For the hike, my van was assigned to Cheseboro Canyon, which is a great hike. The people in the group were fast, so I was in the back. Sam was the hiking guide in the back, and it almost felt like my own personal hike with Sam. After watching the Biggest Loser show, I have a lot of questions and today I was able to ask Sam all of my questions. It was great because he is willing to answer any questions and take any pictures. I got a lot of good tips that will help me here and later in life when I go home.
The afternoon classes are core training, circuit training, and something in the pool. For those of y'all that have been here, you know how hard Megan's core class is. Megan is one of the trainers and she is awesome. The core class is difficult because it is 45 minutes of the toughest core moves. For the past 5 weeks I have had to take a little break sometimes throughout the exercises.
As soon as I do that, Megan could be on the other side of the room and within a second be over where I am asking what's going on. Nothing gets by her. For example, we'll probably do about 40 crunches where we hold each crunch for 15 seconds. Halfway through the crunches, I'll need a rest of 1-2 crunches then get back to it. Today I was able to do every move and repetition without needing a rest during the set.
Then we moved to circuit training. Remember circuit training is 2 minutes of cardio followed by 2 minutes of weight training and repeat the cycle. At the end of the class, for our last cardio session we did two sprints of 30 seconds each with a rest in between.
It just so happened that I was on the treadmill at that time and Sam was standing next to me. He said that he'll control the speed and for me to just run. I agreed. Last time we did sprints like this, I ran at 6.5 mph. Today with Sam's help I was able to go 7.6 mph!! That was really fast for me and the next time we do sprints, I want to see if I can get it to 8.0 mph.
Throughout my time here I've had to pick up the intensity each week. I have maxed out the resistance and incline on the cardio machines. Some of y'all might be wondering if there is room to pick up the intensity. The answer is yes and it is called the Jacobs Ladder.
The Jacobs Ladder is marketed as the ultimate fitness experience. I got on it my first week here and it definitely delivers. I wasn't able to stay on it a long time because I was so sore then. Today for the last sprint I decided to get on the Jacobs Ladder because I knew that I could go 30 seconds. Here's a picture of the Jacobs Ladder. In my opinion, it doesn't look like it would be that good of a cardio workout, but it is, believe me.
Closing thought for the day: Today was the best start to any week that I have had here. It took me until my sixth week to use the Jacobs Ladder in class, and today my sprint on the treadmill was 7.6 mph. Records truly are meant to be broken.
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