Now or never: Taking it to the next level
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Official time was 47:15. But a few caveats.
I'm not sure if all of my pull ups were "approved". They were all at least chest to bar I think. Anyway, the plan was 20 sets of 5 pull ups, 10 push ups and 15 squats. Absolutely hit the wall on the pull ups after 60 so just continued with the others. Managed another 20 but was gone and decided to "compensate" by doing an extra 20 push ups and 30 squats. But when I hit the treadmill for the final mile I got a stitch, a farking stitch. Ffs, haven't had one of those since school. Limped along grabbing my side for a few hundred metres but had to give up and then decided to give the last 20 pull ups a go. Managed that then was able to hammer the final 900 metres relatively stitch free.
So yeah decent time but question marks on the pull ups and whether it's permitted to stop mid-mile to finish them off.
Whatever the case, I'm absolutely farked.
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Dude the effort is evident!! You mad fucker ha ha
I don't see any issues swapping out from pull ups - esp as you added extra reps. With all that core work I'm not surprised you caught a stitch on the finishing run.
If I were a stickler I'd say you could have done the pull ups and had the last mile uninterrupted. So you bookend it with the two runs. But how can you take a shot at someone who has completed that madness.
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Cheers mate. Still feeling rather drained.
The advantage of the stitch was that it showed me I can do all the pull ups. Until then I was going to fark them right off. The prospect of doing more was just sickening at that stage.
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Still sore as hell 2 days later. Would kill for a pool session.
But I'm strangely looking forward to doing it again.
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Definitely got this crossfit bug so am altering my program to accommodate it. Important thing for me is not having chest or back day anywhere near the pullup-pushup ball breaker. I'm not really concerned about gains or whatever. The important thing is that doing these workouts makes me feel really good and gives me the buzz I need to make it through the week.
So this is what I'm planning and have already started:
Mon: Shoulders and legs. Yes weird combo but good to get out of the way.
Tues: Chest and back.
Wed: crossfit. Rowing machine based, burpees, ball slams, box jumps etc.
Thu: arms
Friday: ball busting crossfit mutha fooker.
Weekend: Good pain.Open to any suggestions or criticism.
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Decided to head outside for crossfit today. No rowing machine of course but alot more running. Did:
10 leg raises, 10 burpees, 10 dips, 600 metre run x 5.
Then
10 Incline push ups, 100 step ups, and 10 burpees x 3.
Crushed.
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Arms. Lots of arms. Still getting used to this concept, but it does allow me to focus on the tris which I often neglect due to time issues.
Ball buster tomorrow then Aqua Splash
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40.40.4
Bloody happy with that. Even happier that, being the mathematical retard I am, I did 400 squats instead of 300.
Again, pullups might have been a bit off, but were probably closer to proper form that those kipper ones the crossfitters do.
Will feel it tomorrow me thinks
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Long weekend up the coast. Was bloody nice. Resort around a man-made lake with heaps of stuff to do. Three days of beach walks, kayaking, AQUA SPLASH, and then more kayaking. Was easily the most active holiday I've had. Wish I could do that full time, particularly with the restaurant buffets thrown in.
Unfortunately back to reality today... No time to train today but hopefully make up for it tomorrow.
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Two decent days.
Wed: Chest and arms
Thu: Shoulders.Like a caged animal at the moment. Want to get out there and do more but have too farking much to do. Poo bum wee.
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So yeah... Friday:
Crossfit: 50 kettlebell swings, 100 step ups, 10 push ups, 15 burpees, 25 situps x 3
500m row, 20 push ups x 4.
Rooted.
Saturday
600m run, 10 leg ups, 10 burpees, 10 dips x 5.
Rooted.
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Monday: plan was to get up early, work a bit then hit gym, but didn't work that way and managed to get out at about 8:45. But was a damn good session which I dragged on so long the wife started to get worried about where I was.
Plan was then to train this morning while lad was at swimming but wasn't going to happen. Sore as a bitch. Reckon I'll end up repeating the evening session tonight. Prefer mornings but also nice when clock isn't ticking.
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Tuesday: Late session again and it wasn't one of the best. Shoulders and tris scheduled, but was still feeling sore around the neck and lower back so didn't push the issue. Tri workout pretty good, but otherwise a workout to forget.
Wednesday: Crossfit while son at gymnastics. Went completely overboard:
500m row, 20 push ups x 4
15 ball slams, 15 box jumps, 15 burpees, 20 situps x 5
1km run
1km row
400m run, 10 leg ups, 10 burpees, 10 pullups x 5Annihilated
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Thursday: Legs. Really good. Short, sharp and to the point.
Friday: Chest. Very nice.
Saturday: Ate an entire pack of chicken tenders for lunch and 10 tacos for dinner.
Sunday: 1km, 10 pull ups, 10 burpees, 10 dips x. 5.
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Chest infection. Got it from son.
Not happy.
