Core's Aquiver
Every part of my core, and a few other body parts besides, are quivering. Not with anticipation … no, more like from having been worked (rode) hard, and put away wet, so to speak.
Chris seemed to be on a mission today … a mission to work our cores into the ground. Here’s how he did it:
Squats (Bear), go, while everyone else was foam rolling out other body parts. Go get your mats.
Front planks, go. Hips down, ladies. Then v-sits, go. Then bicycles, go. Then reverse planks, go. Then something else. Repeat entire circuit 2 more times. No talking, no fun, no nothin’. Then relax.
Front planks on your hands, but bring alternating knees up to opposite arm (I think of these as mountain climbers done by female bears … that line got a laugh in the workout, which is pathetic because it wasn’t that funny … but it’s kind of true, a kind of mountain climber walk sort of motion). Then v-sits with rotations back and forth. Then bicycles? I can’t remember. Then on your backs, hip thrusts. Then on your stomach, back extensions. Then on your hands and knees, right hand behind your head, lift up your right arm as high as your elbow will go, then touch it down to your left arm. Then lay on your back, roll ups, legs wide, ham string stretches and keep doing it until you’re told to stop. Again, a circuit where we repeat entire thing 2 more times. Relax.
Last circuit, I cannot remember a thing. It involved side planks as one of the exercises. We did more of those roll ups. We did a bunch more of those v-sits, rotation thingys. But I can’t remember the combo order …
This workout was so intense that we hardly talked. Yes, you read correctly. It was taking every ounce of our energy to do these things and apparently it was Chris’ goal to keep us from talking. He met his goal (actually, he met another goal, when I swore out loud when told to do more side planks - my right side, lower back, was having some problems, hence the involuntary swearing response).
We also had a thing that whenever anyone did talk, half of us couldn’t understand, and therefore completely misinterpreted … a dysfunctional “pass it down the lane” if ever there was one. It was quite funny. If I could remember a word of it, I would report it here, but I can’t. Also She Who Shall Not Be Named was embarrassed that I mentioned that she thought M. Le Trainer was hot … seriously? He is hot … but do we have to talk about it all the darn time? Well, ok, by most empirical standards, I would guess many people would vote him … steamin’ so I’ll go there as well. You know, for a youngster.
I did concede that I go for older examples of hotness - George Clooney, Colin Firth, Richard Armitage … not really into the young things like Ryan Gosling or Tatum Channing (whoever he is). But that’s probably because I’m … an oldster.
Tired, Quivering Bear
Chris seemed to be on a mission today … a mission to work our cores into the ground. Here’s how he did it:
Squats (Bear), go, while everyone else was foam rolling out other body parts. Go get your mats.
Front planks, go. Hips down, ladies. Then v-sits, go. Then bicycles, go. Then reverse planks, go. Then something else. Repeat entire circuit 2 more times. No talking, no fun, no nothin’. Then relax.
Front planks on your hands, but bring alternating knees up to opposite arm (I think of these as mountain climbers done by female bears … that line got a laugh in the workout, which is pathetic because it wasn’t that funny … but it’s kind of true, a kind of mountain climber walk sort of motion). Then v-sits with rotations back and forth. Then bicycles? I can’t remember. Then on your backs, hip thrusts. Then on your stomach, back extensions. Then on your hands and knees, right hand behind your head, lift up your right arm as high as your elbow will go, then touch it down to your left arm. Then lay on your back, roll ups, legs wide, ham string stretches and keep doing it until you’re told to stop. Again, a circuit where we repeat entire thing 2 more times. Relax.
Last circuit, I cannot remember a thing. It involved side planks as one of the exercises. We did more of those roll ups. We did a bunch more of those v-sits, rotation thingys. But I can’t remember the combo order …
This workout was so intense that we hardly talked. Yes, you read correctly. It was taking every ounce of our energy to do these things and apparently it was Chris’ goal to keep us from talking. He met his goal (actually, he met another goal, when I swore out loud when told to do more side planks - my right side, lower back, was having some problems, hence the involuntary swearing response).
We also had a thing that whenever anyone did talk, half of us couldn’t understand, and therefore completely misinterpreted … a dysfunctional “pass it down the lane” if ever there was one. It was quite funny. If I could remember a word of it, I would report it here, but I can’t. Also She Who Shall Not Be Named was embarrassed that I mentioned that she thought M. Le Trainer was hot … seriously? He is hot … but do we have to talk about it all the darn time? Well, ok, by most empirical standards, I would guess many people would vote him … steamin’ so I’ll go there as well. You know, for a youngster.
I did concede that I go for older examples of hotness - George Clooney, Colin Firth, Richard Armitage … not really into the young things like Ryan Gosling or Tatum Channing (whoever he is). But that’s probably because I’m … an oldster.
Tired, Quivering Bear