Weekly Workout Train 3/28/10

Oh what a Monday Monkey Bar workout I had this week! But that’s the awesome thing about Monkey Bar, you never know what you’re going to get and it isn’t boring. We started with some light cardio and then looked at our workout. It went something like this:

Starting with 15 then 14 then 13 (you get the idea of dialing down) do:
• Burpees
• Push-ups
• Pikes
• Push kicks

Once finished, commence with 5 lengths then 1 length of:
• Walking lunges
• Horizontal hand walks

After this:
• 5 minutes of jump rope

Um, yeah. For those of you counting at home, that’s 120 reps each of the first four exercises. I’m proud to say I did all of it but a minute and a half of jump rope before our instructor called time. Whew!

Terrible Tuesday (so named as I was sore before even thinking about working out for two hours) saw Monkey Bar and Krav. Monkey Bar had baseline with the dreaded box hops. Seriously, I do have some coordination so why are they so blasted hard for me? Then it was AMAP (as many as possible) in 30 minutes of the following sequence:
• 20 split squats
• 20 burpees (DAMN THEM)
• 20 sit ups
• 20 push ups
• 20 Capoeria lunges
• 30/30 side plank (hold each side for 30 seconds)

I was a trooper and made it to the second exercise of set 6.Whew. One could say I was adequately warmed up for Krav. Admittedly I was a little leery of the agenda this week in Krav. I have this thing where I’m not a fan of being choked. Chokes from the front and behind while being pushed in to a wall were the defense this week. While it is TOTALLY creepy at first, it does get easier. We also were bobbing and weaving (which those of you who know me know I can do around priests quite well) and some combinations (left, right, left hook, right uppercut). It is with great pride I tell you that my partner and I came out alive and without any new bruises!

Thursday, Thursday. With Krav first I felt like I’d be in proper form for Monkey Bar. Ha. For some reason my bob and weave looked more like a drunk sailor on shore leave which, as you might imagine, is not cute. I tried though. I think my hooks are getting better (you do them in 16 oz. gloves that you’re not used to) and that’s something. Then the chokes came and I’m still trying to keep my head on the wall. Sounds weird but does work. Fingers crossed I never actually have to use it. In Monkey Bar we did a deck of cards. What’s that you ask? There are four exercises (in this case push ups, abs, elephants and squats with lunges) and each suit represents an exercise. Face cards count as 15 reps and then the other cards are face value. Well, except for those stinking elephants which were deemed a tad easy so we did them times five. Yeah. I could have lived without that.

And let me tell you, Friday my back and hamstrings hurt like hell.

As usual, Saturday was a two-fer with level 2 and level 1 of Krav. To be honest, I wasn’t going to stay for the second but peer pressure and a sense of removing the 16 bazillion pounds from my ass made me stay. Same as before for level 2 but my hooks seemed a bit better. Level 1 was a return to groundwork and apparently I had forgotten how your abs feel after it. Perhaps it was due in some part to the abs from Monkey Bar on Thursday. It was nice to be back in a place where I actually knew the techniques and felt comfortable. Sigh.

Well, kids, another week and another round of workouts. Still at that 16 bazillion pounds to shed but feeling a little stronger and a little more certain that EVENTUALLY they will leave;)