Pau Week 5

Okay, so I just finished Week 5 today and it was great!  Incredibly intense.  There were some times when I had to rest in between exercises or take the dumbbells down a pound or two but, all in all, I am proud of myself for finishing this week.

On to Week 6.  Check out the workout for this one – it’s crazy!

Circuit 1-

1a: Explosive Pushups (15) / 1b: Jumping Lunges (20 each side) / Pullup (15) / Lunge & Press (12 each side)

Circuit 2 -

2a: Band Press (20) / 2b: Squat & Press (20) / 2c: Band Row (20) / 2d: Dumbbell Step Up (15 each side)

Circuit 3 -

3a: Tricep Band Press (20) / 3b: Plank (60 sec) / 3c: Dumbbell Bicep Curl (20) / 3d: Burpees (20)

For Interval training, I either do sprints or jump rope.  So looking forward to it!

Sprinting… OMG.

So, I am doing sprints as my interval training.  I was doing them alone and sprinting for only 20 seconds with 4o seconds of rest in between (6 rounds of those).  And while it was difficult (the 6th round was killer), it wasn’t a cRaZy workout.  But I now have a partner to join me in running sprints and I am dying.  There is something about doing an exercise with someone else who is, not only faster than you, but who sees these kinds of exercises as normal.  I’ve never sprinted for a minute and a half before and let me tell you – IT IS NUTS.   I have to concentrate on not tripping because my legs become so so so tired.  At the track, we sprinted once around, which is 400 meters (I think), and rested one minute and a half and we repeated that four times.  Our time was approximately 1m, 30 sec.  Then we sprinted half the track and rested one minute and we repeated that four times.

Seriously, if people want to get into shape, forget long low-impact cardio (like Turbo Kick – haha!) and get to doing some sprints or jump roping.