First “A Boxer’s Blog” Workout!

Last post I promised I would go for a run today. Well…I didn’t. When I got home from school, it was dark, raining and cold. I didn’t mind the wetness and cold too much, but running where you can’t see where you’re going isn’t great. I suppose that’s a side effect of it being mid November and nearing Christmas. Looks like I’ll have to keep running for summer and weekends, when I’m free to do what I want! So, next run will be this Saturday.

Now, normally I would have just felt crap and not bothered doing anything. I would have come inside, turned on the PC and waste time on the internet doing nothing constructive. But I thought of this blog, and though “Hey, I don’t want to appear a pussy to all my adoring fans (yeah, right!).” So, rather than coming inside I did another workout. It was still conditioning, but it was anaerobic rather than aerobic. I got out my jump rope and went jumping (a.k.a. skipping). I was planning to only do 3 rounds, but once the endorphins got going I had to do more, I couldn’t resist it.

I did all my timings using my Gymboss Interval Timer. It’s a digital timer, allowing you to set two timers that run one after the other and repeat (from 00:01 to 69:59), with a round count, customizable alarm and vibration, all done with 3 large, simple buttons. I intend to do a full review of one sometime soon. If you don’t have one, I highly recommend getting one. Get one from Training Timers (where I got mine) or from Gymboss themselves.

Anyway, onto the workout itself:

• Warmup (about a minute of jogging and sprinting)
• 2-Minute Rope Jumping (bounce step), 1-Minute Rest
• 2-Minute Rope Jumping (alternate-foot step), 1-Minute Rest
• 2-Minute Rope Jumping (bounce step at fast pace), 1-Minute Rest
• 2-Minute Rope Jumping (bounce step at fast pace), 1-Minute Rest
• 2-Minute Rope Jumping (alternate-foot step), 1-Minute Rest
• 2-Minute Rope Jumping (bounce step), 1-Minute Rest
• 1-Minute Pushups
• 1-Minute Squats
• 1-Minute Rest
• 1-Minute Situps
• 1-Minute Wall Squat (fully contracting)

Nothing special, but I enjoyed it! When I came in my food was ready too – smoked fish, carrots and peas. Yummy!

Well, until next time, keep training and have fun.