Thursday (3/16/06)

Today I trained with Mark. To my surprise he had sat down and planned out the workout the night before and had a lot in store for me. I definitely got my cardio going while doing several fast jumps on and off a step really fast. I don’t really know how to describe the routine he had me do but if you’ve ever played tennis or another sport where you did side-to-side jumps to quicken your foot work it was kinda like that only onto a step and with three different variations. And just when I thought I couldn’t breathe anymore I got to put on the 40 pound vest again! I think it’s so ironic how I’m trying desperately to lose 40 pounds and every time I turn around they are making me put it back on! I just had to laugh when I put on the vest and said, “Tell me this doesn’t involve stairs.” Oh yes. It did involve stairs. And the full track. It went something like this… up the stairs around the track and back down the stairs then straight to upperbody weights then back up the stairs and around the track and down again and then more upperbody weights and back up the stairs…..and so on and so on. You get the picture. Mark knows his stuff! I was surprised, challenged, and pushed to my limit! And for the record I never said “can’t”.