The sprints, Kenny Pohto remembers, were the worst.
"One sprint down, three sprints, four, five, seven, nine, eleven," he said. "And then back down. That was real tough. Not many of us made it. We came back the next day and did a lot better."
The Shockers started full-team practices on Wednesday after weeks of individual sessions, team-building work and five days of conditioning called the "10th round" to evoke the final minutes of a boxing match.
"I would say it wasn't very fun," coach Paul Mills said. "It's 6 a.