TGIF. I finally had the time to hit the gym and go out for drinks Friday night. Since I was meeting people after, I decided to just do a quick work out.
I was in time for the last day of my gym’s monthly challenge workout. Usually, these challenge workouts take about 15 minutes tops, but hit all parts of your body, leaving you literally breathless. For January, the challenge was to complete the workout below in 10 minutes or less:
20 reps of:
- High Knee Drills
- Ali Shuffle
- Push-ups (the not-girly kind)
- Quick Feet Drills
- Burpees (!!!!!!!)
- Mountain Climber Exercises (!!!!!! also)
- 3kg Medicine Ball Bounce
- TRX Low Rows (below anchor point)
15 reps of:
- Alternate Press (12-lb weights)
- Squats (with 12-lb weights)
- 3-point Lunge (with 3kg medicine ball)
- “Bus Driver” core exercise
50 reps of:
- Kettle Bell Swings (12kg kettle bells)
100 reps of:
- Jump pull-ups
- skip rope
Normally this isn’t so difficult if you had, like, 30 minutes to an hour to finish everything, with water breaks in between but having to finish faster than 10 minutes (or in my case, faster than the female record time which was 9 mins 32 secs) was indeed a challenge. My arms and legs were jelly-fied, and my heart felt like it was going to beat itself out of my chest. It was pretty solid.
I met up with Don and some friends for drinks after. It was a much-needed kick back for 2 grueling weeks at work. An acoustic group was playing at the time. Of course I know that my boyfriend is more than gifted in the guitar-playing/singing department so when the band’s vocalist asked if anyone wanted to jam with them, I pointed at him. He was called to the front and did his thing. He wowed the crowd (and me), as always.
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