Hey lookit me. I'm gonna slip on the running shoes and see if the bike path is any longer than it was last year.
6 mins to warm up. 4x .1 mi intervals as I ran around the skate park looking for potential geocache locations, and back.
28.31 total. Was it hard? I dunno, I found myself walking some. Am I in the shape I should be in? I dunno, I ran faster than I did last year in the intervals.
Some of all this is conjecture. Did I get out the door and suffer? Yeah. Yeah, I did that.
7 hours/12 hours. 39 minutes total, PE: 8. 217/16.
oGWICn: Day 120, 0 burpees.
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Wl - Mark It Down As a Win - Apr 12
Okay, I was gonna test those 50 burpees. Check.
I'll nuke myself today first, just to prove that I haven't become a total sissyboi during my lax time off all weekend. All that stuff about letting myself down so well yesterday and Saturday, it's just a bad dream.
Actually, today was the first day I considered just throwing in the towel on the burpees. 200+ sounded like a lot ... like it was gonna take up all the little workout time I had today ... like I would be back off schedule again, just to do more burpees ... and I'm tired of them ... and how long can I keep this up, really ... shouldn't I continue this on a rotation or something ... boo hoo ... piss, moan.
Get on your best pony and ride. Once in the gym door, autopilot takes over. In fact, the first 100 burpees today felt good. Like a natural movement, and not really that gassing. Having two days off from them helped the legs reload a bit.
The mind too, I guess. Fully half of this thing is mental.
This was a long day, though. I was pretty done by the end of it all.
Antagonists:
12 reps seated curl @145#
4x12 extensions/4x12 seated curl
5x
20 burpees
12+3 calves on the A-frame @ 6 wheels per side
The burpees felt good, even in 20's. The calves felt light.
4x10 deadlift @ 205#
These just wore a hole in me.
52 burpees straight through for time: 4.24
Did I need to beat 7.42 for 44? Okay.
Cash out after the cash out:
Oh, I still owe 51 more.
5x10 burpees with a minute-ish RI.
7 hours/72 hours. 51 minutes total; PE: 9. 220/13.
oGWICn: Day 102, 203 burpees.
I'll nuke myself today first, just to prove that I haven't become a total sissyboi during my lax time off all weekend. All that stuff about letting myself down so well yesterday and Saturday, it's just a bad dream.
Actually, today was the first day I considered just throwing in the towel on the burpees. 200+ sounded like a lot ... like it was gonna take up all the little workout time I had today ... like I would be back off schedule again, just to do more burpees ... and I'm tired of them ... and how long can I keep this up, really ... shouldn't I continue this on a rotation or something ... boo hoo ... piss, moan.
Get on your best pony and ride. Once in the gym door, autopilot takes over. In fact, the first 100 burpees today felt good. Like a natural movement, and not really that gassing. Having two days off from them helped the legs reload a bit.
The mind too, I guess. Fully half of this thing is mental.This was a long day, though. I was pretty done by the end of it all.
Antagonists:
12 reps seated curl @145#
4x12 extensions/4x12 seated curl
5x
20 burpees
12+3 calves on the A-frame @ 6 wheels per side
The burpees felt good, even in 20's. The calves felt light.
4x10 deadlift @ 205#
These just wore a hole in me.
52 burpees straight through for time: 4.24
Did I need to beat 7.42 for 44? Okay.
Cash out after the cash out:
Oh, I still owe 51 more.
5x10 burpees with a minute-ish RI.
7 hours/72 hours. 51 minutes total; PE: 9. 220/13.
oGWICn: Day 102, 203 burpees.
Friday, April 09, 2010
Official Greg Walker Invitational Challenge: 100 Day Update
Well, kinda hard to have an update to something you never did originally date. I knew what I was in for, and do I need to tell myself?
I figured, at the turn of the year, that no one wants to hear about what you're gonna do. Especially if you're gonna do it, and they aren't gonna do it. Especially if you're gonna do it, and when you tell them that you're gonna do it, they say something like, "Fffffuuuuuu." or "How interesting." or "Wierd." Never mind the nervous giggling when you invite them to do it along with you.
Worse still when you invite the one guy that you prettymuchknow will do it, and he just laughs it off.
So I named the event after his sorry ass, and I spoke no further of it. I vowed to simply do my burpees and do them in silence, and, do them until day 100 before taking stock of any of it. Today's that day.
Since I didn't announce them, these were-and-have-been-and-still-are the Rules:
Looking back, it's been a little uneventful. Some days, the burpees hung over my head like a grand piano on a thin string of dread. Some days, they were easy peasy. Some days, the first burpees' screams echoed in the hollowed-out cavities of my thighs, making me wonder if I would make it as the wear-down accrued. Many days, the burpees were the full workout of the day. Many others, they were folded into the day's workout in sets, adding to the overall work volume. And, not surprisingly, but surprisingly nicely, they have gotten easier over time.
