This is how the interval workout works: Jake is about to press the medicine ball after coming out of a squat while I'm jumping rope. When the timer beeps, we switch and I do squats while Jake jumps rope. As you can see, Jake has a fair bit of blubber on him, so it's got to be cardio all the time. I jest, of course, but did you know that high intensity workouts with a strength component are actually better fat-burners than slogging around for hours on end? Yet people waste hours of their lives trudging in place on a treadmill while watching Fox TV--that just couldn't possibly not cause cancer or something. Again, I jest...
But about this, I kid you not: today is the day my most beautiful, precious, sweetest Sweetheart in the World turns 19. I love you so much Jessie, and I can remember the day you were born (an absolutely perfect sunny day) as if it was yesterday. I wish we were together so I could give you all the birthday kisses and hugs to which you're entitled. I LOVE MY SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!
For the record, the workout above: 5 sets, 8 minutes each, alternating jump rope/squats and jump rope/woodchoppers. In the morning we did the woodshed workout, even though it was 5 degrees outside. Once again, once out of the wind, no problem.