April 28, 2011

As Jennie would say, "Tough Mudder". Yesterday I went to MBar in the morning. It was a prison workout. This is where you start doing 10 reps of an exercise all the way down to 1 rep, subtracting a rep between each set. You also alternate btwn exercises. The two exercise we did were a pull-up and a push-up. I had to use the BXT bands for assistance on the pull-ups. I did Hindu push-ups (I'm not calling them Hindu push-ups because I did them, they are actually called that), eventually needing assistance from the bands. Afterwards the trainer was like, "Oh look, we have extra time, why don't you do 4 sets of of sprinting 15 yards down and back 10 times (that's 300 yards of sprinting) and 3 sets of 25 power wheel rollouts". So I did it, and I was proud to finish the whole workout. I gotta say that 3 months ago when Jennie convinced me to go to MBar I wouldn't have thought I could finish that workout, so I am getting better. Later that day I went on a 27 mile bike ride with Jennie and Boy Aaron. As usual I was pulling up the rear, but I was proud to finish the bike ride. 3 months ago, no chance.

This morning I went to MBar at 6:30 am. We did a killer warm up where you paired with a person. While one person jump roped the other person bear crawled. You would bear crawls 5 lengths to 4 lengths to 3 lengths all the way down to 1 length. Killer warm up. I'm not sure if the new trainer thought this one all the way through. Then we did the workout (wtf). The workout was going through a circuit of 4 exercises 5 times. For each exercise you would work for 40 sec followed by 20 sec of rest. We did sit-outs, box push, jump rope, and battling ropes. Then I had to book it to UWP to teach lab.

So I feel good about my working out. One thing I need to start incorporating is some cardio and hill stuff. After doing the run and the bike ride, I realize MBar isn't very good at improving the cardio. Jennie made a great suggestion of running before and/or after MBar. That is most def going to happen. I also might start going to MBar before goalty on Saturday. While not great for my goalty game (which isn't vert good to begin with) it'll be godd for the TM. I also need to work on getting enough sleep and staying hydrated. I tend not to drink very much water. I need to step up the water intake.

That's all for now. Other people should post. I want to hear what others are doing. Don't be a joker.