So I know it won't be the same thing, but today when I took a tour of the gym facilities at work, I learned they have a kickboxing bag! How cool is that?

Of course there aren't kickboxing classes, but that doesn't mean I can't do simple series of punches and kicks on the bag. I wanted to find something instructional to give me a guide tomorrow afternoon when I go in there to work on the bag - In the afternoon! When I want! I can totally do that at my job! - and God bless the Internet. Seriously.

I found these videos and boy howdy do I think they rock.

First off, the fact that every move is shown step-by-step is fantastic, but also that the quality is good and done by professionals. Plus, there are a couple of instructors from which to choose, if you like one more than the other. I would mostly only recommend these videos if you've taken a class, but these aren't bad for the basics and tooling around a bag.

So, I'm excited.

Plus today when I got home I had a big ol' package waiting for me from the fine folks at Glamour magazine - Core Secrets. I'm about to go pump up the balance ball now. It was a nice surprise to come home to and I'll report back tomorrow and let you know how the workout was. I'm going to try it out in the morning.

Thanks, Glamour!

Finally, I weighed in this morning to learn that after all of that eating and drinking last week, I gained ... not a single pound. The body works in mysterious ways.

Posted by Erin at 10:44 PM | filed under: Training