Fit2Fat2Fit Blog: Day 7 and 8

Since I’ve  now worked out at Jackson State and Madison Central, I’m qualified to ask the age-old question: What’s worse, TOWELS (JSU Walter Payton Center gym) or BOARDS (Madison Central Football field)?

TOWELS: You push a folded bath towel the length of a basketball court while bent over.  Sometimes you do half-court and back. Other times you go the whole length of the court and back.

Advantages: A basketball court is about 30 yards in length. If you only do two sets, you “only” do 120 yards.

Disadvantages: If the floor is sticky, the towel will suddenly stop — causing you to faceplant. My friend Jenny did it and had to have stitches over her eye. I’ve joked that us pushing towels was how the floor got cleaned.

BOARDS: You push what looks like a 2×4 plank down the artificial turf of a football field while bent over (same exercise as the towels).

Advantages: If the field has dew on it, the boards glide across the turf (if it is dry, not so much).

Disadvantages: A football field is MUCH longer, meaning they distances you push are much longer. Yesterday, we pushed for 220 yards. I’m much better at this than I was when I started but that was tough for me.

So what’s your opinion? What’s tougher — towels or boards?

Day 8: I am speaking this morning so I ran 7.5 miles (and burned 1,190 calories) along the walking/bike trails in Sandestin. I know, I know, don’t pity me. Got some amazing photos as the sun rose over the bay and Gulf and my first real taste of humidity.  It was a spectacular morning. Now to go speak for an hour!