Not So Much A Blurpee

There are SEVERAL reasons to not like blurpees, but as I learned yesterday evening, the main one for me might me that they are not called blurpees at all. Burpees, come to find out, are just as equally miserable though. Dropping the the "l" did nothing to make they more like-able, more enjoy-able nor do-able. Burpees are a bitch and like any other girl fight, I have to psych myself up to tackle these beasts. Now, to be clear, I don't just have a personal goal to be able to crank out some flawless burpees for no reason. It was brought to my attention a couple months ago that our Tier 2 test at Pink Gloves Boxing will include a 2 minute and 20 second burnout round of burpees. WTF! Now, I sat and watched the last group of Tier 2 girls all accomplish this, so I know it's possible, but dear Lord, how am I EVER going to get to that level!!!????

Right now, I am a modify burpee-ier and they are STILL impossible and terrible as crap. I have roughly 2 months to go from a modifier to a full blown ass-kicker of burpees. It was last night after class that I realized its my middle section and my mind that more than likely holding me up at the moment. First, there is to much jelly in my belly to jumping out and into a push-up position and a squat position so flawlessly. Second, my mind can't even begin to communicate the motion to my body about how to execute this movement. So often, between reps, I just find myself starring in the mirror utterly confused as to how to even begin. Hahahaa. I bet the girls are thinking, Poor Steph, she's having such a hard time focusing still, when in reality poor Steph is just FAT and can't for the life of her figure out how to burpee!

So this has become my motivation to focus a little more energy on eating better. When I lost that 15 lbs, not so long ago, the one place I noticed it was in my belly. It wasn't flat by any means, but it became less predominant. I need more of that less predominant belly to help with the movement. So the goal is to do at least 10 burpees a day, modified or non-modified to get my body comfortable with the movement and to build up my tolerance to this hellacious workout.

What's the workout that gives you the most trouble and how are you working to get better at it?

Bye for now.