Let's start with the usual smattering of updates. It's now start of week 45. I'm a single pound away from my goal. Since last update, I've had a nice break down at the lovely beaches of Orange Beach. It was cool for the beach; the water was cool but bearable. The population of jellyfish was not. So I got lots of time playing in the sand, and enjoyed some nice heated-pool swimming. Also, 4th anniversary celebrations took place, so there was nice (read: fatty/tasty) food consumed for a good portion of that week. With all that, the fact that I didn't lose ground is a major victory to me. Also, in an attempt to toughen my feet up and allow my knee to get used to running more, I'm running every workout day, increasing the speed by 0.5 mph each week. I hit 8 mph yesterday for the first time.
On to the more interesting stuffs. So last training session, I walked in and Trainer Dean had a big grin on his face. That always translates into an interesting (read: exhausting) time. Imagine, if you will, a burpee with a barbell in your hands for it. That'd be a pushup on the bar, then either a Clean & Jerk or Snatch. Today was the Clean & Jerk version.
The workout, counting number of reps for score: Power Clean & Jerk down into a pushup on the bar, 10 minutes. Follow that up with a mile sprint on the fan bike. The pushup, thankfully, was the easy part. Clean & Jerks are always an exhausting endeavor, and putting a time constraint on them didn't help. I managed 23 reps in the alloted time. Then the evil bike of doom loomed soon...other double 'o' words would be great here... Moving on, the fan bike was unkind. 3 minutes and 5 seconds of frantic breathing later, I was done. Back tired, legs tired, arms tired, and even the abs weren't happy. Great workout.
If you've only got 15 minutes to completely exhaust yourself and hit all those major muscle groups, try this. You'll hate it, but only because of the effectiveness. I'm probably gonna try the Snatch version today.
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