Sadat - Week 3 Wrap Up

I felt like we started slow this week but damn did it pick up at the end. I didnt feel like i was sweating enough in the beginning of the week but the end of the week i was soaking wet.

The A Mountain run was great. I have not gone up A Mountain yet in the 2 years I have been here so i was excited to get up there. I was actually pretty nervous about being able to actually make it to the mountain let alone go up it. But the run went pretty quick to get there. I tried running up as many stairs as i could going up the hill but, that did not last long. There was also a very steep black top area that killed my already lunge beaten hamstrings. And then there were the 3-4 foot stairs that were interesting to scale. The view from the top was pretty sweet and was worth the burning feeling in my lower body. The run back took a little longer but i pushed the run as hard as i could. Overall, it only took about 25-30 mins.

Today was killer. Michelle, my nemesis, had us participate in her Pumping Iron class. At first I thought, its just an aerobics class, how bad can it be? But, she prefaced it this morning with an encouraging email of "Prepare to Die". Sweet. Found out the class is no joke. Basically, you lift every major muscle group to complete exhaustion with sets of 1 sec down 1 sec up, to 3 sec down 1 sec up, and reps between 2-8 and sometimes 15. Box Lunges, squats, dead lifts, back rows, bicep curls, bench press, close grip bench, skull crushers, cleans, military presses and abs. Wow. Felt ever muscle shake at the end of each set. I had to stop a few times, but then id look behind me and a 40 - 50 yr old lady behind me is just truckin along without a problem, and i was like what the Heck is going on here. So i had to keep going.

Cant wait to find out what today feels like tomorrow.....