Monday’s Monkey Bar was three rounds of hell. Kinda like the nine circles of hell with Dante but not as much fun. It started with the Box workout which consisted of 20 squats, 20 lunges, 20 box jumps, 20 squat jumps and then one minute of rest and repeat. We did that four times in the time allotted. Then we moved on to the jump rope workout which was two minutes jump rope, 100 crunches, two minute jump rope, 100 push ups then two minutes of jump rope. That was only one set. The final set was the powerwheel workout with 10 roll outs, 20 knees to chest, 15 roll outs, 20 knees to chest, 20 roll outs, 20 knees to chest. Finished that four times as well. Just some light cardio there right? My legs were killing me after that.
Tuesday’s Monkey Bar was five around the world, 10 knees to chest (UGH!), 15 down-dog push ups, 20 Russian twists, 25 squats, 50 sit ups and then 100 jump rope revolutions. In 30 minutes I did that five times. So, that’s a total of 25 around the worlds, 50 more knees to chest (because really, 180 the day before wasn’t enough), 75 down dog push ups, 100 Russian twists, 125 squats, 250 sit ups and 500 jump rope revolutions. I should really stop counting these things because it makes me wonder what kind of masochist I really am.
Tuesday’s level 2 was a lot of kicks which went oh so well given the squats and all that from the two days before. For some reason I couldn’t move my legs properly to get enough momentum for my side kick. Oh well. Live and learn right?
Wednesday I decided to run since I am allegedly doing a 5k in May. Let’s say this was a pretty bad wog. I ended up doing 3.19 miles but my time was off and my legs felt like complete logs. They just wouldn’t move. At least I got out there though right?
Thursday I knew I’d only do one workout since, well, I stayed out way too late on Wednesday. My feeble attempt at level 2 was more than feeble. It was still kicks but my mind couldn’t tell my body to move. And even during warm up the three of us couldn’t figure out how to do our push ups and sit ups right. Everyone has an off day but this was pretty ridiculous.
And that ended my working out. Yeah, lame but I did try to move a futon on Sunday so that has to count for something right?
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Weekly Workout Train 3/20/10
Another week down and those 17 bazillion pounds seem to like the new residence they have taken up on my body. I swear, I’m about five seconds from inventing a home liposuction that isn’t scary. At any rate, here’s what this week’s workouts looked like.
Monday saw a return to Monkey Bar with sets and reps that included one of my least favorite exercises. I’m 100000 percent convinced that burpees were created by the devil or one of his high up minions. They suck. I’m sure we did some other things like the jump rope, sit ups, powerwheel and what not, but the burpees are what are sticking in my mind as hell. Oh well, the price right?
Tuesday was a double day with Monkey Bar and then Krav. This time around Monkey Bar had us trying to achieve different levels (alignment, strength 2, strength 3 and power) of five different exercises: push ups, box hops, sit ups with weights, jump rope, power wheel roll outs and bear crawls. I was pretty happy to hit power level for the jump rope (1000 revolutions), bear crawls (6 lengths) and weighted sit ups (100). As I do girly push ups the fact I did 50 wasn’t another power level but it is something to work on. The power level for powerwheels was 100 and we did 75 so almost. Box hops are a close second to burpees in my world so 50 was enough of those and that was strength level 3 so there;) Let’s say that doing defensive front kicks forever after this during Krav wasn’t the most fun experience ever. And my 360 defenses with counters look like I’m hitting midgets or having a seizure. There’s always room for improvement right?
Wednesday is normally a day off for me (I try to schedule my meetings to coincide with this). Instead of taking it easy, I thought a 3.5 mile walk would be a good idea. Well, the company of my dear friend LO was definitely a bonus as was the sunny weather, but my legs were in a state of rebellion about .75 miles in. And while it may appear that I live in a nice, flat area, there were moments when it felt like I was off-roading. The jury is out as to whether or not Wednesdays will be added to my schedule.
Thursday normally is another double but since V was sick I decided to only do Monkey Bar. To add a twist, it was Animal Thursday. What is that you ask? Well, all the exercises had an animal name: bear crawls, lizard lunges, crab walk, frog hops, inch worm and something else I’m forgetting. That’s not to ignore the ab work but let’s be honest, I’m past the point of thinking I’ll ever have flat abs again. R&S did not disappoint and an hour later I was feeling very sweaty and tired.
While Friday is almost never a workout day, I was feeling like a lard ass while working from home. Not that it should really count as a workout, but I did make myself do 50 push-ups (still girly on my knees) and 100 reps of abs. There.
Saturday’s masochism continued with level 2 and level 1 of Krav. While my 360 defenses with counters still stink, at least I do pretty well with choke with a pull. Not that it is used very much and not that I ever want to have to use it, but at least I’ve got the theory. Level 1 was all elbows and for once I came out with all the skin I went in with and no new bandaids. Yay!
Here’s to hoping I see some changes soon.
Monday saw a return to Monkey Bar with sets and reps that included one of my least favorite exercises. I’m 100000 percent convinced that burpees were created by the devil or one of his high up minions. They suck. I’m sure we did some other things like the jump rope, sit ups, powerwheel and what not, but the burpees are what are sticking in my mind as hell. Oh well, the price right?
Wednesday is normally a day off for me (I try to schedule my meetings to coincide with this). Instead of taking it easy, I thought a 3.5 mile walk would be a good idea. Well, the company of my dear friend LO was definitely a bonus as was the sunny weather, but my legs were in a state of rebellion about .75 miles in. And while it may appear that I live in a nice, flat area, there were moments when it felt like I was off-roading. The jury is out as to whether or not Wednesdays will be added to my schedule.
Thursday normally is another double but since V was sick I decided to only do Monkey Bar. To add a twist, it was Animal Thursday. What is that you ask? Well, all the exercises had an animal name: bear crawls, lizard lunges, crab walk, frog hops, inch worm and something else I’m forgetting. That’s not to ignore the ab work but let’s be honest, I’m past the point of thinking I’ll ever have flat abs again. R&S did not disappoint and an hour later I was feeling very sweaty and tired.
While Friday is almost never a workout day, I was feeling like a lard ass while working from home. Not that it should really count as a workout, but I did make myself do 50 push-ups (still girly on my knees) and 100 reps of abs. There.
Saturday’s masochism continued with level 2 and level 1 of Krav. While my 360 defenses with counters still stink, at least I do pretty well with choke with a pull. Not that it is used very much and not that I ever want to have to use it, but at least I’ve got the theory. Level 1 was all elbows and for once I came out with all the skin I went in with and no new bandaids. Yay!
Here’s to hoping I see some changes soon.