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Kickboxing Day One & The Aftermath

2/20/2014

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So...yeah. Three minutes in, I was ready to say, "Nope, I was wrong! I'm a quitter!" But I didn't. I ran two and a half of the three laps. "Fast" walked the rest of the third. Considering that's the farthest I've gone, not including my elliptical, since high school, I'm pretty darn proud of myself!

Then we climbed into the ring to exercise some more. Considering I couldn't feel my lower legs, I had to PICK UP MY LEGS and put them over the ropes. Yeah. It was THAT pathetic! But I did it. And the jumping jacks. And the crunches. And the arm twirlie things. And squats! OMG I can do squats! With my bad knees and everything!!! And I only though I was going to pass out maybe twice. YAY!

We exercised some more. I thought I'd die a few times. And then, just when I thought class was over and we weren't going to actually do any boxing, we did. Okay, cool. I can do this. Took some time getting the form down, but I didn't think I was slow just because I'm SO out of shape. Just a complete newbie who has no clue what she's doing. But we all start somewhere, right?

Learned a few things - Left hand is #1. Whoopsies! Borrowed gloves at the gym STINK like you wouldn't believe. Taking a break when others are trading off with their partners because you're teamed up with the trainer and she's taking it easy on you can actually get boring after you've used your inhaler for the thirtieth time. So you work on form a bit more. 

After kickboxing, we did more exercising. I'm guessing that bit of hell was cool down?! They did sprints while I did jumping jacks. But hey, I can do jumping jacks! And jumping squats! Then we were supposed to do pushups. Umm, there is no amount of upper body strength that is going to get me off of the floor at this point!! So she let me do mountain climbers instead. I can do those! Wahoo!! (Note to self: Get a tight tank to wear underneath baggy shirt, so it won't come up when I do these...)

Then everyone climbed in the ring. I knew if I tried to go up those stairs, I'd fall off, so I stayed down with another girl. (Who, by the way, is 17 and can't plank for some reason.) So we danced. Like sweaty, badly-dancing morons. It was awesome!)

All in all, I survived!

Then for the ride home...

My shins cramped. I mean, what the WHAT?! Some ligament or something hitched up in there and I couldn't push my right foot down, which meant no braking. Get outta tha wayyyyyyyyy!!! Holy crow that was a nightmare trying to get home! I picked up dinner, got home, drank an entire bottle of coconut water for the potassium, hopped in the shower, ate my supper, talked to my mom until something in my neck cramped, and then went to bed. Oh, and I took some potassium and drank a bunch of water. 

After my heartrate got back to normal about 5 hours after leaving class, I slept like a baby.

Woke up - no pain! Wahoo!!! Very tired muscles, though. Definitely couldn't do this every day!

Best part, dropped two solid pounds. Hate my friend who made me do this just a *little* less. But don't tell him. It's our little secret!

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Kara Schomaker
2/19/2014 10:19:00 pm

This reminds me of my miserable P90x adventure. I finally caved and bought the expensive set off the television. I thought I'd start with the Yoga DVD, since that seemed the most innocuous. 15 minutes in, I was panting, cursing like a sailor with what little breath I had, and lying in a pool of my own sweat. Never again.

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Becki
2/19/2014 10:31:53 pm

Just know that every time you do something, your body is changing. Just go at your own pace and push yourself a bit harder than you think you can go. It'll be worth it!

Ten years ago, lying in a hospital bed after nearly blacking out from an asthma attack (while driving!), I never would have thought I'd do a 5k, let alone two. But I did, even if I walk them. My elliptical times have gone from 7.5 minute miles down to 4.5. You just have to keep at it!

(And if all else fails, send those DVDs my way!)

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Tina Brimlow
2/21/2014 09:49:31 am

Thank you so much :-)

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