My new mantra

My new mantra: Burpees are my friend! Burpees are my friend! Burpees are my friend! 


I am learning to embrace them! Truly! Seriously.... I really am.... I think... No I am! I LOVE BURPEES! (Eventually I will start to believe this... hahahahaha!!!)


Haven't updated my blog in a week... but not because I haven't been training... just pure laziness! Yes... I will pound out 100 burpees... but can't update my blog! There is no help for me! LOL!


But to keep me accountable, here is my last week of training. 


Thursday: Spinning
After some intense upper body workouts on Wednesday, I was happy to have an intense lower body workout for balance. YAY spinning!!! Leoni, the instructor, has a "exertion" system for segments. Green, blue and red. With red being the most intense. Up to date, we have not yet had a red segment... until that night! It was tough... 3 minutes at high tension. Up, down, front, back and repeat! It was awesome! The burn was definitely felt after about ummm... 15 seconds! I am looking forward to the last class of the session which consists of only red segments! Wooohooo!


Friday AM: Crossfit
The WOD was great!!! And seriously whooped my ass!!!
50 tuck jumps
30 thrusters (50lbs)
100 mountain climbers
Repeat.... 5 times!!!!!! 
I plopped on the floor and stayed there for a few minutes after I was finished. OUF!!!


Saturday: "Get Fit for the Cure" Boot Camp
This was part 5 of the "Get Fit for the Cure" fundraiser series. This was also a Crossfit-inspired  workout. We had a good mix of different fitness levels, so we had to ensure that the workout would be intense for all. Lots of modifications was the key. 

Boot camp a la Gluttons!!!

Yep... we kicked their ass. Since I couldn't do the WOD with them, I tried it out before the class to make sure we weren't killing anyone :) They were all troopers!!! We had them do 3 rounds for time.... and as a cool down... A 4TH ROUND!!! They weren't too happy with us then... but they powered through it! What an awesome group! 

Sunday: Surfing

.... couch surfing that is.... I was pooped. Actually make that POOPED! The most I could do was press the remote buttons! LOL!

Monday: Push presses

.... as in pressing the snooze button 100 times (at least!!!)....

My intention was to wake up for Crossfit that morning, but I couldn't make it happen. Every ounce of will power in my body was not enough to get me out of bed early enough to make it to Crossfit. But to make up for it, that night at home, I did a mini-WOD at home:

3 rounds of:

25 pushups

25 situps

25 burpees

25 mountain climbers

Excellent!

Tuesday: Day off

Had a JMSB Alumni pub night... so took the opportunity to catch up with some old school-mates. Awesome night. I also cheated and had a couple of drinks :) Heehee! Go big or go home right!?!?!?!?!

Wednesday: Crossfit

Got up bright and early to head to Mansfield for Crossfit. Today's WOD was wicked! Mind you... I don't think there's ever a WOD that's easy-breezy! LOL! That's the beauty of Crossfit!

5 rounds of:

20 burpees

20 clean and push press (50lbs)

Today's WOD was also followed by a plop in a puddle of my own sweat. Awesome! 

Ahhhhhh.... I am loving this training! 


But on to a much better subject... Bacon! I had a "not-so-secret" rendez-vous with bacon this weekend :) Oh Bacon! How I've missed you! 

.... YA RIGHT!!! ...

On the docket tomorrow... new class called "Athletic training"... I have no idea what it is... But will keep you posted!!!

Cheers!