Well, not as awesome as I would be if I had made 198 by the 15th, but I can now do (slow) crossovers while jump roping!!!!
Considering I haven't jumped rope in forever because it makes my shins curl up and die inside my legs, I think it's pretty damn good.
Menace and Lynds were jumping rope and I got jealous, so I grabbed a rope and started.
My shins started hurting almost immediately, but Menace challenged me to do crossovers.
(crossovers = crossing your hands in front of you while jumping, not as easy as it sounds since you're connected to the rope!)
If I have a short term attainable goal, I will accomplish it. (long term goals are a whole other story)
So, I kept jumping until I did it!
It took a bit, and my shins are ready to crawl up my body and stab me in the face, but I accomplished that much.
Check out the video below to watch me fail a bunch of times, and then finally achieve it!
Caution: I swear a few times in the video because I was angry that I couldn't succeed at first.
Zach, my trusty and always encouraging trainer, if the cameraman you can hear egging me on.
I decided not to edit the screwed up takes out of the video to remind myself that very rarely do I ever do anything perfectly on the first try. I know, I should know this by now, but I always get frustrated when my I realize I don't have a natural ability to excel at everything in the whole world.
Anyway, I did Zach's and Marcin's classes today, and sparred 2 rounds with Sonic. I got some good punches in on Sonic, but I *need* to concentrate on sitting on my back foot.
Maybe I'll throw some ankle weights on my right leg or something!
Today, at the beginning of Zach's class, we were shadow boxing with weights, and for the first half of the first round, I was boxing southpaw and didn't realize it until I tried to sit on my back leg and it felt weird.
Sometimes, I really do think that I get hit in the head too much.
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