mr.rapidan
11/17/2011 10:16:00 PM
On Thursday, November 17, 2011 3:10:11 PM UTC-5, James Pablos wrote:
> On Nov 15, 10:26 pm, "dr.narcolepsy" <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This burpees project scared the crap out of me, and it's turned into the best new wrinkle to my fitness efforts in a long time.
>
> Today's workout, done for time:
>
> 50 bodyweight squats
> 50 situps
> 50 pushups
> 50 burpees
>
> 00:13:21
>
> Can you beat that time? You can break anything up into a many sets as
> you want. Final time is the only consideration.
Well, I'm sure that I couldn't beat it, but I'm just getting started in this sprint / burst stuff - if you had asked me a month ago, I wouldn't even have been able to comprehend what doing those exercises in that time meant, but now I can consider it, and I'm not intimidated by the time - not that I could do it. I did spend some internet time on tabata, and saw an example of fast bodyweight squats. I've never done them for time, like that, so I've got no idea what they're really like. I did 81 burpees on Tuesday - 2x13 + 5x11, minute rest between the 7 sets. If the 50 day challenge wasn't a point of honor, now, I'd quit. I like my new routine - a section of stretching/abs/core stuff, then a section of the 81 burpees, then whatever main workout I've got planned (not that doing 81 burpees doesn't qualify as serious, for me). I suppose I'll try to do a real tabata workout every 20 days, or something, eventually. But I'm missing doing my long runs - at this point, doing burpees before running really limits the distance that my legs are capable of - they feel pretty dead - my form is shit, I'm not attacking hills, I'm just putting one foot in front of the other. I have mileage goals for the winter, I want to tackle more trail races in 2012. So, I'm going to finish the burpee thing, but it is definitely messing with my long runs. Thanks, again, for discussing burpees & tabata - building up my ability to do burpees and dealing with the mental part of the challenge (not even half way done!) has been really, really good for me. They really are the just exactly perfect thing I needed to add to what I do. It's good to break out of your comfort zone, once in a while! I really do appreciate it.