Monday, August 9, 2010

Hostyle Conditioning - Class - Short and Sweet?!? Not sure about part of that! :)

Into the Hostyle Conditioning class we go... Tonight's class was shorter than normal, but quite intense.

I am recovering from strep as you know, and the others had a rough Saturday workout, so Curd decided to go easy on us, so he said! It was crazy!

It went down like this:

10 Rounds!

All the swings were with the 16kg Kettle Bell of course (kettle bell month)

15 swings 5 Burpees
15 swings 6 Burpees
15 swings 7 Burpees
15 swings 6 Burpees
15 swings 5 Burpees
15 swings 6 Burpees
15 swings 7 Burpees
15 swings 6 Burpees
15 swings 5 Burpees
15 swings 6 Burpees

100 Ball Slams with the 25lb Medicine Ball to finish

Get it done for time and go home! No breaks!

I was done in 16 minutes, time wise and body wise!

Powerwalk - New Shoes!

I went and visited Judy over at the running room and was fitted for some good walking shoes. What a difference, my old ones were really bad now that I have used some good quality shoes that suit my size and walking stride.

I did my 2.1 k this morning in 23 minutes.... My new record pace. I am getting closer to the 10 minute kilometer...

I will be posting again tonight after the Hostyle Conditioning class...

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Cardio - powerwalk and strep is back!

Stupid strep throat, 3 times in 5 months! Makes for a difficult training period!

I have decided to do some mild things while I am on the antibiotics this time. I cant sit for 10 days, I go crazy!

I did a quick 2.30 powerwalk with Rachel today, took me 26.19. Not bad pace with Rachel in tow.

Tomorrow will be a good test, 2k in the morning and crossfit class in evening.... we shall see how I hold up!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Powerwalk

Simple day today. Pounded out a 3.19km walk.

36 minutes

303 calories burned!

Quite warm today, went well...


Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Hostyle Conditioning - one on one, More Kettle Bell Hell!

Today we did our one on one. It was a difficult one that I actually was in extreme pain doing... Arms were screaming!

I am starting to not like "kettle bell month"!

Here is what I did.

Kettle Bell work
Figure 8 with Kettle Bell - 30 seconds
Pass around my body with K Bell - 30 seconds
Step ups, holding K Bell to my chest - 60 seconds

60 seconds rest in between each round - 5 rounds total!

Then, the hard part... and all I used was an empty olympic bar... 45lb... seemed like 455 pounds though! haha

12 clean and presses
12 bent over rows
12 curls

8 rounds, that was it, I was toast.... 60 second break after each 2 rounds....

Doesn't seem like much compared to some of the crazy workouts I have done, but I can't explain in words what my arms felt like.... jello, mixed with misery...

:)

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Cardio - pulled out the bike

Figured I would pull out the stationary bike and kick some butt. I haven't pushed myself on it in a while.

I went for 30 minutes. I hit 11.36km's and used 4 different levels of resistance. This is one of my furthest distances and the highest resistance I have hit!

Felt good. :)

Monday, August 2, 2010

Hostyle Conditioning - Class - Kettle Bell FURY

Today Curd and I did a workout together. It was entitled Kettle Bell FURY!

This was a murderous workout. Here is what we did...

We both used a 16kg KBell by the way.

1 arm swings 10 a side
shoulder presses 10 a side
floor cleans 10 a side
alternating 1 arm swings 10
bent over rows 10 a side

5 rounds

No breaks

I was finished in 22:20, and I was toast! I burned 311 Calories in just 22 mins!

That is intense!

I thank Curd for keeping me moving in the last round! :)