LOL - unless your in absolute top condition that is...

Yeah, I've been getting back into the conditioning workouts again. This one was a tough one I put together; especially since I was doing it outdoors in 93 degree heat with high humidity. So let's take a look see:

100 steps on a cement block - O.K. so far so good

100 jumping jacks - whoops, heart starts to engage

100 parallel free squats - quads and leg biceps got to burning

10 hip/back/hamstrings self resistance - good stretch and active rest

That was the first round. I took a 30 second rest and started round two. About the time I got to the second set of 100 free squats, it was getting hard. Took a 30 second rest and then onto round 3.

Sweating very profusely and being wary of cramps in my calves round three went O.K. through the steps and jumping jacks, but by the time I got to squats, I had to take a 30 second rest between four sets of 25 reps. After that the self resistance hamstring and hip exercise was a relief.

It took me 30:26 minutes to get through those rounds. If I'd gone inside, I probably would have gotten them done quicker. But, I want the kind of conditioning that matters. That is why I am trying to workout outside as much as possible this summer.

After that, I did go inside to finish with abdominals, because I didn't want to get heat exhaustion. My head was starting to hurt, so I knew I had taken it to the edge of my current conditioning. Inside it was four circuits of situps, leg raises, crunches and bent leg raises for 25 reps each, and with a 30 second rest between circuits. That took 17 minutes. Afterwards I hydrated and took a shower. I felt pretty good. We've had a good bit of rain over the last few days and with the sun beating down, it was like working out in a greenhouse.

Give that workout a try. If you can do more; do so. If you need to cut it back; do so. Work it to your level of conditioning.