This morning, after our run through Decatur and Winona Park, I walked my dog, Ms. Ava, and then, I made the following quick breakfast. Man, I was hungry. This bowl of goodness provides me with calcium, omega 3, fiber and more.
We are up to 31 pushups today! Don’t forge to log it!
Was it casino night this morning at Kick In The Fit? No! We were just “rolling” our way around the Science Quad this morning during the “Roll Them Bones” workout!
This morning we did two rounds for 15 minutes each. There were four exercises in each round. The mystery was that a roll of the dice determined how many reps you did of each exercise…..and if you rolled doubles, there was extra fun and excitement! Doubles added crab or bear walking, lunge walking, running a lap or even yelling “Four!” to make everyone at your station start over with their exercise.
We introduced a few exercises that our new boot campers have not experienced such as: kayak twists, row boats, step ups, grape vine, boot camp skip, leap frogs and every one’s favorite exercise: The Burpee!!!
From what I saw, McCall appeared to be the winner of the “most consistent high roller” award and Susan may have won the “Most Doubles” award. I heard Larry yell “Four!” quite a bit so a special shout out for making everyone start over!
So if you left for Vegas today, do you feel like you will be lucky at the craps table or will you be hitting the hotel spa for a relaxing dip in the jacuzzi?
Today was the first full workout for our new boot campers, and a great welcome back for our many vets.
You can now brag to your friends and family that you have completed a fartlek…yep, that is really what it is called! Fartlek really is a word. It is Swedish for “speed play”, a workout used by many athletes to train and improve their running times.
The concept is to run fairly short distances (fast) and then either slow down for a recovery jog or stop to do various exercises. If you are interested in reading more about this training concept, please check out these links:
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/fartlek.htm
http://www.netplaces.com/running/advanced-running-workouts/fartlek-workouts.htm
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-263–12081-0,00.html
You should all be very proud of yourselves for the work you did today! No matter what your current fitness level is, the fartlek is a terrific workout for everyone. Today we ran a little more than a mile and stopped 7 times to do various exercises…way to go!
Remember to drink lots of water and stretch throughout the day. We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!
~ the Kick in the Fit Instructors