Move It Monday: “The Black” Workout
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Last Thursday, I hit the track at a local park. My kettlebells were at home snuggling so I decided to make do with bodyweight only. It was a perfect morning for a workout grey and misty. I felt like a racehorse up before dawn for a morning workout. <=== Next to my junior high”secret book of poetry”, that is probably the corniest thing I have ever written in my life. Anyway speaking of racehorses…I was the second fastest kid in my kindergarten class, only losing to Josh Skillman, which made me the fastest girl in my class. This 5 year old’s claim to fame was attributed to The Black Stallion. Remember that movie? I was obsessed (ODDLY OBSESSED) with the The Black Stallion and every time I would race, in my head, I pretended I was “The Black” galloping down the track against Cyclone and Sun Raider. The joys of childhood.
The Workout
(Secretariat just came out. Feel free to pretend.)
1 lap (1/4 mile) easy jog
100 m sprint, 100 m walk x4
(Sprinted the straightaways & walked the curves2x around the track)
(rest)
Tabata Pushups (Click on the link if aren’t sure what Tabata is)
(rest)
100 m sprint, 100 m walk x4
(Sprinted the straightaways & walked the curves 2x around the track)
1 lap (1/4 mile) easy jog
For Time: I decided to time it so next time I can try to beat my time. Mine was 27:39
Regarding time, I used the stopwatch on my phone and the Gymboss Iphone app which is FREE!
The total distance is only 1.5 miles when broke down includes a 1/2 mile easy jog, 1/2 mile sprint, 1/2 mile walk. (I just wanted to show off my mad math skillzzzz!)
I loved this workout. I felt it the rest of the day and I nearly cried when my taekwondo teacher asked us to do pushups that evening.
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What was your favorite childhood movie? Did anyone else LOVE The Black Stallion movie? Horses still make my knees go weak and, truth be told, I still have this little dream of riding my own black Arabian stallion in a loin cloth on the beach some day.
Hugs and High Fives,
Jenn
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I loved The Neverending Story. Never saw Black Stallion but like you, I have fantasies of riding down a beach w/ my hair blowing behind me. Guess that will be stored next to my riding a motorcyle and taking off the helmet to show the world I’m a chick. While shaking my long, luxurious hair out of course.
Weird I was just going to say the Neverending Story before i even saw the comment above! I loved loved that movie and wanted to be the princess.
Love the fast easy (but really hard) workout.
My sister and I were obsessed with Breakin’…had all the lines memorized and so i dreamed of being able to spin on my head. But i do remember the Black Stallion book in my library-can’t remember if I read it or not but oddly enough it is one of my daughter’s favorite books and movie. We also love the Neverending story and our dog even looks like Falcor! DId you know they made a 2nd and 3rd Neverending Story? And can you not sing when you say the title of that movie?? ha
Ok, so I just have to comment because the Neverending Story was a childhood favorite of mine also and just this past Saturday my husband and I let our girls watch it on instant Netflix! How weird is that! But the sad thing was my girls may be forever traumatized by it since all 3 were bawling their eyes out and so upset when Atreo’s horse died in the mud
Hey, I just realized I turned that into a horse comment as well!
The Last Unicorn…hands down….favorite childhood movie. Needless to say, all the unicorn versions of my “my little ponies” were also my favorites. I had so many my little ponies that I even became a tester for the brand. They would send me their latest product, let me play with it for a while, and then call me up to see how I liked it. Yeah….it was totally cool.
Super fun workout, Jenn! I want to give it a try before winter hits. I loved Alice in Wonderland as a kid, I had it memorized. I also loved The Princess Bride.. but who didn’t?!