Operation 204 - Chapter 22

Here's the latest instalment of my workout saga. It was an interesting day today too.

Again, I didn't feel like going to the gym. It was a busy day at work. Busy enough that I didn't get to have lunch as meetings went long. This didn't help my mood at all. Also, my legs and butt finally stopped hurting yesterday from Thursday's workout. And finally, I have been losing my voice for the last 4 days so I think I am fighting something off.

Anyway, I was expecting another day of extreme weights but Karissa had different plans for me today. It seems that today was the day to shock my system again as we started phase 3 of my program by adding endurance to the list. Today was not about completing a set number of reps, but it was about continuing for a length of time.

For the first superset, it was walking lunges while hugging a medicine ball to my chest and twisting to each side at the bottom of each lunge. This was paired with side-steps and side cross-overs (shuffle sideways by crossing on leg in front of the other then in behind the other). That last exercise looks a lot like a dance move. Anyway, that superset consisted of doing each exercise for 90 seconds. That doesn't sound like much, but this was endurance, so speed was also a factor.

The second superset was on the cables where we started to mimic some of the motions that I will use when curling. Sweeping motions mostly, but also a little bit of balance work. Exercise one in the superset was what I can only describe as lawnmower starting. Two hands on one cable handle and pulling up like starting a lawnmower. Exercise two was a two-handed pull down on a rod attached to the cable to mimic the curling sweeping motion. Exercise 3 was one where I had to balance on one leg, dip, and then extend while pulling the cable across my body. All 3 exercises were 45 seconds per side, so 90 seconds each.

Superset 3 was one that we didn't have time to complete (thankfully) as it consisted of bent single-hand alternating rows then supermans where I had to bring my hands from an extended position down to beside my head and back to extended before dropping. I have done these before, and they are not nice. The last exercise in that superset was planks from hands to forearms and back to hands. 90 seconds for each of these as well.

As I mentioned, we didn't have time to get that last superset completed 3 times (like the others) and we only did it once. However, Karissa has told me that we will complete that one on Thursday.

I assume that we will be meeting on Thursday, but I can't be sure. I mentioned to her boot camp class that they may want to push her down the stairs at the Hotel Mac. Not sure if they will, but you never know.

Anyway, I'll let you know what happens on Thursday.