Training

DJ's trains on one of our member's property in Lakeville, MN.  Below you will find directions on how to find our facility as well as a map and our current practice schedule.  Everyone is welcome to attend any one of our training sessions.  Whether your interest is in pulling, observing, photographing, or anything else, we would love to see you there!  Please email us with any questions that you may have.

How to get to the training facility:

From the Twin Cities:
1.  Take 35E, or W southbound until they merge.
2.  Exit 185th St. and take a right.
3.  Take a left on County Road 91 or Natchez Ave.
4.  Follow Natchez Ave until you reach our training facility located at:    23216 NATCHEZ AVE

TRAINING INFORMATION
Training Schedule
The current training schedule is as follows.  Note that we normally do not train on Sunday evenings if we have a tournament that weekend.

Sundays - Swim 8:00 A.M. YMCA Burnsville
Tuesdays and Thursdays at training facility in Lakeville 7:30-10:00 P.M.

From 8:00-10:00 is our "rope time" where we pull up weights with a pully system and then compete against each other.  Before training, the pullers arrive between 7:30 and 7:45 for a1.6-3.1 mile run.  After and during training we occassionally have a session of calisthenics. 

DJ's Training Facility
23216 Natchez Ave
Lakeville, MN 55372

 

 

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