Its been a busy last couple of weeks. Lets start with last Thursday.
Last Thor's day was pretty terrific exercise wise. Our instructor let us loose on the trails behind Aquarina Springs. My previous post has lot of info on the area. Zac was persuaded to go with me after only a little bit of nudging. We decided to take the intermediate trail. It is shorter but steeper and much more rough in the terrain. I imagine it was probably half a mile to the top. I loved the twists and turns as well as the changes in incline.
When you get out of that route, it joins up again with the regular path and soon you arrive at a big sun dial. Its kind of fun to stand on the month chiseled into a big block of granite and look for your shadow to see what time of the day it is. It was about 2:30 pm when I got there. Zac took a rest in the shade (it was blazing hot and his sunglasses were nowhere to be found) and worked on his fives with a stick he picked up.
If you continue along the path, you will go up a ramped section of the trail that takes you up to a lovely high spot where you can see all the way into Kyle. I skipped that part so I could get back to Zac and get back to the starting point in time to sign back in for class credit.
Next time, instead of water bottles, I'll want to bring my Camelbak. I want my hands free when I hike and I'd feel better about being in the woods, possibly sometimes alone, if I could carry a few things with me. There apparently are frequent reports of wild boar in the area and god knows what else or who else I might run into. A snack would be nice too.
Monday was a lot more strenuous. The DECK OF DEATH, as it was spelled out in all caps on the syllabus, was on the schedule. So here is the run down.
Supplies: one deck of cards
Rules:
1. Choose one exercise for each suit. Hearts= body squats or, Diamonds=8 count body builders, squat jumps, or mountain climbers, Clubs= crunches, Spades= jumping jacks...or whatever you choose but once you set the exercises, they are law.
2. The number on the card is the number of reps for each exercise. Kings are a 45 second plank, Queens are 12, Jacks are a 30 second break, Jokers are instructor's choice.
3. Hope that you hydrated enough before the workout begins.
I am still incredibly sore from this workout. The most sore part of me is my inner thigh. With all of the jumping, that area was targeted hard and now I know what I need to do more of to get my thighs lean and strong. It doesn't mean I like it though. This workout was pretty hard on my knees...and boobs.
Tuesday was intimidating on the syllabus written as DEVIL'S REVENGE. It was silly. We ran relay races back and forth where we had to do silly challenges at the end.
1. Sprint down the court, hula hoop 5 rotations, sprint back.
2. Sprint down, hula hoop 10 rotations and print back.
3. Frog jump down the court, hula hoop 20 rotations, running grapevine back.
4. Everyone gets in plank position, last person low crawls under the rest of the line. the rest of the line raises their butt into downward facing dog position as the person crawls under you and then lowers back into a plank after they are clear of you. Repeat until you get to the other side of the gym.
5. Everyone get in line, hold hands, and move the hula hoop down the line, without breaking the chain, and move it back.
6. Do the same thing in a circle.
7. The whole class holds hands in a circle, first person lets loose of one hand and starts walking to the inside of the circle making a giant walking spiral. When they get to the center, they change directions and works the spiral back out into a circle. the people on the end of the line end up running for their lives to keep up.
I have to add that those hula hoops were of the lightweight child variety. The kind you pick up at Walmart to keep a birthday party of kids busy. She had large ones and small ones. Our group was the group with the 25-50 age group, a few of us bigger than the others, and she gave us the small hoop that would be more suitable for a 5 year old. I took it upon myself to switch it out for a bigger hoop.
When we were given our teacher/course review surveys, I put "get grown up hoops" and suggested the YouTube sites where one can learn to make them DIY style. I also suggested that she look into Hoopnotica exercise routines. The class consists of a variety of different types of aerobic and resistance training. If she can look into alternative exercise like Zumba, Hoopnotica and other hooping exercises would not be out of the realm of the objectives of the course.
Yesterday was our final exam. It had some nutritional and body chemistry/composition, and kinesiology content on it. All of which could be found on the 4 page review sheet she sent home with us. Easy Peesey.
I had my German II final yesterday as well. I think I did well. I studied pretty hard for it and I didn't get the test anxiety I usually get. Should turn out good.
Today, I have my German II oral exam. I have to do a skit in German with a partner discussing my last holiday activities, what i did last weekend, what i liked to do as a child, and future plans to visit Germany. Next he will give each of us an individual exam, asking us questions and he will grade us on how well we respond. I would rather slam my nuts in a sliding door than do this.
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