Anna : Walking around like C3PO

Three days of boxing, kickboxing followed by more boxing has left me with unfortunate DOMS in my legs and on either side of my elbows. It hurts to straighten my arms and my walk has a distinctive waddle to it ...



Who said the gym was good for you??!?

Anna : Done myself a harm

Oh noes! All the good luck that has been coming my way for the last month or so has finally been evened out, last night at boxing I felt a "pop" and it turns out I've got "Tennis Leg". I've torn some of the fibers in my left calf and can't walk. Have been to the physio and it's not too serious and I should be able to walk unaided in 10 days or so. TO THE COUCH!

Anna : Can't see straight ...

In the thick of another training project, but this time Hivers get to share my pain because some of them have to attend (hey Jen, hey Joe). Only two days of work to go!

Paul at boxing has re-defined "hard", cutting out most of the breaks we used to enjoy so much. Had a family dinner that went well, olives were a motif, figuring in almost every dish and Guy's dad Steve may have been brought around to the joys of the chickpea.

and deja vu ... just now!

Anna : Tired

Awesome boxing session on Wednesday (Paul brought torso sized pads and for the last round we paired up and then put our shoulders together and PUSHED!) and an early start on Thursday let me feeling pretty tired. My boss caught me having a big old yawn and commented that I looked exhausted. By 10.30 I had come down with chronic presentee-ism and decided that I might as well go home sick and catch some "ZZZ"s. Three hour nap and then a follow up 10 hours has left me feeling only vaguely human.

Let's hear it for Friday!

Anna : You're just too hip baby ... uh huh huh

As I walked home last night the "cool" people seemed to be out in force. A Voltron black lion t-shirt, several shamelessly hip tattoos and me, filthy and smelly from boxing in a 35 degree room ... luckily I had my Bec-approved asymmetrical 'do!

Other news, our sink has become electrified and the blackouts are now daily so something's awry in the state of Yorga.

Anna : Breathe!

I think I got a lot of work done today ... or maybe I just artfully procrastinated ... not sure. I had a large coffee earlier in the day and now I feel a bit panicky. Thankfully boxing starts up again today, boxing solves all ills!

Also, cooked a lamb and red lentil dhal over the weekend and the lid coming off the paprika bottle was a very delicious accident!

Anna : Yay Punching!

Too many people and too few bags has meant weeks without punching something. Well that all changed yesterday! 12 x 1 minute rounds with 6 rounds of 8 pushups and 6 rounds of 8 situps and about 35 seconds rest between each set. Finish it off with some punching above the head and 2 x 30 seconds on the bags and you a recipe for KICKING ARSE! I do believe I may STILL be high on the endorphins :)

Anna : Good Work

Big gym week, trying out new program (with a focus on working the backs of my shoulders to try and stop the clicks that have started happening over the last few weeks), 2 hard sessions at boxing and some yoga. Taking the evening off to go home, do some cleaning, lounge about the house and do some reading. Blog worthy? Eh :P

Anna : Work, gym, sleep, gym ...

Good day at work then off to boxing. After two very hard sessions last week we had a more managable session last night ( Joe looked like death at the end of it so he may disagree ). Finished the session off with some crouching, working on undoing years of rowing induced shortening of the hamstrings and perfecting my sq'wahtting technique so that I can fully enjoy the drugs that Bec assures me are located in the thighs! Yoga this morning with more hamstring stretching and more sq'waht, working moving the tension from my knees back into my butt where it should be.

Who wants short shorts? I WANT short shorts!

Anna : Arms Like Uncooked Spaghetti

Soreness from Monday punch-fest has kicked in and my arms won't move. Talked to Nicole last night and she's up for being in my film so I'm on track for filming at the end of October. Oh yeah, and I accidentally joined Facebook. Most people seem to be going for a profile picture that captures that ingenue / it girl look, so I decided to go for something different.

Anna : Hard Session @ Boxing

The netballers have disappeared so there's less standing around at boxing. Last nights session was HARD!

6 minute warm up, 4 reps of 1 minute on 30 seconds off of squatting/squatting and punching, 6 rounds of circuit stuff (side to sides, push ups and plank and then 10 secs on/10 secs off/10 secs on at the bag). Finishing off with 4 rounds of 30 seconds punching and 1 minute rest.

Cut to the next day, I'm having trouble walking down stairs and someone has inserted an iron rod in the middle of my shoulders.

In other news, made it to yoga but it was the annoying English woman. I can't stand the way she says "Up" ("uhurp"!!?!?!).

Joe - but now all the poodles run to my house for the funky cold medina

Smashed network problem! Rar! About to go boxing while soaked in flu medicine. We'll see how it goes. Elle and I sat on the porch last night and watched the moon thingus - it was pretty sweet. Also entertaining was watching our neighbour realise that she had lost her car - not lost as in stolen, lost as in no memory of where she parked it. So if you're in the market for a late model Volvo station wagon, there's one going free out there somewhere.

Anna : When will I learn

When Paul says "We used to do this on the Nationals team" you leave the room! Sore and tired today but made it to yoga.

Anna : "Hands back to the face, anything else isn't punching, it's ... pretend"

Paul was back in form last night so boxing happened. The class is full of new people, last week it was about 10 new girls who are apparently on the netball team and don't shut up, this week it was a bunch of American guys who had been before but this time brought friends. Our cosy little class is getting a little too cosy.

At the end of the class the guy who runs the Sydney Uni Boxing club announced that there's going to be an amateur fight night in September, including women's demonstration matches, in case anyone wanted to come along to fight or watch. Joe pointed out that it probably wouldn't be much fun getting pummeled in front of a bunch of strangers ... but that it would be fun to be a part of the group of strangers watching people get pummeled. Details to follow.

Anna : Gym, gym, gym

Boxing canceled last night because Paul was sick and so this morning I made it to yoga for the second time since we got back from holiday ... are these two incidents related? Yoga was good, I'm glad I went and will try to go again!