More Pain than Gain

I am absolutely loving the PT we are having in the academy. Not only is it good for us physically, it is great for us as a team. We go on runs, yell out cadences, jog in formation, and just bond with each other. There are those of us who are in terrible shape, and those of us in marvelous shape. I would fall somewhere in between, but can say with some confidence I am closer to the in shape crowd than the out of shape. We are only in week two, but the PT time is something I thoroughly enjoy.

However, today's workout kicked my tail. It was a mere 20 minutes, but I would bet the farm while going through it, the time was more like 45 minutes. We broke into 4 teams, so not to get too crowded. It was reminicent of the ladder runs in highschool, only much worse. We started out by jogging/running about 40 yards, touching a curb, and jogging back. We then did 2 pushups, 2 crunches, 2 mountain climbers, and 2 body weight squats. The the cycle starts again; run to the curb and back. However, this time, you do 4 of each exercise. Then the next time 6 repititions. Put this all in the context of an evening where the temperature was just above freezing, the air is dry, and let us not forget about altitude. In a mere 20 minutes, I was at 24 repetitions and fully spent. We ended our workout by sounding off, and heading home.

Now, I carpool with a fine gentleman, Ramon Sandoval. Ramon just happens to be a former member of Seal Team 1, from about 3 years ago. Ramon is in good shape. Ramon is in kick butt shape. We went over to his house were we proceeded to do exercises I had no idea existed. We climbed ropes, did pull ups between ropes, dips on hanging rings, and pushups on the rings lowered to about 6 inches off the ground. Other exercises were mixed in there, but far to difficult to describe. Ramon has taken me under his wing, to make me into a well built warrior. I am aching all over, and this early in the workout scheme of things, there isn't any noticeable improvement. So for this guy, the lactic acid has fully engulfed my body, and I am not sure of when it will decide to flush out.