Tuesday Karate workout – 1/1/08 – First workout of the new year.

I always try to finish the last year with a workout and start the new year with a workout.

I didn’t do my normal workout at home yesterday but I did have a good weight workout at the gym to finish up 2007. Even though I was doing high rep sets of 20, the weight felt really light and my muscles felt strong.

To start out the new year with a bang, I did the following workout:

Arm circles – 19 both forward and backward
Arm swings in and out – 19
Arm swings up and down – 19
Trunk twists – 19 each side
Weighted side bends – 20lbs x 19 each side
Glute ham raises – 19
Reverse crunches – 19
Crunches – 19
Pushups – 19
Plank – 45 seconds
Lying side leg raises – 19 each leg
Medicine ball squats – 4lbs x 19

Kata:

One each of Heian Shodan, Heian Nidan and Jion.

I really plan in stepping up my Karate workouts this year. Since I became a 3rd Kyu, I feel that I need to work even harder going forward. I plan on dropping another 20 to 25 pounds over the next six months to help improve my moves.