Day 3: A New Circuit

I'd mentioned before that there's no excuse to do circuit training that only requires you to step out the door and start doing something. But there's one pretty good hurdle in my mind, come to think of it: boredom -- especially for your truly that gets board pretty damn quickly. So, it just so happens that the neighborhood crew has devised a second circuit that'll allow me to mix it up a bit. We'll call it the "school circuit" because it happens at the Elementary School. Here's what it looks like:

1. Run over to the school, .75 miles
2. One lap around track, .25 miles
3. Pull ups, as many as you can do (I did 9 to start today, just as a base)
4. Bicycle crunches, 40
5. Dips -- I had to do it on a sissy incline because my left elbow was making strange popping noises
6. Push ups, I did 10 -- don't laugh; held for four seconds at the top of each push up, again because of the crackling of the elbow
7. Reverse pull ups, complete on a bar about three feet off the ground, pull yourself up to the bar
8. Burpees -- the worst exercise ever invented: squat, throw legs out to push up position, tuck back into a squat, stand, and jump with your hands over your head.

Now repeat that four times. Did I mention the heat? Brutal. We can thank Jordan M for that concoction.