Friday!

Happy Friday!

I totally spaced out posting yesterday, but rest days are good...right? (gym reference...)

So since Wednesday's post, there's something I crossed off my "never done" list.

Wednesday's are always a struggle to get myself to the gym. Middle of the week...just want a nap, I have no shows that I need to stay up for (CSI: Las Vegas every now and then). Well believe it or not, I was pretty pumped to hit the gym Wednesday. I have classes that I attend every other day of the week and usually do my own work out on Wednesdays. There is a Power Step class offered at my gym (which is flippin' difficult!) that I've gone to when I'm in the mood, but it's not my absolute favorite.

I was jammin' out (to a Dubstep song, I'm sure) when my kickboxing instructor walked by and asked if I was going to step. I replied with a, "yeeeahh...I don't know, I can't decide." She told me she was teaching and I grabbed my stuff and followed her. I walked into the class as she announced she wasn't going to teach step today...but something called Tabata.

Ehhh...what?

I quickly Googled it on my phone and briefly read a "What is Tabata?" article. Oh...stations that focus on different aspects of working out (cardio, abs, agility, blah blah blah). No biggie...we do stations in one of my other cardio classes.

After warming up, the instructor proceeds to show us what to do at each station. And that you do 20 seconds on and 10 second rests 8x's.

...Let me tell ya...I started at the push up/dip station and ended at the jumping lunge station. Nowhere in these 8–10 stations is there time to completely chill. They were rough, but totally worked on parts that I don't normally hit during my regular routine. Let's just say that when I went to kickboxing last night, my hammy's were a little sore...knee pulls and kicks were under par.
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