When I was in college I came up with the bright idea to join the diving team. I was never great at it, but I sure loved every second. Our diving team's only real job was to show up to our 2-3 night a week practice and the meets. I felt this was a bit unfair so I decided to do morning workouts with the swim team. I felt it helped cement us as members of the same team. Our workout was what most people would equate to torture: 500 crunches, 100 push-ups, lunges the number varied but where sometimes around the length of the indoor track, in place jumps. (Now I know that these are plyometrics.) After this we would "retire" to the equipment gym for some cardio or weight training. I loved every second of this at the gym by five am. The amount of calories I consumed at the post work out breakfast must be equal to that of which I eat in a couple of days now. Today I am away from my home gym equipment. I decided to improvise.
My reminiscent of Dry Land training work out for today was: 25 push ups, 200 crunches (sets of 25, varied), 20 lunges, 20 squats, 30 in place jumps (10 right hand tapping wall, 10 left hand tapping wall, 10 both hands tapping wall), ladder style agility drill using large ceramic tile floor, and a cool down/stretch.
I have noticed my ability to push myself has become so much greater than it was. I used to start a workout and then bow out when I felt the burn. Today, I set a goal to do 25 push ups and 125 crunches, about a quarter of the dry land workout.
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