The sickness is spreading.
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The love mate
The love
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I honestly think this is such a good set up.
Yeah, I agree this is good. I love weight vest work, and find it really compliments/replaces some of the more taxing barbell lifts.
My hesitation with doing any more beyond 100 burpees a day (besides it just sucking) is that when I do high rep burpees my lifting and sports suffer. I love feeling spry and fresh when I compete or hit the weights or even go for a run, but I can feel the total body fatigue from really high rep burpees when I do these activities. The solution would be to cut those out and just to the challenge as written (I could certainly still hit those pull up numbers and running times). I just enjoy the other activities quite a bit and I don’t know if I’m ready to commit.
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Mate a stud muffin like you will own 300 daily burpees
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6/26/2021
100 6-count burpees
Notes: 100 burpees is a great way to start the day. Gonna hit the garage gym in a couple hours.
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The breakfast of warriors
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6/26/2021
Strength work:
OHP 5’s PRO: 65, 75, 85, 115, 125, 135 lbs
Weight vest (32 lbs) work:
50 KB presses (22 kg bells)
40 ring pull ups
25 double KB front squats (22 kg bells)
(done circuit style 10-8-5)
100 shrugs (22 kg bells)
100 band pull aparts
Notes:. This was a tough one. The circuit had me breathing pretty hard, and those double KB front squats are deceptively taxing as the last move in the circuit. I opted for pretty easy “100s” to finish with.
Also, I can feel the fatigue again from the extra work of burpees when I get to the heavy set on the 5’s PRO. Getting 5 reps with 135 is usually much easier (it’s probably about my 10 rep max if I’m totally fresh).
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6/27/2021
Tried the Iron Wolf workout:
20,19,18,17,16….1 of 6 count burpees
5 pull-ups, 10 pushups, 15 squats between each set
Totals:
210 burpees
100 pull ups
200 push ups (plus the 210 push ups done with the 6-count burpees)
300 squats
Time was about 52 minutes.
Notes: Did this fasted after a cup a black coffee. Really liked it! This was the most enjoyable burpee routine I’ve done. Time went by pretty fast, and the reps crept up but were always manageable.
In reality, I’m just trying to (partially) keep up with @ChongLordUno, @T3hPwnisher, @kleinhound and others. Whenever I find myself considering to back off, I just read their logs and I’m motivated to keep pushing it.
Refueled with oatmeal made with: oats, cashew milk, a banana, blueberries, flax seed, raw almonds, raw pumpkin seeds, and honey.
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6/27/2021
3.25 mile run
Notes: Finished up my morning work, and wanted to see what it felt like to run after high rep burpees. About like I thought it would. Doable and fine, but certainly a slow and steady pace. I didn’t even time it.
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I just wrapped this up
I found it to be quite brutal. Having fast food as fuel today obviously never helped
Such a beautiful workout. The burpees get easier but the other work gets tougher as the numbers pass each other by
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I agree. Great routine that was physically and mentally doable yet appropriately challenging. I much prefer this way of getting burpee reps in rather than just cranking out burpee after burpee (which to me starts to resemble the mindset of using stationary cardio machines).
Still debating if I’m going to do the July challenge intermediate. I could do this same workout without the squats/push ups, and simply add 90 burpees at the end. Or, start at 24 instead of 20 and count down, which takes you exactly to 300 burpees.
I don’t mind the continuous grind of one pump burpees. They’re the ones that toughen the mind in my opinion
Adding in pumps means you can drop the burpee volume while enhancing the effects. That’s a good option.
You could tweak the challenge and say, instead of 300, go for 200 two pumps. You would probably make some beautiful chest and shoulder gains to boot.
You need to try the foundational fitness video. That is a total ass kicker.
I’ll give the foundational fitness routine a try. I’ve done a similar workout of varying pumps, but never that exact one. I agree that adding pumps enhances the effects, and flowing through various pumps makes it less monotonous. I don’t disagree with the “toughen thee mind” take on the one-pumps, and I’m definitely someone that prefers minimalist workouts over a ton of different moves.
The only problem I have with altering the challenge is it will give me too much of an out to continue to deviate and eventually I’d end up doing something much different. I’ll either go for the challenge as written, or simply keep burpees as a component to my overall training.
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6/28/2021
Some quick pre-breakfast work:
Freddy Krueger-inspired WOD:
21 sit ups, 21 1-pump burpees
15 sit ups, 15 2-pump burpees
9 sit ups, 9 3-pump burpees
5 sit ups, 5-navy seal burpees
Totals = 50 sit ups, 50 burpees
1.5 mile walk
Notes: Gonna hit the garage gym in a few hours for my main strength work. Today was a planned “off” day but it turns out I’ll have more free time today than tomorrow so I’m switching the days up.
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6/28/2021
Main strength work.
Thought I’d try something new.
5’s PRO OHP: 65, 75, 85, 100, 115, 125 lbs
5’s PRO TB DL: 140, 160, 210, 250, 280, 310 lbs
(Done as supersets, with med ball throws)
Added a 32 lb weight vest for supplemental and assistance work:
OHP: 5x5 @ 100 lbs
TB DL: 5x5 @ 250 lbs
Weighted pull ups: 5x5 (BW+32 lbs)
Notes: Was either between this or a typical TB routine, but I’ve been really liking weight vest work and circuits lately so opted for this. Once you’re in a groove with this type of training, the idea of doing a set of 5 and then resting 2-3 minutes to repeat didn’t seem appealing. Can’t wait to take tomorrow off, though. I’m at 8 consecutive training days and I usually don’t go past 6, but travel and work forced me to adjust.
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6/30/2021
BBB OHP
5’s PRO: 65, 75, 85, 115, 125, 135 lbs
5x10: 95 lbs (okay not exactly FSL weight)
Superset with: 50 KB goblet squats (36 kg) and 50 SLDL w/shrugs at the top (pair of 22 kg KBs)
Lat raises: 5x15 drop sets with no rest (20 lbs, 10, 5, 2.5, empty, then band pull aparts)
Notes: did that at 7 am, which is unheard of for me. However, need to adjust to going back to work and not having the gym open. Not even sure how to eat. Had a cup of black coffee, half a banana, and half a scoop of whey protein in water prior.
The 95 lbs sets of 10 felt ridiculously light. A few years ago those were challenging. Stole the lat raise idea from @T3hPwnisher. I’m wondering of the BBB sets, when supersetted with the lower body move, test conditioning as much as strength and that’s why they feel so easy. Because I’d say the heaviest set (135 lbs) doesn’t necessarily feel lighter than it used to.
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You taking each rep off the floor? If not, doing that may change things for the better.
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No, off the rack. I will try off the floor, though.
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For sure. Total game changer, all for the positive. Can always start with just cleaning the first rep and pressing away, but if it’s still too easy, cleaning every rep is a killer.
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