toughest workout

I actually do my toughest workout on a regular basis. Unfortunately, I've been semi-regular as of later. Fortunately, I've gotten back on track this week. My toughest workout is a session of "hot yoga." It is also know as Bikram Yoga as well as the Barkan Method considering where one takes a class at. The titles go back to the teacher in regards to lineage. Sound familiar? Yoga has a number of similarities to martial arts, including stance work for example. One of the first things that a person must overcome is the heat when taking a class. The room is around 100 degrees or more with a humidity level between 40-60 percent. Classes are usually 90 minutes long and mix in a series of movements and breathing exercises. These exercises incorporate a mixture of strength training, flexibility, and endurance.

The physical aspect is tough. A lot of people have a hard time with the heat. Also, sweat can get into your eyes leaving you to balance without one of your main senses. This is often the toughest part for me. Yet, the other aspects of the practice are even tougher. The studio is usually set up where you must face yourself and your fears. This is usually done with mirrors and "the voice" or "guide" as many instructors refer to themselves. Most people fear their own physical being. What I am referring to is basically how you look in the mirror. I have not met many people who are completely happy with how they look in the mirror. You see your flaws in muscle structure, fat, etc. You must face these and bring forth the mental power to overcome these and improve on them with a successful practice. With the room set at that temperature, ladies usually wear traditional yoga clothes that are not as heavy due to the heat, and men simply wear shorts or swim trunks.

Also, another tough aspect of hot yoga is once the doors are shut and the practice begins, everything outside those doors must be left out there. All of the negative energy and ego must be put away in order to have a rewarding and successful practice. You must look inward, think about what you need to work on most to improve yourself as a person, and improve yourself. Every class brings new challanges, new things to be improved on, or in extreme cases, conquered. All of this is easier said than done. One of my instructors says it best. He states often during his classes that "Honest effort gives honest results." This is something that you take from class and try to apply to all aspects of your life. That is the yoga, and that is why it is the toughest workout for me.

my hardest work out is

well its a toss up between a good hard game of super tag in the middle of Summer at 12 o clock in the morning





or 50 double lunges (double lunges are lunge kick lunge) and 100 push ups and sit ups

Tournament forms Lau Gar Kwun and shortened Sup Yin Kuen each x3

Turkish Get ups with 20 lb Kettlebell x10

Forms again, each x3

Windmills, same Kettle bell x10

Forms each x3

20 Kettlebell swings, sprint my back yard, 10 burpees, walk back to the kettlebell. x5

Forms again each x3

Cry.

My Toughest Workout

My touhest workout is sparing sifu stevon and eli. and also doing the cave craws around the 4 square box and all of thoses climbing things. they are not my favirots, BUT I TRY THEM!!! :)

My Toughest Workout

This is the hardest workout I've done on my own, in one day, that is recent.


4 miles on bicycle (indoors, in a/c, averaging 16 mph)

rest/muscle recovery/water


2 rounds of the following weight bench stuff:

20 leg lifts of 55.5# (that's just how it worked out)

20 bench presses 60#

20 hamstring leg lifts of 55.5#

20 bicep curls at 20# (hand held weights, alternating arms every 10 curls)


rest/muscle recovery/water, then

60 pushups; 60 situps


These three forms were done at the end of the day, not right after the strength/cardio training:

Warrior Palm, with power

Gung Gee, with power

Fu Hok, lighter

I'm Thinking This Applies To Mastery Too.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle