Tuesday 12/29 & Wednesday 12/30
Tuesday 12-29-09
Tuesday and I'm working off, and will be for some time, all the holiday treats and it is taking it's toll, I'm spent.
Tuesday I warmed up at the recreation center for 35 minutes on the NuStep, these warm up sessions really help me when it comes time for the hardcore workout. Instructor M ran the 4:30 session today, she is always so positive and quite the "cheerleader". The workouts this week have mainly been working with body weight which when you're sporting 300+ pounds does not necessarily work in your favor.
Today after the warm-up we did the following: 100 each, anyway you choose to get it done Squats, Box jumps, Sit ups, Knees to elbows and Push ups. I modified the box jumps, using the 10" box and doing step ups, however I did use two 15 lb. dumbbells. The second modification was the knees to elbows, instead of using the pull up station and bringing my knees up to my elbows, I laid on the ground, holding onto the base of a weight rack and did the same movement, bringing my knees to my chest.
This was a killer ab workout and since we all enjoyed it so much when it was time for the "Instructor's Deelight" to finish up, we were fortunate enough to get to do 50 sit ups with a 20 lb. Dynamax (medicine ball), which is doing a sit up, throw the medicine ball against the wall, catch and repeat. I'm definitely feeling it today.
Even though the instructor's time all the workouts at this point in my journey, the times are not of importance to me, my goal is to do everything and just finish. My classmates have been very patient and it also gives them more time to recover before the next round of pain is doled out.
Wednesday was my fourth consecutive day working out and my body was sore and achy. Jenn, the kettlebell guru with
Wednesday Kettlebell 12-30-09
her twinkling eyes and bright smile was so gleeful as she administered the pain at the noon class. The noon class people do not mess around, there are some hard core freaks of nature and I am amazed at the strength and speed at which they completed the workout. For example, after the warm up we did a 10-1 set, meaning 10 repetitions of the exercise, then 9-8-7 and so on to the final set of 1 repetition. I usually do not worry about the other class members I just focus on doing everything and just finishing as I stated before. Growing up in a large familyI was taught to be considerate of the "the group" and I don't want to hold things up for the others. I thought I was doing a good job of keeping up or at least not falling too far behind. I was floored when I was just finishing my 6 repetition set when the 1st participant finished and I was finishing up the 4 repetition set when the last of my classmates completed the 10-1. Here is another example of why I like Joust so much, the other class members were offering words of encouragement to keep me going. I am relatively new there and it felt good to hear the motivating words, it really adds to the "team" atmosphere. I'm pretty sure most people that have participated in team sports know what I'm talking about. Keep on keeping on.
Tags:dumbbells,killer ab workout,medicine ball,nustep,sit ups,workouts
