Yesterday a buddy and I went to workout around 9 a.m. It was interesting to say the least. Considering the weather in Maryland has been unseasonably warm, it was the perfect opportunity. It was about 40 degrees so we decided to do our workout at the nearby soccer field in our community. My buddy subtly let me know not to kill him on this workout and I humbly obliged *winks eye*. I haven’t consistently been doing much endurance focused exercise so I was excited to push our my body to the limit.

stretching

First we stretched, then started with something called a dragon crawl, imagine being on all fours and moving forward like an iguana. We did this down the length of the entire soccer field (much harder than it seems.) Next, going back down, we did knee highs (lifting your knees up to your hands rapidly and moving forward at an even pace, imagine a marching band.) Last, before my friend had to take an abrupt break, we did butt kicks going down the field, those are self explanatory.

knee highs

Shortly after, my friend said 4 dreadful words, “I have to throw up.” Ummm…. Ok. A part of me chuckled, all that over eating he did for Christmas, now he was seeing the consequence. While he coughed up his lung and then laid on his back I decided to do another set of our workout and another ab workout. After all of that, we did the dragon crawl once more then we’d be  on our way home.

butt kicks

I’ll never forget, freshman year of college my bball coach said, “if you feel like you have to throw up in practice, do it, then get back out on the floor.” I live by those words now. Get it out and keep it moving, nothing should hold you back!!! How are you staying in shape this winter???