I went to Konditioning class today and we had the usual brutal workout. Started off with some different jogging variations for a warm up and then did 4 sets of 25 push ups. I got through the first set fine, but the rest were tough and I only got through half of the other sets. It will come with time and enough training I’m sure. We also did a Tabata style drill for abs. 8 sets of 20 seconds of maximum effort with 10 seconds of rest in between. My abs felt like fire afterwards! After that we did some squats, more ab work, more push ups and a bunch of other random drills, including 1 legged squats.

I came home and setup my pull up bar then did 10 sets of 2 pull ups / 1 chin up. It is going slowly, but I am improving with those exercises. When I started I couldn’t do any kind of pull up and I could only do half a chin up. I’m just short of a full pull up now and can do chin up and a half. Doesn’t sound like much, but I’ll take it. Supposedly the biggest hurdle with these exercises is being able to do the first one, so we’ll see how it goes in the future.

As far as my workout goals went, I hit the following numbers - including what I did at class and then at home / in the morning. It won’t be an exact count either as some of it is from memory from class, but it should be +/- 5-10.

- 150 Push Ups
- 20 Pull Ups / Negatives
- 10 Chin Ups
- 60 Squats
- 20 Squat Jumps
- 150 Crunches
- 40 Oblique Crunches (each side)
- 100 Leg Raises

It was a good day. I really feel like if I stick to the plan I made today that I will achieve the goals I set out for at the beginning of the challenge.