Getting back my wind

January 14th, 2009 kNuke Posted in ACL Surgery Adventure | 1 Comment »

Another buddy of mine wants to get in shape so my P90X buddy took him for a workout yesterday.  Today was my turn to help out, so I took him to the gym.  This guy has a bad knee, bad back, crap diet, and is overweight.  I figure a circuit routine would be a great way for him to get back into shape.

He gave a decent effort, but he didn’t complete one circuit correctly.  He didn’t finish any of the exercises with the required reps.  I think that’s okay, because it’s his second time working out in a while so I’ll cut him a little slack.  One good thing about him working out with me was that it pushed me to give maximum effort.  I felt really good after completing circuit two; I feel my wind coming back and it feels great!  I’m pretty confident that I’ll be able to complete the third circuit come Friday.

Side note: I skipped the cardio portion of the routine.  Instead, I ran after my baseball game.  I ran 4 50-yard sprints and 12 50-yard jogs for a total of 8 poles.  I think that’s an equal substitute huh?