So far it’s been a great week in regards to physical fitness and nutrition. One of the biggest changes has been a switch in personal trainers. This was my first week with a Harbor Athletic Club personal trainer named Mike M. I have to say the first workout I had with him was great. Over the holiday season I saw the movie, “The Fighter” which a true story about a boxer from the east coast.
Workout 1:
The workout Mike designed from me involved a number of boxing drills and heart pumping exercises. Here’s a quick summary of what we did:
2 minutes of punching and dips- I wore training gloves and punches pads Mike was holding. After a combination of punches I had to dip and duck and then repeat. (30 second break) and then repeat 3x’s.
30 seconds of speed punches on a training bag, break and then repeat.
Jump rope for 2 minutes.
Bag drag- I had to drag a punching bag down the length of the gym and back, doing squats at each end of the gym.
2-minute combinations of punching and dips.
Cool down.
Workout 2:
My second workout with Mike was a break from the boxing drills but still the same intensity. I did a circuit of five different exercises and then repeated it 5 times. With a 30 second to minute break in between. Here’s the outline of the workout:
1) dumbbell squats (12 reps)/ alternating dumbbell rows while in a
plank position (12 reps)
2) kettle ball squat / swing (12 reps)
3) push ups till failure
4) walking lunges
5) jump rope
By the end of the workout I had definitely burned some calories! So far so good with Mike!! He’s encouraging but has high expectations and definitely knows his stuff. I’m planning on finishing out the week with Gforce bootcamp or running on Friday and a run on Saturday.
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