This is going to sting a bit...

Here you go, a 30-minute workout.

40 Pushups
50 Wrestlers (Situps)
10 Pullups (yes, you have to smile)
500 Jump Ropes
100 Leg Lifts (or 200 Alternating)
100 pair of Mountain Climbers
100 KBS (Kettlebell Swings) minimum 15 lbs
100 Thrusters minimum 20 lbs (They are a cross between a squat and military press with dumbbells)

You can do these in any order and any amounts.  i.e. you can do 100 jump ropes, the 20 pushups, then 10 pullups, etc.  You keep going til you hit the numbers above.   Oh, and don't lose count, especially on the thrusters.

and the kicker is, every minute do 10 squats.

Here are my totals:

40 Pushups
50 Wrestlers
10 Pullups (I did not smile)
500 Jump Ropes with 2lb rope
100 Leg Lifts (with growly face)
100 pair of Mountain Climbers
25 KBS (Kettlebell Swings) 45 lbs
50 Thrusters minimum 50 lbs
oh, and 280 GD squats.

Yes, I failed.  :(

My cookie for finishing this workout was a 10 minute meditation.  Not so much to find peace, but to calm down my asthmatic episode.  (not full asthma, but definitely not much breathing going on.)

 This workout receives the "you make bunny cry" award.  It is pretty savage and the more you push, the harder it gets.

Warrior Elite

I do get compliments and props on my choice of being one of the Warrior Elite.

I really do appreciate the thoughts and undulations and know they come from the heart...but they also come from a skewed perspective.  I have no choice.

I am not one of the Warrior Elite by choice, you actually have to chose not to be one.  I practice, I train, I study because there is no alternative.  Believe me, if I could sit on the couch and dip my chocolate chip cookies in my 4x Mochas with whip cream and still have this level of health, and strength and awareness, I'd be shoving fools out of the way.

But every morning I have a choice right?  Do I stay in bed and rest?  Or do I hoist my 700 pounds up with aching joints and ignore the delegation of muscles whining about oppression.  There is no choice.  I am what I am.

But why do I do it?  To inspire others?  I inspire children to embrace great character, I inspire old folk to grow young, I inspire shoulders to straighten, and I inspire nervous titters to grow into confident laughs.  I see all this in the people that I train to be warriors.

I do not think of such things when I train.  I set up my tasks and decide if I draw my sword or heft my axe.  That is the only choice I face.

It is not possible to intellectualize what I do. An old boy once said, "To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent." Some folk called him Buddha.  Practicing constant diligence is my dream and that is why I do it.

by Sea Monkey

I consider weakness to be a choice.  Strength, health and peace are not choices, they are responsibilities.  We must protect them stridently.

If you continue to be inspired by me, then you are welcome.

If you do not wish to waste your time, but rather live you Dharma and inspire others...then Thank you.  It is a lonely road and I appreciate the company.

DarkArashi