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ChadTower:

Plyo done.  I like this one.  Tough but I can handle it.  Definite improvement third time around.

shmokes:
Kenpo done.  About 1/1000 as difficult as all the others so far.  Still a good workout, and still covered me in sweat, but I usually did more reps than the people on the TV just to get a better workout.  Also, in the introduction video Tony suggested that Kenpo X would not only get you in shape, but would teach you self-defense.     :laugh2: at that.

Dartful Dodger:
Skipped most of the weekend.  Thursday I did a 3 mile(5k) "turkey trot", so I marked it off on my calendar as "other"  I really thought 50 minutes of plyo and all the other workouts would transfer over and allow me to run for 30 minutes with no problem.  It was still rough and it took me 35 minutes.  I finished after my 11 year old cousin.

I was as coordinated with the assorted punching in kenpo as I was with the imaginary right handed pitching in plyo (I'm left handed).  I know my punching has improved through kenpo.  My buddy teaches Ju-Jitsu and he enjoys the punching sets but gets pist at the blocking sets and doesn't want us to do them.  I tell him it's part of the exercise and since it's at the end of the session it's just a way to cool down our muscles.
He gives me the line he tells his students.  "How you do it in class is how you'll do it on the street."  It’s all muscle memory and in a fight I’ll do what comes most natural to me and I’ll end up taking a baseball bat to the side of the head trying to block like that.

ChadTower:

I didn't realize our goal for this program was to prevent getting beaten with baseball bats.   :dizzy:

Dartful, your current condition won't translate directly to running, but if you started to run regularly you would be down to lower times much quicker than you would otherwise.  Moving to a new thing is always tough the first week.  The difference is how fast you can improve in week 3 over week 1.  35 min/5k for a dude over 200lb isn't terrible.

Dartful Dodger:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 01, 2008, 01:31:32 pm ---
I didn't realize our goal for this program was to prevent getting beaten with baseball bats.   :dizzy:

Dartful, your current condition won't translate directly to running, but if you started to run regularly you would be down to lower times much quicker than you would otherwise.  Moving to a new thing is always tough the first week.  The difference is how fast you can improve in week 3 over week 1.  35 min/5k for a dude over 200lb isn't terrible.

--- End quote ---

This is the only running I do.  I’ve ran this thing every year for the last 5 years and 35 minutes is over 10 minutes faster than last year. I’m happy with my time. Normally the weather is in the negatives, but this year it was 40, so that should have helped my time as well. 

I was sore the day after, since I'm not getting sore from plyo anymore I was just hoping that I was able to do 3 miles easily.

Next year I'll kick that 12 year old's butt.

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