FUNctional workouts a go-go

I have been avoiding regular workouts for a while now, but still wanting to stay in shape. I wanted to run marathons with the least amount of running possible. And so far I have been fairing well on these attempts.

At the LA Fitness convention, I picked up a Bodirocker, a"Balance Resistance Trainer", and had a lot of fun doing Power Planks, Rocking Plants, Power Rocking Crunches and much more....

Continued playing around with the Spartacus workout, actually got in a got workout on our aerial silks, although at a couple points I was tangled up and began to fear for my life and limbs, mostly limbs as I felt like a dolphin in a tuna net.

Wednesday was a big fitness day, hour-plus trail run, aerial arts class, and top it off with an hour and a half jui jitsu training session.

I thought Thursday might be a rest day until I helped spot at Skye's aerial arts class and then got to be fully into the second aerial arts class. By the end my forearms felt very Popeye-like.

Then I received something I ordered on line with a goodly amount of hesitation, Indian Clubs.

They are the most beautiful pieces of workout equipment I own. They are absolutely exquisite. The DVD by Dr. Ed Thomas, from what I have watched thus far, is amazing. I always thought Indian clubs were born of the Native American world, but turns out it is from Asia's sub continent of India. I played around with them for around 20 minutes and was enjoying a delightful burn. Wow!!! I love these little gems.

Along with them I also got a lovely little training book, "Hand-Balancing for Muscular Development", all this came from functionalhandstrength.com and oldtimestrongman.com, two very interesting websites.

Even juggled a bit and played around on the unicycle.