PT! Good for You, Good for Me!
Sound off.. 1 2.. Sound off.. 3 4.. Guess what, my ass is sore!
Man.. Week 2 of the academy started today. Got to meet our self defense instructor. He is a 20 year veteran of the DOC and a retired Marine drill instructor. Do the math on that one. I have been working out on my trusty bowflex for a month or so now and I am still hurting.
Lets see.. Patterns of movement. Patterns of movement are 12 steps (like dancing) that help you to move and position yourself in a fight to strike or “tactically relocate” (We don’t retreat.. we tactically relocate). They are diagonal movements to the front, rear, and both sides. It was a good aerobic warm up to the REAL exercises.
The trusty ol’ push up. The vertical leg lift. The “roll and lunge.” We would be on our backs as if knocked down. With your right foot behind your left knee, you would bring your knee to you chest to make a rocking chair with your back, rock back to gain momentum and LUNGE forward to pounce and strike your target. You would land on your forearms with your legs slightly apart and on your toes in a half push up position. Then we would do about 10 push ups from this position, roll over, and repeat.
Now.. in the middle of these, there were a few of my brothers and sisters that were getting lazy and resting their hips on the ground. This really pissed the instructor off and we had to do army crawls from one end of the 25 yard room to the other.
We learned about four to five other blocks and strikes and did lots of reps. All in all, it was only about a 45 minute workout but effective.
Needless to say, I sweat my ass off.
Weight Update: When I started at the wall I weighed 244 lbs. After 2 months inside and 1 week at the academy I am down to 227. 22 more to go!
