Switchin' it Up

There's a new class at my gym called "Mania." I'm starting to suspect its something the fitness director made up herself, but if so she really should patent the idea because its AMAZING.

Basically the class is set up in 7-minute intervals. Each interval consists of four different exercises that build on one another. For example, in Interval one you might start by doing four step-ups on the Bosu ball. You do this for a full minute, if not longer, before the instructor adds another exercise on top of it--side lunges, lets say. So for another minute you're doing step-ups and lunges. Then they add exercise #3 (maybe a "run on top of the Bosu!" for four beats) and you do all three exercise for another minute. And THEN they add exercise #4 (usually something pretty intense), like a quick "drop into a pushup then jump back up" and you'll do all four of the exercises for a minute. From there you go in reverse, taking out exercise #4, and then #3, and then #2 until you're back to just repeating the first movement over and over for the last minute.
**If the minutes don't add up to 7 then I'm guessing the instructor does some of the sets for less than a minute? Not really sure...

Anyway, it is AWESOME. In between each interval set you run a set of stairs and come back for the next set so the calorie burn is incredible. And with things changing up so rapidly, its hard to get bored. There's not time for such things! Its go go go for an hour. I love it.

And it makes 5:30 in the morning so much more fun than it usually is. Yay Wednesdays!

Great News...

Exercising success!!

2 weeks ago I went jogging twice (a feat for me with the whole baby not sleeping through the night, work, and you know...life).
Then last week we went twice (I bailed on #3...too stressed/busy).
Then today we went with plans to go 2 more times this week.

Having a jogging buddy helps. We're following the couch to 5k program and will be running a 5k in Murray on June 4th. It feels good to exercise, but I still just don't love running. Sigh. I wish I could catch the bug.

I'm hoping this helps me shed a few pounds. I'm going to start counting calories more aggressively too once my daughter is weaned.