Conditioning Part Two

Tonight I finished the last class of the "police prep" fitness session.
It was twice a week for 6 weeks in duration.
The results were as follows:
Running/ pushup /lunge course - I shaved 17 seconds off.
Wide grip (palms facing out) chin ups increased by 1
situps - no change

So all in all not bad. If I could keep up the training it would be interesting to see what 3 months and 6 months would do for me. I must say doing it by myself would not be the same. The group of people I trained with had a high sense of comradeship, same as what you would find in any recruit class.
Some things I did learn from the class was the importance of finding your breathing pattern and rhythm for a particular physical task. I also see that some things should be worked on as slow as possible such as push ups and situps for maximum benefit while speed is the goal for sprinting, squat thrusts, stairs, etc.
The unfortunate realization, however, is the human body likes to do nothing. This conditioning class was all about fighting the body and the mind. As you push yourself, your legs and lungs turn to pins of fire and your mind screams at you to stop.
It is pretty cool to see how it does adapt, each week you find you have exceeded your previous limit just a little more.
The last thing we did as a group was a "Pursuit Challenge" One person was the pursuer while the other was the pursuee, then you switch. If you lost your bad guy you had to do 20 pushups, if you caught your bad guy they had to do 20 pushups. Turns out I am faster as a crook then a cop!.. go figure?
Anyways good course..it was fun!
JC Masterson, Silent River Kung fu, Alberta, Canada