It's P45X, Beetches!

After deciding that the upper belt kiddies have gotten too soft with warm-ups, I decided to set a new standard. I remember when I was in school and had to do the physical fitness test, involving things like running a mile in under 12 minutes and doing 2 pull ups. The requirements for females were so ridiculously easy compared to males, that I could do the requirements in my sleep.Now granted, nobody except cross country kids like to run, and pull-ups just suck. However, the people that couldn't reach the fitness goals usually had a lot of excess weight or were asthmatic. By contrast, there is nothing wrong with these kids in our karate class. They are just lazy. A kid about 80 pounds should be able to do a push-up- this means you, Mr. Junior Brown Belt Foobar!

So in the interest of not wanting to sit through another 3 hour black belt test because these kids have no cardio and it takes forever for them to finish KATA of all things, I took it upon myself to run a warm-up that actually speeds up your heart rate for once. I call it "P45X"- a workout for little out-of-shape kiddies. Forty-five minutes of work- not barely stretching, not standing in line for half a class- pure karate work. I'm waiting to see how long this will take to get parents in an uproar.

The thing about this experiment is that the kids seem to cheat more the higher ranked they are. So, watch out black belts. You get P60X. :)