chapter ten: ab ripper x

"hi, i'm tony. welcome to great abs guarenteed. we're going to do seven moves, 30 seconds each. we'll do each one twice. start with the hip rocker. on our backs..." fun bobby must have watched p90x last night, because did we ever get an ab kicking this morning.

woke up today all doe-y eyed, wanting to just snuggle the day away in the gloriousness that is my bed. no! the show must go on, i snapped out of bed, and landed right into my running shoes. it was amazing. i've made a slight change in my sleep ritual in the last ten days. previous to this challenge, i liked to kick it at home in my furry ugg slippers. just as i get into bed, i put my slippers beside me so in the morning i'll stand up, and be like "oh my gosh, furry slippers." it surprises me every time. not this week ladies and gents, runners. get up out of bed and boom, i lace up. it's brilliant.

so we get underway with EJ: strive at 7 this morning. fun bobby (aka tony horton today) and er bear are cheer captains for the ultra sexy, all ladies class. split up into groups of two. they say it's because then you have one trainer per 6 people, but i think it's because tony has a 6 chick max. so we're building off the strive we did last week. core stability is round one (suck it in), balance is number two (hold it up), and hinging is number three (stick it out). all while looking extremely glamorous, and making it seem effortless. as always.

tony wanted to make sure we all knew who was the boss, so he included an ab jam for us. how pleasant. we weren't just working them, we completely re-designed our tummys. does anyone have any laundry i can do? it was a goodie. i do a lot of ab work anyway, but even today i was sweating like a sinner in church. there was one comment that was said, that was probably the second most motivating thing i've heard in a long time: "you didn't come this far for 40 minutes just to quit now." true. nothing like a last minute push before we all throw up on the yoga mats. by the way, my first favourite thing i've heard is that when doing a b&e (break and enter), wear your second favourite t-shirt. just in case you get caught on a fence. very helpful.