Punch Your Way To The New
.1. Out with the old and in with the new.
.2. I’ve booked myself a full-body massage for tomorrow. Yippee!
.3. Inshallah, when I have children, I’m going to sing them this song:
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high are the dreams that you dream of, once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly and the dreams that you dream of, dreams really do come true.
Someday you’ll wish upon a star. Wake up where the clouds are far behind. Where trouble melts like lemon drops. High above the chimney tops that’s where you’ll find me.
I see trees of green and red roses too. I’ll watch them bloom for me and you, and I’ll think to myself, What a wonderful world. Well I see skys of blue and I see clouds of white and the brightness of day light the dark and I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
The colors f the rainbow so pretty in the sky are also on the faces of people passing by. I see friends shaking hands saying ‘how do you do?’ they’re really saying ‘I love you’.
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow. They’ll learn much more than we’ll know and I think to myself What a wonderful world.
.3. Had my first Level II boxing class today. The main difference between Level I and Level II is that you have to now: (1) do push-ups; (2) learn upper left cut; and, (3) change your normal stance from left foot forward to right foot forward.
The class is only 1 hour long, but I always walk out completely drenched in sweat. And that’s not just a figure of speech, I mean it literally. There isn’t one item of clothing on me that I don’t ring out after class.
Today was a day that I needed to face a punching bag. I pushed my body so hard that half way through the class I had to stop and take a breath or risk vomiting.
It felt absolutely incredible, and I mean that in the best way possible.
Here are the funny things about this night’s class (apart from me nearly vomiting, naturally).
(a) Am not ambidextrous. I don’t really even know my right from my left. When you’re used to standing with your left foot forward and then are forced to switch your entire body around in order to place your right foot forward, you quickly realize that not only are you not ambidextrous, but you’re also not coordinated. I started chattering with the punching bag while no one was looking. I was saying things like “left?” ,“right?”, “but?” ,“the hell?”, “christ”, “god damn it” & “ohmygod I’m retarded”.
(b) Skipping rope is nothing like riding a bicycle. If you haven’t done it in a while, it’s not that easy to jump right back in there and if you’re not careful, you will most likely whip yourself in to a state of shock and maybe even get so tangled up in the rope that you won’t be able to see parts of it.
And man can those ropes really whip your ass. Again: literally. I have welts. But I can’t see them. They’re back there.
(c) The push ups we do in class are not your normal back breaking push up (that’s not good enough for my coach because HE WANTS YOU TO DIE).
Here are the steps (I strongly urge you to print this up and try it…):
.1. Spread your legs as far apart as possible & keep your heels on the ground.
.2. Throw yourself forward. Better yet, propel yourself forward and attempt to land square on your palms. Your palms should be as far away from your legs as possible, and square with your shoulders.
.3. Stick your ass way up in the air, while keeping your heels and palms on the floor.
Now you’re ready for the hard part!
.4. As you exhale,
bring your chest down to the floor
and slowly move it forward toward your arms
and much like the famed breakdance move known as ‘the worm’
start to bring the rest of your torso down
so that by the time your groin is touching the ground
your chest and face are facing the wall opposite you
and you’re looking up at the ceiling.
Now. Inhale and get back in the starter position FOR THE CRAZY WORM/PUSH UP. And to quote Chris, my coach and the man I adore and worship and think is the bomb even though he’ll bust your ass, “25 is good. Anything below that isn’t good enough. If you have to stop, stop only when you’re shaking and can’t DO anymore.”
I managed 8 right before I passed out and cracked my nose on the floor. Not really. I did manage 8, but didn’t crack anything. I just laid there and cried. Heh.
My body will be magnificent when he’s done with me. I love that.
.4. Should I tell you about my shower experience?
.2. I’ve booked myself a full-body massage for tomorrow. Yippee!
.3. Inshallah, when I have children, I’m going to sing them this song:
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high are the dreams that you dream of, once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly and the dreams that you dream of, dreams really do come true.
Someday you’ll wish upon a star. Wake up where the clouds are far behind. Where trouble melts like lemon drops. High above the chimney tops that’s where you’ll find me.
I see trees of green and red roses too. I’ll watch them bloom for me and you, and I’ll think to myself, What a wonderful world. Well I see skys of blue and I see clouds of white and the brightness of day light the dark and I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
The colors f the rainbow so pretty in the sky are also on the faces of people passing by. I see friends shaking hands saying ‘how do you do?’ they’re really saying ‘I love you’.
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow. They’ll learn much more than we’ll know and I think to myself What a wonderful world.
.3. Had my first Level II boxing class today. The main difference between Level I and Level II is that you have to now: (1) do push-ups; (2) learn upper left cut; and, (3) change your normal stance from left foot forward to right foot forward.
