Thursday, February 9, 2012

ESP-XC Day 4: Endurance Cardio/Combo

Day 4 of ESP-XC is in the books. I got through Cardio/Combo from the Endurance phase last night. I did this workout once before, a week ago, when I was just trying to get a feel for this program to make sure it was something I wanted to do. It was a lot of fun that day. Last night when I did this workout it was noticeably less fun, but still fun and an awesome workout overall!

I hit play around 6:30 and this thing instantly takes off. Two minutes of jumping jacks and then right into a combo. The jumping jacks were killing my calves at the end of the two minutes, and this is when I realized that it wasn't going to be as fun of a workout; my legs are dying from the other ESP-XC workouts from this week! Doing the workout fresh is one thing, but doing it after doing this program all week is very different and much harder!

The combo mentioned above is long, but a good start to the workout. I think it's two straight punches, two ducks, two hooks, two elbows, two covers, two upper cuts and four knees. If that sounds like a lot then I agree with you.

The rest of the workout goes like that, switching back and forth between a basic cardio exercise and a punch/knee combo. No actual kicks in this workout, but I'm expecting those to show up in later phases.

The whole thing ends with a finale (all of the workouts end with a finale in this....it's a cool little twist) of 5 counts of running in place, 5 counts of high knees in place and 3 sprawls, all for 3 minutes. The sprawls really worked me, but by the end I was covered in sweat and I never gave up!

These workouts have so far been an excellent challenge. They all work my body in ways different than what I'm used to. I can do all of them, pretty much, which is a testament to my strength and conditioning from the last year and a half, but keeping up is still difficult and I've got a long way to go on my belly, which says a lot for growth and diet.

So that's my story. I realize yesterday (and the day before) I said I was gonna do Pt24/7 too, but time just isn't on my side these days. Soon I want to get back into a doubles schedule but I've gotta get a few things off of my plate first.

Tonight is Legs again and then I'm officially done with Week 1. I'll be lifting afterwards too with the gang, and tomorrow isn't a scheduled workout but I'm going back to Sunday through Friday on, Saturdays off, so I'll find something fun to do. I'll keep you posted.

Bring it!

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