THE THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE

摘要

When it was first proposed that I might want to take part in Building's Boxing Day I thought sure, sounds like fun, how hard can it be? It wasn't until the day before that I actually checked what it entailed and realised actually, this was going to be hard work. And so it was. Three circuits of an interval course that comprised eight stations, with exercises ranging from squats, star jumps, and sit ups with a medicine ball, as well as sessions on a punch bag, shadowboxing and sparring with a trainer wearing mitts. As a runner, who completed this year's marathon in a respectable time, I'm not a complete lay-about, but even so, there's a big difference between fitness for a long run and the short sharp intensity demanded by this circuit.