Another week in the books

Monday's workout was tough. I've been on many, many runs before being previously a cross country runner, but this one was different than anything I had been on.

It was such a great morning that we got out of the stuffy SRC and ran around campus. But we would run for two or three minute stretches and then we would sprint for fifteen or twenty seconds. Zack explained that the sprinting built up strength in the legs and the jogging is more for cardio needs.

If the running, sprinting interchanges were not enough for twenty minutes, every time we came across a set of stairs (which there are plenty on campus) we would sprint up them and back down. Constant motion.

We got to the opposite end of campus and found a parking lot for a break that consisted of lunges and more sprinting. The break part was that at least we had a partner for this and we got to rest as the other person ran or lunged to the other side of the lot. After we completed a couple of sets it was back to the jogging, sprinting, stair combos.

It was such a crazy random workout that I think it helped me significantly. I might do it in the future on my own just because it seemed random and it made it more fun, kind of like how Phoebe motivated herself to run on the show Friends. Though a partner is definitely better for this type of work out to make sure you push yourself on the sprinting portions.

Thursday's workout never seemed particularly difficult, but I was exhausted at its conclusion. I was sweating bullets after our warm up of sets of stairs with a break of wall sits. By the way, the wall site is a much more daunting proposition after running sets of stairs.

I have also been a consistent enemy of stretching but we did some lower back stretches today that I actually found to be helpful.

Then it was back to Sparky's yard where, of course, we got some more sets of lunges in. Zack then asked what we would like work for the rest of the day. The two people who spoke up said abs and inner thighs. I never knew there were so many different work outs for each of these. By the end of session my ears were popping. Whenever my ears pop that means I am dead tired. Writing this three hours later is still feel the blood is pumping through my legs a little faster.

At the mid point of the semester I have missed half the sessions, so it is not fair to judge results. That being said I have lost seven pounds since September, so I must be getting a little bit more compact, which is good. Although I am not really intending to lose weight.

On a side note Zack has been awesome and very available for follow ups. Even offering to put together work outs for the weekend to keep us active.

Daryl