jump start to my day

I literally had a jump start to my day.We’ll get to the eggs in a minute.

Yesterday morning, I decided to rekindle my youthful spirit by doing a jump rope workout.  After all, what’s more fun than waking up at 4:45am to do 1,500 jumps!  Obviously not sleep.  Actually, my reasoning for pulling out the jump rope was because my legs were sore from running the past few days.  I also need to come up with some intense, 30 minute workouts I can do once class starts next Monday.  I will continue working full-time while taking my class, so my Mondays and Wednesdays will be short on free-time.   In what little time I have in the mornings before heading to work, I plan on doing short HIIT workouts to get my blood flowing and heart pumping (and to keep in shape for the Tough Mudder). 

THE JUMP ROPE WORKOUT 

• 100 jump ropes
• 25 regular crunches (or sit ups)
• 100 jump ropes
• 15 bicep curls to overhead press *
• 100 jump ropes
• 30 lunges with 12 lb weight in each hand
• 100 jump ropes
• 20 side kicks per leg (think Karate Kid)
• 100 jump ropes
• 15 tricep extensions on exercise ball
• 200 jump ropes
• 100 bicycle crunches
• 200 jump ropes
• 15 bicep curls to overhead press *
• 200 jump ropes
• 30 lunges with 12 lb weight in each hand
• 200 jump ropes
• 20 side kicks (each leg)
• 200 jump ropes
• 15 tricep extensions on exercise ball

 *Next time I do this workout, I will replace this exercise with 10-15 burpees.

 This workout may look intimidating, but it’s totally doable and very fun.  The inspiration for this workout came from my brother, who did 1,000 continuous jumps for time (I can’t recall how long it took him).  There was no way I was going to get my legs to do 1,000 jumps in a row, so I broke it up by doing exercises after every 100 or 200 jumps.  This workout will go by really quickly if you go through it uninterrupted.  I stopped  twice to take a sip of water.  Next time I plan on doing it for time to see if I can make improvement.  You can adjust this workout as necessary so it is challenging for you fitness level.

The goal is to have fun.

And then to fuel yourself afterwards.Now, savory foods like scrambled eggs are not my preferred morning fare.  But after this workout, that seemed to be what I was in the mood for.    I toasted some minced dried onion on the skillet right before adding the eggs.  Once the eggs were poured on the skillet, I stirred in some McCormick’s Roasted Garlic and Herb Seasoning.  I’m not sure if it was the Seasoning or the onion, but these were the best eggs I have made in a long time.  Now if only I could have enough time every morning to have a breakfast like this!

Scrambled eggs

(1 whole egg + 2 egg whites + Dried Minced Onion + McCormick’s Roasted Garlic & Herb Seasoning)

Toast + Avocado + Oregano

Fruit & Red Peppers

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