My Proprietary Workouts

There are a ton of workouts and I am certainly not qualified to say mine is better than others, but it is pretty amazing, as those who have tried it have concluded.  At some point I will add a video and more description, but so no one is wondering, basically, it is this:

It is sort of like a boxing workout but doesn’t have to have anything to do with boxing.  It is a series — usually 15 — of three minute rounds with a thirty-second rest in between each round.  Each round is whatever you want it to be.  Some examples are:

Jumping jacks, high knees, skaters, butt kicks, etc.

Ab workouts

Weights — a light weight with a lot of reps and some rests in between

If you like boxing, hitting the speed bag or the heavy bag or the double end bag

Leaps

Pushups

Different machines if you have them around, i.e. treadmill, elliptical, bicycle, versa-climber, rowing machine are the ones I have

Dancing — yes — especially if this is done in a group, this spices things up

Shuffle jumps, ala the Marines — truly awful

If you are outside, sprints or short runs

Whatever else you can think of

The main goal — by far — is to avoid getting hurt!

I love doing these workouts on my own, but even more with a group, usually my family — and blasting music makes it even more fun.

What is so amazing about these workouts is that if anyone finds any particular round difficult or injury-prone, they can just substitute something else.

The other — best — thing is that after the workout you are exhausted, dripping with sweat, but unlike doing the same thing for an hour, you have switched to so many different muscle groups, you don’t feel sore and miserable.  Instead, at least for me, after the exhaustion wears off in a few minutes, you feel exhilarated and a bounce in your step all the remainder of the day.

So there you have it.  And — yes — you should make sure your doctor blesses this kind of thing before you embrace it.  Working out is great but not worth actually dying for.

Oh yes — before I finish — there is nothing like the feeling of being an Old Guy and kicking the younger folks’ asses.