Another Day's Evening Run

I didn't make it to my martial arts class tonight. Instead, I had to stay home with an unruly child. Sad, really, because I had a great workout planned for everyone. I did call it in to the dojo, since everyone has done similar movements before. I wonder how many actually stayed for the workout?

For myself, instead of working out with a group of people, I ended up working out by myself. And when you're tired, it can be hard trying to motivate yourself. I did manage to gin myself up to do the WOD. The plan was:

21-15-10 of
Kettlebell Swings
Push ups

I finished the workout in 3:58, using a 35lb dumbbell. I think I need to go heavier next time.

Cool thing, though. During tonight's warm up I managed to string together 27 double-unders! Awesome!!

A Jump Rope, a Stop Watch and Some Intensity

For today's workout, the stuff in the title is all we needed, and we really didn't need the jump rope. I usually include some jump rope in the warm up, simply because it's so universal in what it covers. Coordination, aerobic capacity, plyometric movement; all of this stuff is included in the basic jump rope. Add in some cross-overs and double-unders and you're set.

After the warm up, we did today's equipment free WOD :

For Time:
15 Squats, Push Ups, Sit Ups
20 Squats, Push Ups, Sit Ups
25 Squats, Push Ups, Sit Ups
30 Squats, Push Ups, Sit Ups

I managed to finish in about 13:38. The workout started off seemingly too easy. However, the final exercises were much slower. I ended up having to break up the final exercises into groups and 10 and, sometimes, 5.

Wow. It should be interesting to see the improvement when we do this workout again.