On Day 3, I prognosticated:
>>Not so active today. What a lazy day, skipped church, reading Eragon. Considering how to best make this challenge work, doing burpees isn't going to last the year ... nor should it? Going to break the burpees into the 6 skills, put a 100-rep cap on any one exercise, and move into the next skill set, I think. Until the 100 rep cap though, I wonder about just hammering burpees each day. Think it's only fair to do so.
December's going to really suck, no two ways about it.
At Day 100, I think I might continue the burpees, maybe until Day 200. I can see that they're totally getting in the way of traditional workout progression … but that may be a good thing. Take the perfect work movement, perhaps the most feared one, and see how long you can stare it down. There I am, stuck in this staring contest that is both bad for me and good for me.
100 Days; What Have I Done With Them?
Most days, I did them on the bedroom carpet, about 2 to 1 over doing them on the gym floor, which was about 3 to 1 over doing them in the backyard during a garage-WoD.
Last Day I did them straight through, without partitioning them: Day 29
Days I did more than the daily allowance: 14
Did them drunk as a skunk: 1
Days I missed and had to carry them over to the next day: 7, counting today.
Days I did them on hotel room floors: 4
On the bikepath: 1
Grassy palisades overlooking the Pacific: 1
On day 48, I did 50 reps as 5x20 and said:
>>There's a big difference between a set of 12 burpees and a set of 20. Let's see how day 100 goes.
So I'll do 5x20 as my cash-out and see what's up today. On day 44, I did 4x11 after a Susan DD in 7.42. Okay, Susan DD, and I'll cash out with 50 in under 7.42. Or pack it up.
(That workout went like this )
... and time passes. Fast forward to the end of the reel. Here, on May 6th, I'm finally chronicl'ing the end. The end actually occured at day 120 and following, as the demands of RealLife caught up with me morning, noon and night for 4 days in a row. I couldawoulda paid up and continued... but that was like, 580+ burpees one day, then 120+ following. At this level, the burpees become the WoD. The biggest day was a 223 burpee day.
Not that that's bad, if I was stranded on the desert island, the Burpee would be the complete excercise. Now, since I'm not on that island, and have access to various weightlifting equipments and other items of punishment, the baseline movement needs to move the frick over and make way for foundational training.
Not, again, that I've been able to do any of that lately. RealLife is still exacting its unignorable siren call. But saying no to the burpees makes me feel like I still have some control. heh. But here I say goodbye to my New Year's resolution and my taskmaster - 20 days past 100 (cheers from the gallery) and 30 days short of 150 (boos from the gallery).
I did learn that burpees suck, but I can soldier through them. And, do them better and faster than most people. And, I did deposit a bit into what I've already banked within my character about doing something you don't like, don't want to do, and anticipate with some dread. But do anyway.
Burpees, I fear you not. And all you people who were invited but ghosted this, you don't know what you missed.
I figured, at the turn of the year, that no one wants to hear about what you're gonna do. Especially if you're gonna do it, and they aren't gonna do it. Especially if you're gonna do it, and when you tell them that you're gonna do it, they say something like, "Fffffuuuuuu." or "How interesting." or "Wierd." Never mind the nervous giggling when you invite them to do it along with you.
Worse still when you invite the one guy that you prettymuchknow will do it, and he just laughs it off.
So I named the event after his sorry ass, and I spoke no further of it. I vowed to simply do my burpees and do them in silence, and, do them until day 100 before taking stock of any of it. Today's that day.Since I didn't announce them, these were-and-have-been-and-still-are the Rules:
- Day 1, one burpee; Day 2, two burpees. Ad infinitum.
- Sunday is a grace day. No burpees unless you want burpees.
- If you miss a day, that's cool. You simply have to add today's burpees to tomorrow's burpees.
- Burpees suck. Individually, they suck. Grouped into a seemingly endless line, like hopeless prisoners shuffling into a gas chamber, they reallyreally suck.
Looking back, it's been a little uneventful. Some days, the burpees hung over my head like a grand piano on a thin string of dread. Some days, they were easy peasy. Some days, the first burpees' screams echoed in the hollowed-out cavities of my thighs, making me wonder if I would make it as the wear-down accrued. Many days, the burpees were the full workout of the day. Many others, they were folded into the day's workout in sets, adding to the overall work volume. And, not surprisingly, but surprisingly nicely, they have gotten easier over time.
On Day 3, I prognosticated:
>>Not so active today. What a lazy day, skipped church, reading Eragon. Considering how to best make this challenge work, doing burpees isn't going to last the year ... nor should it? Going to break the burpees into the 6 skills, put a 100-rep cap on any one exercise, and move into the next skill set, I think. Until the 100 rep cap though, I wonder about just hammering burpees each day. Think it's only fair to do so.
December's going to really suck, no two ways about it.
At Day 100, I think I might continue the burpees, maybe until Day 200. I can see that they're totally getting in the way of traditional workout progression … but that may be a good thing. Take the perfect work movement, perhaps the most feared one, and see how long you can stare it down. There I am, stuck in this staring contest that is both bad for me and good for me.
