Two Quick Workouts, But Plenty Tough

Yesterday (Tuesday) was a pretty long day, but a good one. Long because I had to take my child to her martial arts class at Unity Martial Arts before I went to my class. I finished up the evening with with my martial arts class and workout.

For our class, we spent a good 20 minutes just 'warming up,' including jumping jacks, arm swings, and hip and knee rotations. We then worked the rest of the time on a "show" kata called the Sakura kata. The kata has a lot of new moves for me, moves I haven't practiced that often. My class was led by a guest instructor, Sensei Gerry Goradeski from Jacksonville, FL. We made it though the first few moves, but it took quite a bit of time. I'm glad we took our time, though. It made it easier for me to learn the moves.

Since Sensei Gerry wanted to go out to eat with some of the dojo members after class, we did a very short workout, with our favorite movement... burpees! And to keep things short, but intense, we did Tabata intervals. The goal is to do as many reps as possible in the time alloted. Your score is the minimum number of reps you complete in any round. I managed to get a score of 5. Sadly, it was tough to even get that score.

Today was a rough day, even after yesterday. Monday, Sensei Tanner had us working our kicking stances and moving through the kicks in katas. This proved to be quite a load on the old legs. They were still sore this morning, even with yesterday's workout to wash some of the lactic acid out. I almost didn't work out, but dragging myself to the dojo in the morning helped get me motivated.

This morning's WOD was another short one. Since I had sore legs, I wanted something that included more arm movements. I ended Up doing sumo dead lift high pulls and push presses. Both have some leg/hip action, but also include a lot of work for the arms. Since I only had the dumb bells at the dojo, I was limited to 25#. Still, this seemed enough to get worn down with.

The WOD was:
21-15-9 of
Sumo Dead Lift High Pull
Push Press

Getting Back Into the Swing of Things

Trying to get back into the swing of exercising today, after the weather and my head cold worked their 'magic.' Don't have a lot of time, so most likely it will be a good warm up, then Tabata Cleans with either a Medicine Ball or Dumbbells.

Just have to do something!

Class Report and Morning Exercise Routine

Led a CX Fitness class through Tabata intervals with push ups and sit ups last night. Hilarity ensued when they tried to finish the last couple of sets of push ups. Lots of grunting with little movement. =D

This morning was a "Thirsty Thirty" workout. Kind of a scaled down version of the Crossfit Filthy Fifty. I included fewer exercises and fewer reps to keep the intensity higher and to allow the class to finish quickly.

Push Ups
Tuck Jumps
Jumping Jacks
Squats
Sit Ups
Burpees

By the time I got to the burpees, I was breathing REALLY hard. I broke the burpees up into sets of 5, just to get through. Finished in 7:47. My companion finished in 9:34.