Cage Fitness

The first week of August, I started a new exercise program, Cage Fitness, at Livvi's martial arts club. Their site can give you a glimpse of what goes on, but let me tell you it is a lot harder than it looks. The usual class is five rounds of seven 45-second exercises in a row with a 45-second rest between each round. Occasionally, the instructor will do 5 rounds of ten 30-second exercises in a row with a 30-second rest between rounds. This is a killer! The entire exercise program is over in only 30 minutes! Just when you feel like dying, it's over! Exercises are things like punching, squats, sprawls, pushups, crunches, kicking, cardio, etc. On day one, I thought I was nearly going to die. Here I am now with more than three months under my belt (and just a little less hanging over my belt...I might have to adjust my eating as well to eliminate even more) and it still kicks my can, but I mostly enjoy it and certainly feel better about myself.