Last night I didn't fall asleep until 5 am and I didn't just wake up. I don't know why. I just couldn't sleep. So, this post may be a little dimwitted.
I did parkour as my workout yesterday. I didn't do enough but that's mostly because I didn't have a partner to go into the city with and there's not many other places to do it. However, I did improve my kong vault significantly. I learned a new approach style that opened up a lot more power. I'm going to work on a double kong after a really serious nap.
Compel me.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Hill Repeats
On Saturday a friend asked to work out with me. He said, and I quote, "I'm a big wad of cookie dough." In other words, he hadn't worked out in a while and he wanted to change that.
I told him he was invited to work out with me but I was going to be working hard and he better do the same. The workout consisted of this:
5 hill sprints
100 - pushups, situps, and squats
5 hill sprints
Uphill lunge walk
He didn't know what the workout was going to be when he was coming into it. After the first 5 hill sprints, he said he was done. In his defense, the hill sprints were pretty tough. He finished the calisthenics, skipped out on the last hill sprints, then did the lunge walk. He found himself yelling at his shoes twice during the workout.
As for me, I finished everything. I was really happy when I finished and my legs weren't completely shot. This is a good sign that my legs are getting stronger. I didn't have my watch so I couldn't time myself but it would have been skewed anyways because I had to take various "breaks" to help my family set up the new pool.
In the end the workout was good, but I needed more. GoRuck is coming faster than I realize and I need to be steel. Today, I think I'll do some parkour for my workout. If not I'll probably do 1000 situps and a long lunge walk.
Compel me.
I told him he was invited to work out with me but I was going to be working hard and he better do the same. The workout consisted of this:
5 hill sprints
100 - pushups, situps, and squats
5 hill sprints
Uphill lunge walk
He didn't know what the workout was going to be when he was coming into it. After the first 5 hill sprints, he said he was done. In his defense, the hill sprints were pretty tough. He finished the calisthenics, skipped out on the last hill sprints, then did the lunge walk. He found himself yelling at his shoes twice during the workout.
As for me, I finished everything. I was really happy when I finished and my legs weren't completely shot. This is a good sign that my legs are getting stronger. I didn't have my watch so I couldn't time myself but it would have been skewed anyways because I had to take various "breaks" to help my family set up the new pool.
In the end the workout was good, but I needed more. GoRuck is coming faster than I realize and I need to be steel. Today, I think I'll do some parkour for my workout. If not I'll probably do 1000 situps and a long lunge walk.
Compel me.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Weighted Murph
Yesterday I talked about taking on Murph with a 20-pound bag on my back. I said, and I copy and paste,
15-seconds later I grabbed my bag and was back on the pullup bar. While I was doing my pushups it felt like my pectoral muscles were going to rip off of my chest. Not in the way that I've worked them too hard, but because they were being strained in a way they shouldn't because of the shoulder straps on my bag. The solution there was to change my pushup style and clip the chest strap on the bag so it wasn't so far back on my shoulders.
I finished 100 pullups, 200 pushups, and 300 squats after about the 45th minute. I got right out to hit the last mile. My body was now tired. After wondering whether it was my legs or lungs that were slowing me down on this run, I realized it was both of them and the 20 pound bag. I finished the run in about 10 and a half minutes. This made my final time 55:30.
Today I feel pretty good. Obviously, I'm very sore but I could do another intense workout again. What should it be?
Compel me.
"I know that it's going to make it suck 20 pounds more, but, I'm not convinced that's too absurd. I guess we'll find out..."We sure as hell found out. I went for the first mile run and was tired. I found myself huffing and puffing out a 7:30 mile, just to be faced with what would be one of the hardest 50 minutes of working out I've ever done. I broke the reps into 20 sets again. I pushed out 3 sets relatively quickly. However, I wanted to die after the 4th. I walked into my room, dropped my bag off of my back and said, "I quit."
