 meter (to simulate running for your life, freedom, future responsibilities, etc)

There you have it. A Workout fit for any party time cowboy in training. Now go ride something!


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