Weekly Workout Train 5/8/10

I decided that since I was such a slacker last week that I’d try to run on Sunday. It sounded good in theory but I wasn’t taking the heavy humidity and pollen in to consideration. Those two factors made it an uphill battle. That said, I did end up doing 3.5 miles of fast walking and jogging so I guess that’s better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

Monday’s Monkey Bar had some termed exercise that I can’t remember. The point was to do 20 seconds of the exercise and then 10 seconds rest for a total of eight repetitions and four minutes. We started with skaters, then push ups (arms close then Hindu), Russian Twists then leg lifts, tire runs then wacky jacks and then some kettle bell row thing. As if that wasn’t enough we did a five minute kettle bell swing. I’m the first to admit that I do not do this technique properly which Lisa kept pointing out. I did however, hold on to the damn thing and didn’t throw it at anyone. It’s the little things right?

Tuesday I had an event and couldn’t work out. I was standing on my feet for about six hours though so maybe I can check Livestrong to see what that counts for.

Wednesday I wanted to go for a jog, but with raindrops the size of silver dollars coming down, I had to settle for some hard core cleaning and a Jillian Michael’s video. I’m not a huge fan of hers, but her 30 day shred isn’t the worst program ever. It goes in sets of strength, cardio and abs. And it’s kind of short so I felt like I was doing something without a ton of effort.

Thursday I prepped for both KM 2 and Monkey Bar. In level 2 we had some focus mitt combinations (left straight, right elbow and then left straight, right elbow, liver shot) followed by kick combinations. Since I did squats like a champ Wednesday, my legs kinda hurt. The self defense this week was headlocks from behind which feel weird to defend and to give. My partner and I made it through though.

Monkey Bar started simply enough with yoga. Then we had the “option” of running or doing stuff inside. Thinking it would be easier, I ran. Ha. I don’t like keeping pace with others. We’d do our circuit then come in for a set time of push ups. After that “fun” there was a set of exercises to run through for two minutes or until you maxed out. They were reach ups, Russian twists with 10 lb. weight, powerwheel rollouts and holding plank. I did pretty well with the first two, sucked at the third and was ok on plank. Whew.

Friday I went back to Monkey Bar since I’m a masochist. Well, also because dodgeball is fun. After that, we did the “prison” workout as fast as possible and then got to go home. The workout was broken down in to arms and legs. The first round was arms and the pyramid went 10-8-6-4-2 for reps. It was a pushup (either downdog/updog or Hindu) and then upright rows holding kettlebells. Round two was legs with lateral jumps and broad jumps (you jump forward propelling yourself as much as possible). It sounds easy but trust me it wasn’t.

Saturday was level 2 and level 1 for Krav Maga. Level two was a lot of the same as Thursday with a few more focus mitt combinations. I have to say I’m apparently building some sort of arm muscle as even I feel my punches getting stronger. The headlock thing screwed me up again but I’ll get it eventually. Level 1 was punches, kick to the vertical target and inside defenses. Honestly, I can always use work on my inside defenses;)

So, for those of you counting along at home, that was eight (8) workouts this week. Perhaps I’ll start seeing results soon….