We did a challenge today in capoeira. Holy crud, was it a good one.
Step one - jump from side to side over a six inch high pad. Jump from left to right, pulling your knees as high as possible. Complete twenty jumps. Run to step two.
Pick up a 12 pound medicine ball. Lunge forward with left foot, twisting upper body to the left. Come back to center, and reverse to the right. Do ten on each side. Run to the next step...
Ten high kicks on the heavy bag, on each side. Next?
Run to the ring and jump up onto it, about midcalf height - and then jump back to the ground. Repeat twenty times. And then the final step...
Run to the bag area and do ten pushups and ten situps. And then?
DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN - THREE TIMES TOTAL.
The best part? It was a competition and I came in fourth of fifth. That may not sound like much, but number 3 only beat me by ten seconds and when I taunted the guy behind me - "Are you gonna get beat by a girl?" - his reply of, "Damn straight I will, you are TOUGH!" - was music to my ears. I was seriously wiped out after class and barley managed to do my extra ab work.
Lesson here? Hard work is fun. You can do more than you think.
And pee before you start. I'm just sayin'.