15-seconds later I grabbed my bag and was back on the pullup bar. While I was doing my pushups it felt like my pectoral muscles were going to rip off of my chest. Not in the way that I've worked them too hard, but because they were being strained in a way they shouldn't because of the shoulder straps on my bag. The solution there was to change my pushup style and clip the chest strap on the bag so it wasn't so far back on my shoulders.
I finished 100 pullups, 200 pushups, and 300 squats after about the 45th minute. I got right out to hit the last mile. My body was now tired. After wondering whether it was my legs or lungs that were slowing me down on this run, I realized it was both of them and the 20 pound bag. I finished the run in about 10 and a half minutes. This made my final time 55:30.
Today I feel pretty good. Obviously, I'm very sore but I could do another intense workout again. What should it be?
Compel me.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Angie
Yesterday I did the "Angie" CrossFit workout...
Angie:
100 - pullups, pushups, squats, and situps
I finished the workout in 14:47 which I felt pretty good about. The pullups were the only difficult part of the workout in my mind. I did ten sets of ten reps each and the first 6 or 7 sets of everything was good. However, the last few sets I struggled with the pullups a little. I found myself only doing 5 at a time then it dwindled down to 1 at a time. Although my arms and chest was burning up during and after the workout, everything on my body feels great today.
As a side note, I was just on the CrossFit site in the middle of writing this and noticed that my time is considered to be "elite." I find that to be very exciting.
Today I get to take on Murph in it's true form. I'm slappin' a 20 pound bag on my back and seeing how my time ends up. I know that it's going to make it suck 20 pounds more, but, I'm not convinced that's too absurd. I guess we'll find out...
Compel me.
Angie:
100 - pullups, pushups, squats, and situps
I finished the workout in 14:47 which I felt pretty good about. The pullups were the only difficult part of the workout in my mind. I did ten sets of ten reps each and the first 6 or 7 sets of everything was good. However, the last few sets I struggled with the pullups a little. I found myself only doing 5 at a time then it dwindled down to 1 at a time. Although my arms and chest was burning up during and after the workout, everything on my body feels great today.
As a side note, I was just on the CrossFit site in the middle of writing this and noticed that my time is considered to be "elite." I find that to be very exciting.
Today I get to take on Murph in it's true form. I'm slappin' a 20 pound bag on my back and seeing how my time ends up. I know that it's going to make it suck 20 pounds more, but, I'm not convinced that's too absurd. I guess we'll find out...
Compel me.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Catch up
So to catch up...
I've been working out lately. Good thing too because GoRuck is coming up fast (Aug. 13) and I'll need some strength for that.
Murph: 1-mile, 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 squats, 1-mile
Murph was fun. I felt like I could fight Conan after I finished. However, I'd definitely lose that fight at this point. I finished in 37 minutes and change. My first mile was at about a 6 1/2 minute pace, yet the second mile was at about a 9 1/2 minute pace. In between the mile long sandwich I broke the calisthenics down into 20 sets. I did (5 pullups, 10 pushups, then 15 squats) x 20. I felt really good with that so next time I do it I'll have a 20 lb bag on my back.
500 situps, 1/2 mile lunge walk, 500 situps
This one I kind of made up. I read an article that suggested the Murph workout above and a lot of lunge walks. Thus, I created this workout which complemented the Murph workout by working my core and obviously included a lunge walk. This one took me about 45 minutes to complete. I didn't rest a whole lot with the situps so most of the time came from the lunge walk. As for the situps, I broke them down into sets of 50.
Next on my list:
Angie: 100 pullups, 100 pushups, 100 situps, 100 squats
I think I may break it down to doing 10 sets of 10 reps. Time, recap, and introduction to the next workout will be posted tomorrow hopefully.
Please, if you can. Compel me.
I've been working out lately. Good thing too because GoRuck is coming up fast (Aug. 13) and I'll need some strength for that.
