Tag Archives: cardio
Long walk in the morning
Tsunami in Japan…. very sad and devastating. I went for a very long and pleasant walk this morning. I didn’t want to hurt my already pulled muscles anymore, therefore I took it very easy. Later in the afternoon, I did … Continue reading
Basic Kicking Techniques (fundamentals)
Today’s workout nearly killed me! And I totally mean it! Here is what happened: I did my morning workout routine for about one hour and after that I went out hiking. I did my running part yesterday, so today I … Continue reading
Butt & legs day :) – nicely done!
Another day of “torture”successfully completed. There greatest thing about it is that I did all workout in the morning so I had the rest of day to recover and do other things. And my diet today’s been awesome! Here is … Continue reading
Sweaty Monday
The title speaks for itself 🙂 I kicked off this morning with 6 – one minute rounds on a jump rope as fast as I could, having only 10-15 sec breaks between rounds. I counted my skips and all together … Continue reading
Rollerblading by the ocean
A very nicely spent day. I found a pair of my old roller blades yesterday. Therefore, instead of bonding with a treadmill I reunited with my dusty roller blades. I enjoyed every second of my 90 minutes treat 🙂 Anyway, … Continue reading
Intense outlook for this weekend & Challenge #3
I announced yesterday that the next 3 weeks will be crazy! So it started today: I went to a kickboxing class this morning – that’s about 45 min. Later I did some conditioning exercises, which included * 100 sit ups … Continue reading
Trip to New York – much sooner!
I was so shocked when I found out I need to go to New York for my karate event on March 31!! I have been expecting this trip some time in June or even in July. Unfortunately, this is happening … Continue reading
Jump rope cardio/ heavy weights combo
After a nice and relaxing weekend, it’s time for some intense cardio. It was hard because through out this workout I pushed myself really hard: I jumped as fast as I could, lunged deep and did my wood chops & … Continue reading
Shodow boxing & kicking workout
Today’s workout consisted primarily of karate conditioning. I have to get into fighting shape, and start preparing for 2 min. rounds. Therefore, this afternoon I did just that 🙂 I warmed up with my challenge #2 high knees (results are … Continue reading
My new challenge – First results (video)
My knee is much better. Today I was able to attend a kickboxing class in the morning and shoot a short video of my new challenge 🙂 Unfortunately, when I got to a park the sun was already going down … Continue reading