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300 Rep Workout

misssamuel — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:04:08 +0000

I did Zuzanna’s 300 Rep Workout today:

50 Prisoner Jump lunges

50 1-leg push ups

50 half squat pulses

50 alternating frog jumps (or whatever they’re called)

50 get ups

50 1 arm press ups

Here are the modifications I made

used a 15lb kettle bell during the half squat pulses
I did prisoner get ups with just my body weight (unlike Zuzanna’s Turkish get ups with a 35lb sand bag)
The one-arm press ups were done without the press from the ground. What I did was lay with my hips, legs and toes on the ground while propping myself up with one hand. Then I lifted my hips from the ground, forming an upside-down “V” with my body. My arms were burning way too much to do the press up portion.

The most important part… my time. It was 13:33:63.

Run, Run, Run!

misssamuel — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:00:46 +0000

So I’ve been doing a lot of running for the past couple of weeks, since I’ve gotten over treadmill vertigo finally. I’m averaging 11 minutes per mile. I’d like to be faster, so that means I’ll have to start working on my sprints again (which I haven’t done in a while), and start increasing my squat (which I’ve been doing at 95lbs).

I guess leg days should now involve heavy squats and sprints.

Woopah!

100 Burpees again

misssamuel — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:47:00 +0000

This time I did REAL burpees, with the push up and and overhead clap on the jump.

My time was 17:08. So about 4 minutes more than my first attempt. I’m going to take this as a more accurate score since I used proper form this time around.

After about 40, my delts were on fire. Fire I tell you.

Crazy shit I want to do in the next 10 years

misssamuel — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:27:39 +0000

Compete in a figure/physique competition
Run a 1/2 or full marathon
Get Can-Fit-Pro certified
Get a PhD in religious studies (*bangs head on desk*)
Own a dog… a very large one.
Write a book

My Fitness Inspiration

misssamuel — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:12:10 +0000

So, it’s the weekend and I’m eating a chunk of white bread and butter and a bowl of white pasta in creamy sauce with bacon chunks. YEAH! I thought that this would be the perfect time for me to make one of my fitness inspirations known:

Kortney “KO” Olsen

Hard as fuck! (as she always says)

5k-ish?

misssamuel — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:13:06 +0000

I lost count of the number of laps I ran around the Queen’s rugby field; but I’m thinking it’s between 8 and 10. It took me 20 minutes.

Note to self: do not run in the midday heat ever again: 30c with humidity.

Unless you feel like being hardcore.

100 Burpees

misssamuel — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:53:12 +0000

So, without the added push up (since I did over 100 push ups yesterday, sheesh!) I completed 100 burpees in 13:02 and boy did it kick my ass. My legs were shaking afterward.

This needs to be done again sometime.

I did “Cindy”

misssamuel — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:56:22 +0000

Omguh!

The day after… it hurts! It hurts so good!
In 20 minutes, I did 11 rounds of 5 pull ups/chin ups, 10 push ups and 15 squats.

It was hard to do regular pull ups after the second round. So I did negatives for pretty much the entire workout. They were still extremely challenging and I was drenched in sweat by the 5 minute mark. Perhaps the reason why so many Crossfit folks can get so many pull ups done is because of their kipping technique. I was doing strict form pull ups. No kipping. Maybe I’ll learn to do that… after I can do 20 consecutive pull ups/chin ups.

I kept my form for the push ups to the end of the 10th round (1oo push ups!) For the 11th round I had to work from my knees. The squats were pretty easy because I practise them a lot.

I want to try this workout again in a month and see how my pull ups improve. My push ups can only get better, and my squats will only get faster.

This excites me.

Update on Cindy

misssamuel — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:32:10 +0000

As much as I would love to complete this workout, I’ve been unable to sleep in the past night. It’s not anxiety that’s kept me awake. I’m just inexplicably wired yet ultimately tired.

No sleep means that I will not be able to give my maximum effort to this workout. I’m really bummed and just want to sleep; but I can’t. It’ll have to be shifted to Wednesday. This screws up my 3 days on 1 day off pattern. So I’ll have to rearrange my workouts for the rest of the week. Not cool. Goddammit, body! Fall asleep!