Murph: 1-mile, 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 squats, 1-mile
Murph was fun. I felt like I could fight Conan after I finished. However, I'd definitely lose that fight at this point. I finished in 37 minutes and change. My first mile was at about a 6 1/2 minute pace, yet the second mile was at about a 9 1/2 minute pace. In between the mile long sandwich I broke the calisthenics down into 20 sets. I did (5 pullups, 10 pushups, then 15 squats) x 20. I felt really good with that so next time I do it I'll have a 20 lb bag on my back.
500 situps, 1/2 mile lunge walk, 500 situps
This one I kind of made up. I read an article that suggested the Murph workout above and a lot of lunge walks. Thus, I created this workout which complemented the Murph workout by working my core and obviously included a lunge walk. This one took me about 45 minutes to complete. I didn't rest a whole lot with the situps so most of the time came from the lunge walk. As for the situps, I broke them down into sets of 50.
Next on my list:
Angie: 100 pullups, 100 pushups, 100 situps, 100 squats
I think I may break it down to doing 10 sets of 10 reps. Time, recap, and introduction to the next workout will be posted tomorrow hopefully.
Please, if you can. Compel me.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Warrior Dash - Pennsylvania 6/12
So I finished the Warrior Dash. I came in 530th place out of about 6500 warriors on Sunday, June 12th. I finished the 3.5 mile dash and 14 obstacles in 40:26.05. However, I contest that being my actual time, yet I don't contest coming in 530th place.
When we reached the 10th obstacle dubbed the "Warrior Wall," there was a serious wait. The obstacle required competitors to climb up a 15 foot wall using a rope then climb down the other side. This created a bottleneck because of the mass amount of people trying to get over a wall with only 7 ropes on it. Thus, I believe my time was closer to 35 minutes, but since everyone had to wait I think I deserved the 530th place.
As for my age group of males aged 20-24 years, I finished in 113th place out of 533 racers.
I had a great time at the race. It was muddy, tiring, and exciting. The ground was mud, rocks, and tree roots. This makes complete sense because we were running through the woods majority of the race. Going into it I expected the running to be the easy part in comparison to the obstacles. While this was true with some obstacles like the "Barricade Breakdown" it was the opposite with the "Warrior Wall." The "Barricade Breakdown" consisted of jumping over 5 foot walls then immediately rolling under barbed wire. There were probably five sets of this motion. Turns out it was a lot harder than I thought it would be, but now I have motivation to prepare for the GoRuck Challenge in August.
My only problems with the Warrior Dash were the people walking from the wave before me that got in the way and the parking. We parked in a field that turned into a mud pit very quickly. With thousands of people there the mud pit was pretty deep too. However, they did take care of it as best as they could by putting rocks down and other things.
Overall, Warrior Dash was pretty sweet. I got real muddy...
When we reached the 10th obstacle dubbed the "Warrior Wall," there was a serious wait. The obstacle required competitors to climb up a 15 foot wall using a rope then climb down the other side. This created a bottleneck because of the mass amount of people trying to get over a wall with only 7 ropes on it. Thus, I believe my time was closer to 35 minutes, but since everyone had to wait I think I deserved the 530th place.
As for my age group of males aged 20-24 years, I finished in 113th place out of 533 racers.
I had a great time at the race. It was muddy, tiring, and exciting. The ground was mud, rocks, and tree roots. This makes complete sense because we were running through the woods majority of the race. Going into it I expected the running to be the easy part in comparison to the obstacles. While this was true with some obstacles like the "Barricade Breakdown" it was the opposite with the "Warrior Wall." The "Barricade Breakdown" consisted of jumping over 5 foot walls then immediately rolling under barbed wire. There were probably five sets of this motion. Turns out it was a lot harder than I thought it would be, but now I have motivation to prepare for the GoRuck Challenge in August.
My only problems with the Warrior Dash were the people walking from the wave before me that got in the way and the parking. We parked in a field that turned into a mud pit very quickly. With thousands of people there the mud pit was pretty deep too. However, they did take care of it as best as they could by putting rocks down and other things.
Overall, Warrior Dash was pretty sweet. I got real muddy...
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