Post Christmas Pain
12-27 O-Lifting
Last Sunday I had set the goal of going to the recreation center for some cardio and head over to the gym for the Olympic lifting class, that plan fell through, so I gave it a shot this week. Made it to the rec. center and was able to get 35 minutes on the NuStep machine, this works well because it incorporates arms and legs which will warm the muscles up for the O-Lifting class.
I can remember back to the old swimming days-it takes me longer than the average person to get warmed up, that’s why I try to show up early for classes to get loose (relatively) so when they hit us with the warm up I’m almost ready to start.
I look forward to the Sunday O-Lifting class, it is normally a slower, deliberate class and a nice segue to the week ahead. Today the normal instructor wasn’t there and I was taken by surprise. You emotionally prepare yourself (at least I do) for one thing and something totally unexpected happens. Each instructor is different and I was in the mood for a slower, “less-intense” workout. As usual I was spent after the warm up. The gist of the class was focused on “cleans” which was enjoyable and as usual the instructor was a stickler for detail, which is always appreciated.
Monday is just around the corner and once again due to a late afternoon/early evening commitment I will do my best to get over for the noon session.
Made it over to Joust for the noon Revolution class. This was my first Revolution class and I quite enjoyed it. The big difference is the warm up, in Revolution we ride the Schwinn Spinning cycles and upon completion we go onto the main set(s). I have never taken a “spinning” type class and was excited to get started, that excitement soon turned to nausea. After making the necessary adjustments to the bike I was ready to ride, we did a serious of sprints and “climbed” a hill, followed up by some more interval training.
The main set consisted of 30-20-10 weighted lunges, jumping pull-ups and flutter kicks. Thirty of each exercise, then 20 and 10. Not too bad and the only modification was with the weighted lunges, these are still a very difficult maneuver for me so I hold onto a weight rack and work on my form, seeing some improvement but still a long way to go.
Finally, we ended the workout with push presses-very similar to a military shoulder press however you “dip” down and generate force from lower extremities. This is one of my favorites, since I’ve been working out seems I have a lot of favorites, and I was able to surpass my previous personal best. This should also benefit me in the next “Fight Gone Bad”.
The plan is to meet with Melissa, the Nutritionist, next week and get some measurements to establish a base line. Also heard talk of some gym weight challenge that I’d like to participate in, I’ll pass details along as I get them.
Tags:intense workout,olympic lifting,pull ups,schwinn,spinning