100 Days; What Have I Done With Them?
Most days, I did them on the bedroom carpet, about 2 to 1 over doing them on the gym floor, which was about 3 to 1 over doing them in the backyard during a garage-WoD.
Last Day I did them straight through, without partitioning them: Day 29
Days I did more than the daily allowance: 14
Did them drunk as a skunk: 1
Days I missed and had to carry them over to the next day: 7, counting today.
Days I did them on hotel room floors: 4
On the bikepath: 1
Grassy palisades overlooking the Pacific: 1
On day 48, I did 50 reps as 5x20 and said:
>>There's a big difference between a set of 12 burpees and a set of 20. Let's see how day 100 goes.
So I'll do 5x20 as my cash-out and see what's up today. On day 44, I did 4x11 after a Susan DD in 7.42. Okay, Susan DD, and I'll cash out with 50 in under 7.42. Or pack it up.
(That workout went like this )
... and time passes. Fast forward to the end of the reel. Here, on May 6th, I'm finally chronicl'ing the end. The end actually occured at day 120 and following, as the demands of RealLife caught up with me morning, noon and night for 4 days in a row. I couldawoulda paid up and continued... but that was like, 580+ burpees one day, then 120+ following. At this level, the burpees become the WoD. The biggest day was a 223 burpee day.
Not that that's bad, if I was stranded on the desert island, the Burpee would be the complete excercise. Now, since I'm not on that island, and have access to various weightlifting equipments and other items of punishment, the baseline movement needs to move the frick over and make way for foundational training.
Not, again, that I've been able to do any of that lately. RealLife is still exacting its unignorable siren call. But saying no to the burpees makes me feel like I still have some control. heh. But here I say goodbye to my New Year's resolution and my taskmaster - 20 days past 100 (cheers from the gallery) and 30 days short of 150 (boos from the gallery).
I did learn that burpees suck, but I can soldier through them. And, do them better and faster than most people. And, I did deposit a bit into what I've already banked within my character about doing something you don't like, don't want to do, and anticipate with some dread. But do anyway.
Burpees, I fear you not. And all you people who were invited but ghosted this, you don't know what you missed.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
These Ain't Workouts - Mar 27
So, yesterday it's a Lengthwise check on Friday after a long week of grind. Get home and not gonna have to face a double-down day of burpees again. 4 rounds of 20 burpees with 4 rounds of 20 abmats + 5 burpees to pay up ... dronken. There's a first. 14.48.
Today, did babysitting and some geocaching in the morning, and what with Kater's 1st annual Easter egg hunt and UFC tonight, had to squeeze in the burpees ... and not much else because with nasty allergies right now, I'm just calling these weeks AR weeks. I'd rather give up a week and maintain than give up 3 weeks and lose progress. 6 rounds of 15 burpees with 6 x 15 abmats. 11.27.
9 hours. PE: 7.
oGWICn: Day 86, 90 burpees.
Today, did babysitting and some geocaching in the morning, and what with Kater's 1st annual Easter egg hunt and UFC tonight, had to squeeze in the burpees ... and not much else because with nasty allergies right now, I'm just calling these weeks AR weeks. I'd rather give up a week and maintain than give up 3 weeks and lose progress. 6 rounds of 15 burpees with 6 x 15 abmats. 11.27.
9 hours. PE: 7.
oGWICn: Day 86, 90 burpees.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Off Schedule - Owed Burpees - Mar 25
Okay, so you miss a day (granted, delivery of kids to band, so no AM workout, a long day at work, so no lunchtime workout, and teaching JH at 1st Pres, so no PM ... would have logged the burpees, but after my evening at church I was so pissed and burnt that I just blew it all off yesterday) ... you miss a day on this burpee pyramid and you really pay for it.
Played "Death by-Chelsea" with these today to break them up a bit. 2 on the first minute, 4 on the second, 6 on the third, etc, until I couldn't make the minute (happened on the 10th round). Would take another minute to blow and then go into the next round. 12 rounds, and after the 24, did 9 to finish off my I.O.U. 23.06. Three months from now I'll be doing this load everyday.
... I'm doing a lot of raw work. I need to focus on Hip drive or this is all going to be productive, but counter-productive.
Cash out: 3x18 light calves on the A-frame.
8 hours. 219/12. PE: 8.
oGWICn: Day 84, 165 burpees.
Played "Death by-Chelsea" with these today to break them up a bit. 2 on the first minute, 4 on the second, 6 on the third, etc, until I couldn't make the minute (happened on the 10th round). Would take another minute to blow and then go into the next round. 12 rounds, and after the 24, did 9 to finish off my I.O.U. 23.06. Three months from now I'll be doing this load everyday.
... I'm doing a lot of raw work. I need to focus on Hip drive or this is all going to be productive, but counter-productive.
Cash out: 3x18 light calves on the A-frame.
8 hours. 219/12. PE: 8.
oGWICn: Day 84, 165 burpees.
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