Week six, Workout #18

I know I know, getting worse about my real time or near real time updates. I am telling you life gets in the way of things sometimes.

Friday's workout was the first in a week that we jogged. It was a week ago that my achillies tweaked and we've rested it since. Friday we jogged for a warm up and did more active warm ups than the past week. Not at the level of prior weeks but we're getting there. It is great that Anthony can design a hard ass workout knowing we have to accommodate an injury or sore area. After the warm up we worked the football field for 60 yards. We did single leg lunge for that length but added a front press with the rubber band. Anthony would hold the band behind me, following me down the field, and while in a lunge I'd press, back in and up then the opposite leg lunge. We'd go up and do push ups then come back. We did 4 sets of these but all with slightly different movements double leg squats, back peddle, etc. and adding in over head presses, straight presses, curls, etc.

The second part of the workout was a mix of MMA fighting/sparing. Anthony is a big fan of boxing and mixed martial arts so we often incorporate this into the workout. We did a 4 station circuit which included standing open hand strikes, knees, round kicks, and then ground work with elbows and open hand strikes. A great overall workout for sure and a fun alternative. We finished the day with core work; planks, bridges, sit ups, push ups, etc. This was, for whatever reason, very hard. I did it but I sense Anthony was pushing me here - which I love.

I did not run or add an additional cardio day over the weekend for the second weekend in a row in order to rest my achillies. We'll see how this week goes before adding that back in.

Until then.

T