The class is only 1 hour long, but I always walk out completely drenched in sweat. And that’s not just a figure of speech, I mean it literally. There isn’t one item of clothing on me that I don’t ring out after class.
Today was a day that I needed to face a punching bag. I pushed my body so hard that half way through the class I had to stop and take a breath or risk vomiting.
It felt absolutely incredible, and I mean that in the best way possible.
Here are the funny things about this night’s class (apart from me nearly vomiting, naturally).
(a) Am not ambidextrous. I don’t really even know my right from my left. When you’re used to standing with your left foot forward and then are forced to switch your entire body around in order to place your right foot forward, you quickly realize that not only are you not ambidextrous, but you’re also not coordinated. I started chattering with the punching bag while no one was looking. I was saying things like “left?” ,“right?”, “but?” ,“the hell?”, “christ”, “god damn it” & “ohmygod I’m retarded”.
(b) Skipping rope is nothing like riding a bicycle. If you haven’t done it in a while, it’s not that easy to jump right back in there and if you’re not careful, you will most likely whip yourself in to a state of shock and maybe even get so tangled up in the rope that you won’t be able to see parts of it.
And man can those ropes really whip your ass. Again: literally. I have welts. But I can’t see them. They’re back there.
(c) The push ups we do in class are not your normal back breaking push up (that’s not good enough for my coach because HE WANTS YOU TO DIE).
Here are the steps (I strongly urge you to print this up and try it…):
.1. Spread your legs as far apart as possible & keep your heels on the ground.
.2. Throw yourself forward. Better yet, propel yourself forward and attempt to land square on your palms. Your palms should be as far away from your legs as possible, and square with your shoulders.
.3. Stick your ass way up in the air, while keeping your heels and palms on the floor.
Now you’re ready for the hard part!
.4. As you exhale,
bring your chest down to the floor
and slowly move it forward toward your arms
and much like the famed breakdance move known as ‘the worm’
start to bring the rest of your torso down
so that by the time your groin is touching the ground
your chest and face are facing the wall opposite you
and you’re looking up at the ceiling.
Now. Inhale and get back in the starter position FOR THE CRAZY WORM/PUSH UP. And to quote Chris, my coach and the man I adore and worship and think is the bomb even though he’ll bust your ass, “25 is good. Anything below that isn’t good enough. If you have to stop, stop only when you’re shaking and can’t DO anymore.”
I managed 8 right before I passed out and cracked my nose on the floor. Not really. I did manage 8, but didn’t crack anything. I just laid there and cried. Heh.
My body will be magnificent when he’s done with me. I love that.
.4. Should I tell you about my shower experience?
posted by just a girl at 10:09 PM
7 Comments:
ooh, i have a very lovely version of "over the rainbow" by israel Kamakawiwo'ole. highly recommend.
cripes, shower? how the heck did you get off the floor? my muscles would have shut down in defiance!
whoa. *stares*
well yeah, your body will be amazing after he's done with you.
seriously that's great that you are getting SO in shape and strong.. it is an incredible feeling. so i've heard, at least :-)
OOOH Michelle, I know that version and I LOVE IT!!!! I should really get it, I'd totally forgotten about it 'til now...
Re 'shutting down in defiance', I do believe the near vomiting was just that!
Anjum I don't know what chemical it is that's released in your brain when you exercise, but it's a fabulous feeling! Some smartie pants on here may let us know.
I've got a goal for the summer, so let's see if it works re the body shape!
love,
m
Shower? you made it into the shower? They would've had to bring the hose out and blast me off the floor with the blood and sweat. You go girl!
My body will be magnificent when he’s done with me.
WARNING: *shameless whorish behaviour* alert! ---> but missy, you are already HAWT! *blink*
honestly tho, not sure i should risk trying out that Million Dollar Baby Down Dog you describe.
suspect there's no amount of lycra on this planet that could *contain* the Fifi wobbly bits, if i did.
:o
yes, my insanely fit washboard-abs roomate does 40 of those a day...
ewwweeee
And he smells afterward.
But apparently it feels good.
I think I'll stick to meditation
(sitting down.. more sitting down. dozing off. conecting to the infinite energy of the universe)
yea.
I'll stick with that.
...
Lisa -- We work out above a pool (our workout area is in fact a ring around the pool, but one floor up. So you look down, and you can jump in to the pool. It took everything out of me not to do just that once we were done. It appealed so much more to me than the stairs. Something's wrong with that sentence...
Fifi -- Heh. Fifi woobly bits. I love it! And I'm in normal shape...hardly the kind of shape I want to be in. *insert whoooo_i_h thoughts*: want one of those solid bum bodies and flat tummy bodies too. That would be nice.
Andrew -- LOL!!!!! Since you've been witness to the CRAZY WORM PUSH UP, it's good to see that you've actively disengaged yourself from the activity ;)
mmmmmwah,
m
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