Martial arts mania

To catch up, have been consistently working w/the kids. Having to drag QQ through 30 minutes, but she can hate me later. :)

Week before last did a street clothes Kajukenbo class. Practiced forms w/ debris (striking pads, medicine ball and kicking shields.) Talked about limits of clothing on fancy (high kicks) techniques and the limits of grappling on cement vs. the mat. Also, talked about improvised weapons (keys, belts and ice scrapers.) Reviewed awareness and avoidance. Good times.

Today, I suited up w/as much padding as we had and did street attacks w/a stick and empty hand while the students defended. (Street attack being wild swings, grab and punch and football kicks)Looked something like this starting at 0:22. Every student had something they consistently did. The police office who trains w/us found the takedowns. The blue belt groin kicked. The yellow belt ducked and shot in. The other black belt did a lot of armbar takedowns like this. (Not happy w/that example, but it's the best that I could find.) It was silly, willy fun-fun.

Thursday

Ran 6 miles with the group this morning. It wasn't easy, but I survived.

Rough Week

Well, I was sick for Monday and Tuesday, and I wrenched my knee a little this week, so I've been laying off the working out until today. I'm all better (yay for immune systems!), and my knee feels fine, so I did a dancing workout today. (bike is still broken) Also, the cool down stretching whatever. I think it was a little over 20 minutes.
The Almighty Liz

Wednesday Running 25 minutes (2 miles FLATS)

No good bad horrible day. Blargh.

Wednesday

I can't believe how fast I lose ground!!! It's only been a week and two days since my last work out. Today was my first day that I'm allowed to work out after my surgery last week. It was soo freaking hard! Maybe I'm just having an off day. It happens. I did the stairs. I only made it to 30 minutes (I usually do 40.) I stopped to breathe SEVERAL times. Ugh. Oh well, I just keep going from where I am.

On an up note, I feel completely back to normal, as far as my surgery area goes.

Tuesday Exercise Bike + Standing Abs 40 minutes total

30 minutes exercise bike (with two 2 minute "swatting flies" chest exercise mixed in), 10 minutes standing abs.

Also- 45 minutes of big shovel heavy duty type yard work.

Monday Running (2 miles with one BIG hill) + Standing Abs 35 minutes Total

Running- something like 27 minutes, and then standing abs 7-8 minutes.