Since the weather was terrible over the weekend, and just yesterday I finally ventured out to ride a tiny bit while the sun was out and the temp was >40, I don’t have a bunch to post about. I’ve been running a bit, but I’ve also been going to the Urban Fitness Kickboxing gym two times a week to do a class they call “Body Focus” as well as an MMA class.

The Body Focus class is a resistance training circuit class. It’s generally broken down into a warmup, an upper body circuit, and a lower body (abs/legs) circuit. I like that it’s mostly compound exercises, and that it includes some plyometrics and explosive exercises. I knew my upper body was scrawny, but I feel like a T-rex during the first half of class.

The MMA class is intense. It started with Jujitsu last week and we’re adding in some punching and kicking this week. The harder parts of class are similar in intensity to a 3-minute bike interval, except that it’s full-contact and involves both brute strength and a lot of skill. As an added bonus, I generally leave class with about as many incidental bruises as you would expect from a moderate mountain bike crash.

IT’S FREAKING AWESOME, AND I LOVE EVERY SECOND OF IT.

I can’t help but gravitate towards things that are incredibly challenging.

My challenge now is to take my saw and hack my way down the trail near my house. The baby ice storm that came through resulted in a lot of hanging privet and a couple of downed trees.