We’ve just completed our third week of the Rise Burpee Challenge! Though our weekly segments are clearly Burpee-centric, Week 3 was a really a chest/arm burnout. We did 50 pushups broken up by 5 Burpees every minute, on the minute. If you focused on form and did your pushups nice and slow, you probably had…
We’re about halfway through the Rise Burpee Challenge and we just conquered the hardest week! The Burpee Segment Of the Week was to do 50 Burpees straight, as fast as you can. Simple? Yes. Tough? Yes! Everyone who earned full points during week 1 crushed it again during week 2! But unlike last week, Pablo…
NOTE: We have a new rule starting Monday! If you attend multiple Rise workouts each week, you’ll want to read to the bottom to find out what it is! The Rise Burpee Challenge has just concluded its first week, and the competition is fierce! We have five Risers with full points for the week on…
Risers! We’ve got some great events coming up this week, including (1) a group ruck from Manhattan to Brooklyn (that’s TOMORROW) and (2) a Donut Run from Manhattan to Brooklyn and back (on Friday)! We’ve also got the usual exciting round of fitness on the menu. Rucking We tried to contain our enthusiasm for rucking to the…
Rucking is so last month, but it was such a popular series that we’ve decided to make it a permanent addition to The Rise’s evening repertoire. And last Tuesday we held our first Rise-style rucking workout! We took our weighted backpacks and used them to add an extra dimension to our squats and flutterkicks, and…