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I’m not sure if this is part of what could be considered my workout log, or just some thoughts on the development of the self, but I feel I need to reflect on some things. Those things being this mysterious “Burpee Challenge” that’s been mentioned in some of my workout logs.

Today I did 234 burpees, even though today is a scheduled rest day in my current workout regime. I had planned on doing about 600, but that may have been unrealistic. I have about 600 planned for tomorrow as well. That is also probably unrealistic. So, why have I decided to do 1200 burpees in the course of a weekend. Well, let’s discuss the Burpee Challenge. Read the rest of this entry »

Today was the first day of Tabata in my revised workout program leading up to the Thanksgiving day 5k race. I did a circuit with the medicine ball. 8 exercises. 20 seconds a piece at maximum intensity followed by 10 seconds of rest before moving on to the next exercise. I went through all 8 twice, then did 2 rounds of 4 ab exercises the same way.

Here are the exercises I did, followed by the number of reps for each round:

• Thrusters: 13 - 10
• Throw and Chase: 5 - 4
• Medicine Ball Slams: 8 - 10
• Overhead Squats: 9 - 16
• Power Overs: 10 - 11
• Medicine Ball Burpees: 4 - 3
• Medicine Ball Cleans: 6 - 6
• V Sit Side Touches: 26 - 26

And the ab routine was:

• Bicycle Sit Ups: 42 - 55
• Supermans: 15 - 17
• Medicine Ball Crunches: 16 - 17
• Medicine Ball V-Ups: 6 - 8

There are some changes I need to make to this routine to make it a bit more intense. Read the rest of this entry »

No workout today. Just the bike ride to work and back, and doing small sets of burpees and squat thrusts throughout the day to catch up. Nothing done to fatigue.

Today I ran my favorite course. Since I’m preparing for a 5k race on Thanksgiving, and the weather is nice again, I want to get in some more running. Also, I figured I’d use Mondays as a strength day, so I had planned to take advantage of some of the exercise stations along the route, and the parking ramps to get in a strength workout during a relaxing run.

The course I run is about 3.5 miles and I had intended to run up and down 6 stories of stairs, and do 3 sets of 5 pull ups, hanging sit ups, parallel bar dips, and knees to elbows. I also wanted to do 3 sets of 10 monkey vaults to squats on a picnic table, and 3 x 25 sit ups. That’s what I did in about 1 hour and 2 minutes. I wasn’t running for speed, it was just for enjoyment and some cardio in the context of a strength workout. That said, I need to make some modifications. Read the rest of this entry »

Not much in the way of workouts today. Jogged .75 miles down to the park, warmed up, ran through some katas and did some burpees and squat thrusts. I decided I can’t bail on the burpee challenge, so I have a lot of catch up to do, but I need to scale the workouts so I don’t mess up my shoulder.