I have to day, today was the toughest workout that I have done so far. Not only did I have to do it on my own as Karissa is on vacation but of the 4 workouts she left me to do, today was the hardest. It was the timed workout - no set reps - everything was for a period of time. I can honestly say that I hate that. I think I know why, but I won't tell you until the end of the blog.
So, today was a workout of 3 supersets. This was the workout that we didn't have time to complete 2 weeks ago, so I made sure I completed it today. I took longer than the hour, but as I was on my own, it didn't matter how much time I took.
The first superset consisted of 3 exercises - 1) walking lunges with a twist to each side while at the bottom of a lunge while carrying a medicine ball; 2) side-steps while in a squat position down the length of the hallway and back; 3) side-steps with a cross over (foot in front, then foot behind) down the hallway and back. All 3 of these exercises were done for 90 seconds each. This superset was repeated 3 times. Pure hell! No other description fits.
The second superset also consisted of 3 exercises. This time I moved to the cable machine for the work. The first exercise was an upward chop, the second was a downward chop and the 3rd was one where I had to balance on one foot, squat and upon rising I had to pull the cable across my body. This time I had to do these for 45 seconds per side for a total of 90 seconds per exercise. Repeat 3 times. Not as much hell as the first superset, but my back really hated this superset. It started to bug me a bit too much, but I wanted to make sure that I got through it. I had to go a bit slower, but I did get through it.
The third and last superset was 3 very hellish exercises. This time it was bent-over alternating dumbbell rows for the first exercise, lat supermans for the second, and hands to forearms planks for the third. These were all done for 60 seconds each and each superset was completed 3 times. Even more hell than the first superset. This was back to the 7th circle of hell type of superset. The planks are the hardest thing that I have ever done. I honestly thought of stopping early, but then I knew that it would hurt even more once Karissa got back to work me over, so I completed it.
So, I was able to get through a day on my own, but I didn't enjoy it as much. It's nice to have someone there to push me. Also, I wanted to tell you why I hate this particular type of exercise. It is the time thing. I have a stopwatch to time things - it has a countdown feature so it's easy to set, but while doing the exercise, I can't tell how much time is left. I need to know where my end point is so I can push to complete the exercise. With the time, there is no end point (that I can easily see) and my brain wants to stop to check to see where I am at. At least when I am doing reps, even if the amount is huge, I can count and know where the end is. At least this was the only time day that I have - at least until Karissa gets back to enforce some other type of pain.
Ah well, the next 3 exercise days are on my own. It's going to be a trial.
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