Monday, November 06, 2006

Cardio, Weights and Mucho progress

Okay for the last several weeks I have been only doing Judo. Our Judo class is only once a week and it is for about 2 hours. The two hours are grueling. Our Sensai pushes us until we are dripping with sweat.

Today I went to the gym to do tradional cardio and weight lifting. The cardio was a breeze. I burned 350 calories in 30 minutes on an elliptical machine and I barely broke a sweat. Hubby who is also in Judo was with me and he did about the same amount of cardio. Just a mere 3 months ago I would have never been able to keep up the pace and 30 minutes would have seemed like an eternity.

Then I went to lift weights. I skipped the machines and did free weights. I was amazed that I could almost keep up with my husband. He is six feet tall and I am only 5'1". I also did squats with about 130lbs of weight. Go me!! I am hoping that my squats will help with my Tachi-waza (particularly my hip throws). I have been struggling to get good execution on my throws. Hubby was off today so we went over some of the throws without executing. Unfortunately he has a bruised rib which means I have to be really careful in practicing with him. I wish that their was someone closer to my own height in our class. I am the shortest of everyone over the age of 14.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Keep up the good work!

 
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