Woah. Went to the gym today and walked in after the morning rush to find I was just in time for one of the new fitness classes.

There were only two of us there, so it was nice and cosy.

But really really hard.

One bloke had the gloves on, one had the pads.

30 cross punches at shoulder height
10 seconds of running on the spot, knees hitting the pads which had been dropped to just below waist level

x4

Switch gloves/pads

30 uppercuts (”moved those hips!”)
10 squats

x4

Switch gloves/pads

30 cross punches at shoulder height
10 seconds of stepping up and down off a Reebok stepclass thingie (low)

x4

Switch gloves/pads

Then, the killer.

10 cross punches at shoulder height
Run down the stairs
Run backup the stairs, taking 2 stairs at a time
1 pushup

20 cross punches at shoulder height
Run down the stairs
Run backup the stairs, taking 2 stairs at a time
2 pushups

30 cross punches at shoulder height
Run down the stairs
Run backup the stairs, taking 2 stairs at a time
3 pushups

40 cross punches at shoulder height
Run down the stairs
Run backup the stairs, taking 2 stairs at a time
4 pushups

50 cross punches at shoulder height
Run down the stairs
Run backup the stairs, taking 2 stairs at a time
5 pushups

I got into the 50 in the last, got through 15, then had to stop, as I was EXTREMELY close to throwing up. Leaned on the wall for a couple of minutes, but couldn’t go on. Sat down, drank more, didn’t chuck.

Looked at the HR monitor - peak HR was 211

I just started laughing and when I told the instructor, who was horrified, and I’ve promised to set the HRM to beep when I hit 180BPM.

Still, I worked very hard, and it was most good.

Circuit training at 7am tomorrow morning…